Stuart No. 1 Build Progress

[Del GrecoParticipant @delgreco45469]

Mr Mark, This is a fantastic build thread. Great following along what you are doing.

I am in the process of building my first ever 10V and noticing many of the same frustrations I have.

Also, how tidy your workshop? I'm very impressed with all the gear and your pics are great.

Keep up the good work,

D

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

Thanks Del, funny thing is, the more I tidy up the less Dad can actually find stuff! Good luck on the 10v, taking any pics?

Edited By Mark Gould 1 on 22/07/2019 19:23:07

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Nice progress, Mark.

Neil

[mick beardshall 1Participant @mickbeardshall1]

Great thread love how clean you keep the myford looks cool nice.

Mick

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

We have been steadily chipping away at the Stuart. We got the cylinder honed and both cylinder covers done. We also got the crankshaft pinned.

Overal glad with the progress, no major snags except one which was quite a biggie. Whilst turning the cylinder on the rotary table I was distracted by the neighbour who popped into the garage to see how we were getting on. After he left I got back to the mill and promptly turned the x-axis handwheel instead of the rotary table handwheel! Gave it a good old yank too so the cutter plunged into the cylinder by 0.5mm so to clean it up we reduced the overal diameter of the cylinder to match the notch I'd just cut. Very frustrating!

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

I can't rotate the photo's sorry. I'm still not sure how or why they end up turned 90 degrees.

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

Here are some more build pics. It was challenging getting through that hard layer in the casting.

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

We have been whittling away at the Stuart and are getting there. We have completed the steam chest and cylinder.

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

I would great appreciate any help in rotating these photo's. If the moderators have any tips I'm listening.

Thanks,

Mark

We have also done the top and bottom cylinder covers (what a joy a PCD function is on a milling machine!)

Edited By JasonB on 16/10/2019 16:36:44

 

Edited By JasonB on 16/10/2019 16:38:57

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

I keep forgetting to uploads the pics. We have basically completed the Stuart No. 1 but I forgot to take a photo of it in all its glory. We have run in on compressed air without piston rings or gaskets and yet it runs nicely. There's probably some more tweaking of the eccentric to be done to make it run even better but thats something I will have to look into.

[Mark Gould 1Participant @markgould1]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Looking good, you are on the home stretch now.

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