Monitor Steam Engine

[Tennessee Whiskey]

I am in no way surprised that you have a list or three Marv,  and I'm pretty sure of which one I'm on  . . Zee,  hang in there buddy. I know a great management and royalties attorney over on Music Row,  I'll give him a call.  Now,  who will Marv have cast to play the role of Zee and T. in this comic opera? Barrack and Michelle are coming available,  Arnold and Maria are becoming active again,  and ( my favorite ) Kermit and Miss Piggy are looking for a big comeback?  Just throwing some things out there.  Also, I'm with Crueby,  I've started taking a spring pass or two on what is supposed to be my next to last cut,  measure and then see what I "really " need on the last cut, most of the time it's some emery cloth. . You better go back and see if you did any damage to that tomato cage,  when the snow melts if T finds it she'll be all over yo button  . Tell everybody I said how they doing 

Cletus

[mklotz]

I haven't settled on the primary characters yet, although Kermit and Miss Piggy do sort of capture the essence of the singspiel.  However, Cletus, the role of the evil dwarf is locked down solidly.

Tomato cages?  Reminds me of one of those essential proofs that American taste in entertainment is non-existent...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfdGlxEsG8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfdGlxEsG8</a>

[zeeprogrammer]

How you doing everybody? 
Let us remember that tomatos are a fruit and Marv lives in CA. 

Found a bit of learnings scrap so I didn't have to cut more good stuff.
This is boring to 0.75" (or thereabouts) to fit the main bearings.
I could have gone faster by drilling to a larger diameter...but I seem to struggle with the larger bits.



Snuck up to final size (and getting rid of burs) until the main bearing slid in.



The front and rear main bearings and collars. The bearings are basically the same except one has 1/8" ring while the other is 1/16".
I still need to drill through collar and bearing to fit a grub. That will be done later.



Hm. Was going to use a 5C with the mill but the bearings don't fit. Could be a cruddy 5C (I've not used that size before) but the bearings are maybe 4-5thou large. No matter. I can move the lathe chuck to the mill.

Snow as of about 1 o'clock. Wind is blowing a lot off the truck. Still more to come.

[crueby]

Now that's devotion, well that's one term for it . You might as well add Stan, Don, Marv, and a couple of more and we can form a "Society"

Cletus

Now that's devotion, well that's one term for it . You might as well add Stan, Don, Marv, and a couple of more and we can form a "Society"

Cletus

Build some fans - we can be his 'Fan Club'.... 

Looks like the storm has been getting to some of our "Society members" they been smelling the cork and nipping of the wine.  Mighty Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Humprey the Bear come on guys your telling your age...........   Hell I use to love watching Mighty Mouse.......... 
Keep it coming..........

Don

Admit it - you watched Mickey mouse when he was still in black and white... Projected by candles...

[crueby]

Zee - bearings look good! Have you tried assembling them in the frames to see if it all lines up? When I got to that stage used a longer bar in place of the crankshaft (which was not made yet). Pass that and its time for your happy dance dive into a snowbank!

[Don1966]

Admit it - you watched Mickey mouse when he was still in black and white... Projected by candles...

Yep! Black and white on an old Admiral TV. Actually it was the only TV I knew before leaving home. I was 10 years old before we owned one. Radio was my favorite listening.

Don

[zeeprogrammer]

Zee - bearings look good! Have you tried assembling them in the frames to see if it all lines up? When I got to that stage used a longer bar in place of the crankshaft (which was not made yet). Pass that and its time for your happy dance dive into a snowbank!

That's exactly the plan (except for the snowbank). It's also why you saw the post about the supposed bearing shaft. But I have another.
Right now I'm cleaning shop. Then will settle down to fitting/fixing. I can tell the inner frames need to move a tad to one side or the other.
So far no 'oh crap' which is very unusual for my threads. 

Trial fits of shaft, bearings, collars seem rough. But I have no idea if that's normal until run in a bit.

Don...almost same here. I was 12. We had TV before then but it was in a different country/language so didn't watch. Except for a few months when we were in Arkansas waiting to go to France.

I remember when we got UHF. And you all remember the rabbit ears and tin foil.

Say dad, what's a 'boob tube'? 

[vcutajar]

Did I hear somebody is going to do a happy dance???

Vince

[crueby]

I remember when we got UHF. And you all remember the rabbit ears and tin foil.

Tinfoil was to make your hat, not the antenna!

[zeeprogrammer]

Did I hear somebody is going to do a happy dance???

No.  But see me in a year when I finish this. 

I remember when we got UHF. And you all remember the rabbit ears and tin foil.

Tinfoil was to make your hat, not the antenna!

True. When you're the antenna.

 

A video...
For you cartoon characters...have the sound on. 



Surprisingly...for me...the bearings stayed in place. (For the most part.)

Loads of filing and sanding to do.
Those top corners will be rounded when I do the parts that fit between the frames.

As it turns out, my table belt sander is long enough for the frames. It would be good to easily knock the crud off.
But need to figure our how to hold it.
I'm thinking a couple of blocks, one per large rectangular hole.
The blocks would be threaded and a threaded rod (I have some very very long ones from a 3d printer) put through to work as a clamp.
Hm....
Tricky to keep parallel to belt but may work well enough.

[crueby]

Nice! Moving nice and smooth. Though it makes this weird Daffy Duck sound....

 

[mklotz]

"but may work well enough"

Just remember...

"Good is the enemy of great."  - James C. Collins

[crueby]

As it turns out, my table belt sander is long enough for the frames. It would be good to easily knock the crud off.

Time to learn proper use of a flat file? Much easier to get fine control, little chance of a split-second slip turning into a 'oh-!@#$' moment...  Just look at the work SteamGuyWilly does with files!

[zeeprogrammer]

Yeah...I'm rethinking it. Really just needs a bit of sanding.

In the back of my mind is the idea of bead blasting.
Also back there is the idea of painting.

I've never done blasting (bead or otherwise) but I have a blasting cabinet.
I'd experiment and practice.

But that's a way off. Plenty of parts to make.

[Don1966]

Looks good Zee and your making headway but I'm afraid all that snow will slow you down some. I use to have to shovel snow when I was stationed up north and hated it. They would wake us up early in the morning to get everything cleaned off.

Don