What did you do today? (2013)

[Boiler BriParticipant @boilerbri]

Been to see six matching beauties at the NRM at York.

Excellent trip.

Brian

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Made the starting handle for the Monitor engine yesterday

And today started to rough out the cylinder liner, it started as a cored out bar 7.25" long x 2.75" dia weighing 4.06kg and so far its down to 1.05kg, once rested it will be finished to my calculated weight of 310grams, its the big lump on the left

J

[HobbyNutParticipant @hobbynut]

Jason, you do nice work…I strive to imitate it.

All I did yesterday was get rid of the Model"A" chassis out of the workshop and into a storage unit, and then clean up the lathe, mill and drill and started sorting out all the drills and bits of stock that had accumulated on the bench, and dropped thru' the foot board.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Scary busy last few days. Hopefully after three meetings over three days the next few months could see a new canal restoration project move from 'wish list' to serious feasibility and starting on fundraising

Other reason for radio silence – sorting out McAfee Total Destruction

Neil

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

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Edited By jason udall on 09/11/2013 10:41:45

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

For a change from mounting my hit & miss engines on a wooden sled I have decides to mount the 1/3rd Scale Galloway on a "hand portable" cart. I found some suitable photos from an old e-bay sale

Drew it up in Alibre and will make a start on the wheels

139,7 x 5mm wall ERW tube is the perfect OD for the 16.5" wheel, I cut off enough for two rims at a time ro reduce the distortion from the chuck jaws

Thinned out the rim to 3/32" for part depth which also gives me a ledge to locate the leg of the Tee against

Then split these into two, the hacksawing was a good start in the cold workshop this morning.

At the same time as buying the tube I got 4 discs of 5mm plate, 150mm dia and trepanned out the middle

I like to go just under half way from each side which stops the risk of the middle bit flying about. If you leave a few thou thickness its a simple job to support the bit you want and a quick blow with a hammer has the waste come out like opening a tin can

Which has given me the "tees" now need to machine these down to fit the rims

So what have the rest of you been upto (in your workshops) ??

J

 

Edited By JasonB on 09/11/2013 13:54:11

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

Made good progress on the Sky Hook.

I'm adding to 'doubleboost's' design in order to use the OverheadCrane rail I added recently.

Should work, but will find out next week with luck

Tomorrow is day off with other half.

Photos will follow when done.

Geoff – Earl Grey now, with scrambled eggs, bacon and cheese on toast later, & dribbling already in anticipation!

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

> So what have the rest of you been upto (in your workshops) ??

The truth? Trying out my new VT20+…

Neil

[Anonymous]

Among other things I finished off the bevel gear at bottom left, milled the teeth and then finished off the bevel gear at top left, and gashed and free hobbed both the worm wheels on the right.

Regards,

Andrew

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Looking good Andrew, hope to see them in the flesh in a few weeks.

Well I have been a busy boy today as after lunch I stuck a rather large casting into the Warco 280 and started to machine it.

The base is about 7.5" corner to corner and don't let anyone tell you that carbide does not like interupted cuts, finish looks OK to me

J

[Anonymous]

Posted by JasonB on 09/11/2013 20:47:45:

Looking good Andrew, hope to see them in the flesh in a few weeks.

That's the plan, for the worm wheels at least, as the bevel gears are for a fellow builder of the same engine as me, and he may have collected them by the end of the month.

Andrew

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

JasonB, your trolley looks very similar to the one used with the old hot bulb Blackstone oil engine, look great.

Ian S C

[Rick Kirkland 1Participant @rickkirkland1]

I got the part finished castings for the Quorn out and had a good look at them. then I put the kettle on and had a cuppa,a biccy and another good look at the part finished castings for the Quorn

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Yep Rick – I know what you mean!

I had a look at the progress on the Stent – I've forgotten just where I've got to and I'm now afraid to proceed without a lot of revising in case I muck it all up!! So instead I got on with what I'd gone to the workshop for in the first place – which was to strip, clean and reassemble a wood turning lathe. I intend to pass this on to my Son – Out- Law on the principle that I've had it for some years but never used it in anger whilst he has a very good woodworking shop without a lathe!

Doing him a good turn maybe? (Sorry)

Norman

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Norman

Well its better to give it away than to just Chuck it out OOPS.

Martin

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I,v got a Cabinet Maker nephew, and a wood lathe, perhaps a Christmas present. He's just got a new garage/workshop, the old one fell over in the earthquake, must ask him if he needs something to fill an empty corner.

Spent the day setting up a couple of my hot air engines for a run at the week end. Ian S C

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

Finished making all the parts for the Sky Hook, now ready to weld, assemble and try it out.

Geoff – Cheese on toast, coffee & a KitKat.

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

Parts welded up and part assembled.

My stick welding is either good or atrocious, and leaning towards the latter, with no in-between.

My O/A welding is good, but the rip-off prices means it's a non-starter.

The cheaper no rent alternatives look interesting, but those bottles look as if they won't last very long.

Can't beat O/A for heating, bending, brazing and welding, at least for me.

Geoff – Earl Grey then pork chops, veg & mash.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Had a laff today.

Imagine large Wadkin bandsaw for wood, two wheel model, wheels are about 4' across and the whole machine is probably 9' to 10' high.

Guy working it this morning and it starts making horrible noises from the top, so he switches it off and as it's slowing to a halt he opens the top guard to see what the problem is ?

Problem is the top wheel chased him down the shop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gets a phone call bearing had gone, they can't understand it, replaced 18 month to 2 years ago. In all fairness they do look after their equipment.

Ge there, have a furckle round and this is the result.

Apologies for the crap mobile phone picture, think the lens wants a clean.

Soooo belt up to Derby and manage to get a metre of 2 1/2" EN 24T

Bit of changing tools, chucks and gears but not in that order and we have a contender for first thing tomorrow morning.

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

G'day.

I went down to the workshop under the house to machine a mates vice when I heard a 'scuffle' from the back of the den.

At first look, my visitor's head looked like a brown snake, not welcome here in the land of Oz.

But then the visitor just ignored me, walked all over my plans and left.

Welcome back any time, as I heard that a blue tongued lizard will keep the snakes at bay.

Nasty bite apparently.

We remain good friends,.

* Danny M *

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Well at least it only walked over the plans!!!

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

Posted by V8Eng on 14/11/2013 12:08:28:

Well at least it only walked over the plans!!!

Here are the plans!

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Perhaps it's an ME lizard, or fancies a bit of flying.

Edited By V8Eng on 14/11/2013 13:20:20

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I fitted reasonable, black mid-range machine heads to replace the ghastly, plasticy, lumpy-action silver ones on my Squier Telecaster. No metalwork, but I had to bore out the main holes in the headstock on the pillar drill and use the mini-drill for new screw holes. Tuned back up in a fraction of the time of what it took before.

Neil

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Finished machining the new spindle for the surface grinders attachment to fit on my studer cylindrical grinder.

Must remember to take some photos when i'm out in the workshop tonight

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