Hi All
Spent most of another weekend in the workshop...
The RDG Vice I bought does lift ~0.2mm. It's on my list of things to fix.
I plan to make 2 new clamp strips, machined so that they hold the jaws as the designer intended.
I /could/ machine the Vice itself but that seems like an awfull lot of work compared to making 2 new Gib Strips.
I have to say that it's far betterer than the 1st vice I got for amadeal.
Back to the engine....
Mk1 Control valve was to wayward so I have made another.
It's darn near perfic (unless you see it close up that is)
Made the leaver out of a failed con rod, then knocked the ball off I put on the end. Oh Well.
Eccentric straps are solderd and installed. I still need to clean some of the soldering residue off.
Spool valve packing glands are in and working reasonably freely.
I thought I had a bit of 1/2" steel bar to make the Steam Pipe Standoff flange doofahs from, no such luck

I have some on order. Should be here this week.
Almost there, but so far away ....
Alex