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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #195 on: January 18, 2016, 12:34:20 AM »
I recognize it, but yes that still needs some work Zee  :lolb:

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #196 on: January 18, 2016, 01:10:13 AM »
I recognize it, but yes that still needs some work Zee  :lolb:

Ah poo.

I'm no lyrics writer.
I'm no machinist either. (Don't argue with me. I've got a ways to go.)
I'm barely a man even. I still need a bowling ball and lawn tractor. (Got a grill finally.)

But I have a shop!

I am what I am.  ;D
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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #197 on: January 18, 2016, 01:29:57 AM »
Critics.  :Lol:
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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #198 on: January 19, 2016, 01:16:52 AM »
Outriggers.

I didn't have a 1/8" saw (not sure if it exists). I used a 3/32 and made two passes.
Each slot took something like 50 runs in +X and 50 runs back before moving Y 0.01.
Arms got a workout.

Pretty happy. I've always had problems with Z and slitting saws but these came out 1/8 or maybe a thou short. No problem.
Frames don't fit yet but they haven't been finished.



A couple of learnings...

1) I still think it would have been better to have the bulk of the clamps on the far side to take more of the cutting force.
2) The ends aren't completely square. My suspicion is that with one C-clamp against it, the clamp may have acted as a pivot and when the mill hit the top, the bottom of the part shifted. Not a problem since the frames are aluminum, will flex a little, and it won't be noticeable.

I know this isn't real exciting to many. But right now I'm learning/relearning my machines in preparation for the harder stuff.

I'll probably do the round spacers next and see how it all goes together.

After that, I'm considering the cylinders and covers. They concern me the most. I haven't done that well with cylinders and pistons.

Thanks for looking. I appreciate the patience.  ;D

Sorry...no song tonight. I'm still stuck on Rawhide and 16-Tons. Those and "Wouldn't it be loverly" for whatever reason.  ;D
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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #199 on: January 19, 2016, 01:27:52 AM »
Looking good Zee ,I love those song I grew up with them. My dad loved to watch the Grand Ole opera on TV.

Don

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #200 on: January 19, 2016, 01:34:42 AM »
Moving along nicely, keep on rolling!   :popcorn:

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #201 on: January 19, 2016, 01:43:06 PM »
Zee
Slitting saws go up to ¼". I got an ⅛" at Victornet. $17.00.
Big time saver but, if you've got the time, the end mill seems to have worked out just fine. (Wait! Did that rhyme?)
Best,
Stan

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #202 on: January 19, 2016, 03:01:58 PM »
And lest you forget Zee......Found a peanut, found a peanut....and the ever popular....Brady Bunch theme  :lolb: Upload those to your brain and think about them all day!   Gosh, I may have just jinxed myself.

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #203 on: January 19, 2016, 10:32:52 PM »
Thanks guys.

Bill...when I was going back and forth and back and forth with the slitting saw...this came to my mind "The ants go marching".
A whole lot better than "The worms crawl".

Does that help you?  ;D

I do have alternatives...

One involves a popular pasta dish.
Another involves a tour boat.

Yeah. You can't help yourself. They're in your mind.  :lolb: :lolb:

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #204 on: January 19, 2016, 10:56:02 PM »
Wow. Too much time sniffing the cutting oil...   :stickpoke:

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #205 on: January 19, 2016, 11:24:20 PM »
Wow. Too much time sniffing the cutting oil...   :stickpoke:

Yeah could be the WD-40. I use it quite a bit.  :Lol:
I've been trying to cut down. Really!

Just finished four of the small spacers.
But as usual...I'm getting yanked out of the shop.

Hm. Wife or Shop. Wife or Shop.
Well...catch you later.  :ROFL:
Tonight is borscht. Good stuff! Especially with her homemade bread.
Okay... so it's Food or Shop. Food or Shop.

Doesn't matter.
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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #206 on: January 19, 2016, 11:51:29 PM »
Yeah, I would go for the food too!! And where's the proof of the spacers...no pics and it ain't happened  ::)

Bill
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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #207 on: January 20, 2016, 12:44:12 AM »
Yeah, I would go for the food too!! And where's the proof of the spacers...no pics and it ain't happened

Man, you're as bad as Dave Otto.  ;D
Sheesh.

Here's the spacers...



Here's the start of the two longer ones before I got yanked to supper. (The borscht was excellent! Especially the home made bread. Eat your heart out.)



If I got a tune stuck in your head...sweet revenge.  ;D
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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #208 on: January 20, 2016, 01:22:55 AM »
Nice looking spacers Zee ...do I hear some music in the background??  "The bear went over the mountain....the bear went over the mountain..."

Bill

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Re: Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #209 on: January 20, 2016, 01:29:09 AM »
 :lolb: :lolb:

Just trying to keep you honest!

Dave

 

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