Joe's 1" Minne TE

[Don1966]

The brake come out great Joe, nice work bud........

Don

[joe d]

Kim, Mal, & Don... Thanks, guys!

[wagnmkr]

This is yet another project that just keeps getting better and better.

Ell Done Joe.

Tom

[packmule]

Looking really good Joe . The ideas you keep giving me on how to tackle different parts is really helpful   

[joe d]

Tom, Packmule... thanks for looking in.

Started tidying up some loose ends, made up the simulated oilers for the front wheels, straight forward
turning and threading


and the covers for the oiling points on the shaft bearings, turned & drilled, the bit that sits in the bearing is split vertically, to keep the
covers in place with spring action


and the locking pin for the gear selector


You can just see the bit of chain hanging down from the bracket that will be secured to the ring of the pin


Stay tuned... more to follow...

[joe d]

And now the fun bit, a while back I mentioned that the commercially sourced worm and wheel for the steering
didn't actually mesh..... so finally got to making a new wheel.

Turned up a blank of brass and silver soldered it to a spare bit of steel rod


made up a fixture out of some flat stock out of the come in useful pile...


And here's the lucky part, the worm measures up at a very nice 3/8" - 16  thread, so acquired a spiral flute tap in that size, centred it in the
4 jaw, put the blank in its' fixture in a tool holder and squared it up, ran it in at a pretty low speed, and Happy Days, it worked!


Here's the factory-made one on the left, and the new one on the right


Set-up in the drill press to drill through for the eyebolt the secures the gear shaft inside the steering drum


and everything back where it belongs


Shouldn't have to come off many more times, so the socket head cap screws will disappear soon too.

More importantly, chuffed to report that the thing now works as it should.

Joe

[Kim]

That's some mighty fine work there Joe! (In BOTH meanings of the word fine!)

I like the little dummy oilers you made too.
Kim

[b.lindsey]

Joe, I love the amount of detail you are putting into this build and along with the great pictures, it's always a joy to see your updates and progress, even if I do so quietly. Nice work on that worm gear too BTW!!

Bill

[10KPete]

The more I see of this engine the more I want to build one. The level of detail is quite amazing!! Beautiful work.

Pete

[zeeprogrammer]

Excellent Joe.

Am I reading your post right? You used a tap to cut a gear? I'd never seen that before (in my few years as a hobbyist). Very cool.

[Don1966]

Very interesting work Joe. The gear turned out great bud, excellent work as usual.........


Don

[scc]

Still following Joe  and enjoying every bit of this excellent build.           Terry

[joe d]

Kim, Bill, Pete, thanks!  Zee: Can't claim any original thought on hobbing a wheel with a tap, learned it on one of these fora...
Don & Terry:  thanks to you guys too!


Catching up on some more stuff that got passed by earlier on...

turned and threaded a bit of steel rod,


rounded over the end, and drilled it for a handle


Turned a short handle and silver soldered it in place


and here it is holding the firedoor closed... and made up the final hinge pin as well, replacing the bent up piece of brass that
was temporarily serving...


Then did the pipe runs from the pump to the tank & valve


and another view:


and more to follow....

[joe d]

A fun little bit here, decided to add some tensioning turnbuckles/bottle screws  similar to the Burrell engine plans that I have (just because I like the look of them)

started with turning the bodies of the bottles:
drilled through tapping size for the screw to come, then milled the slot, and parted them off the parent stock.
Then turned the eyes, milled the flat on them, and cross drilled:


Parted off the eyes, finished them with some filing, and then peened over the short little shaft inside the body of the bottle:


Turned and threaded some more stock for the screws, here they are in the mill for cutting the flats and cross drilling


The "Ta-Dahhh" photo:


and in place


Then after that photo, undid them, and rewound the chains on the drum other way about as I had reversed them.  Turning steering wheel right
should not make your vehicle turn left, now should it?

[Kim]

That's some great little detail there Joe!  I really like those turnbuckles!
Kim