It's been a crazy month. There are nine people in jail and I got back about three quarters of my stuff back. Thanks to an insurance check I have new camera gear and a new iPad. That means that this thread is open for business. While I have been unable to post I have still been working on the engine. My last update left off with me screwing up the cylinder. That was the first thing I redid. Next I made the cylinder cover. I turned a register on some square stock parted it off and drilled the four mounting holes. There are no pics because I didn't have my new camera yet. The next piece was the cross head. I chucked up some for of the square bar and faced it and turned the cross head section to size
Then I drilled and reamed the bore.
Then the piece was parted off from the stock
Then it was flipped around and the register was cut.
Then over to the mill where the cylinder cover was trimmed to size.
Next the mounting holes were drilled
The piece was turned and one side was milled away.
Then it was flipped again and the other side milled to dimension.
That completes the crosshead. The next piece is the valve chest. I started by squaring up the block.
Then over to the four jaw to turn the end.
Then I used my ball turner to round the end over.
Then the piece was flipped and the other boss was turned and the center hole drilled and reamed
Then it was over to the mill for final sizing.
Next the mounting holes were drilled and the pocket plunge milled.
That completes the valve chest. The valve cover and valve plate were made at the same time from the same bar. After cutting the bar in half the the pieces were squared up and sized.
Then the pieces were placed under the valve chest and transfer punched.
The punch marks were picked up by my laser.
And the mounting holes drilled
On the valve plate the corners for the slots were drilled.
Then the slots were milled out.
That completes the valve cover and valve plate. I'll end this post with a family shot.
Tony