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Carl doesn't the cylinder cover have a register to keep it aligned with the cylinder bore? I don't have the plans in front of me to check.Yes Don that method would be asking for trouble and that's why I would prefer the method Chris used.Vince
Carl doesn't the cylinder cover have a register to keep it aligned with the cylinder bore?
Yes at the stage he's at, I do agree that Chris's method would be his best option.
The guy you been calling crueby........
Chris = Creuby
Can't you use the same method that Chris used?
Ok Zee, this is how I would of made the cylinder cover. Chuck up a parent stock in the lathe, measure the thickness of cover after facing the stock, add some for facing later and mark with cutoff. Face front of cover or profile it to my liking. Drill the smallest diameter which is the shaft size to a depth pass the cutoff point. Drill for the gland nut and tap. Start cutting the back side of the cover pass the cutoff point so a mic can fit. Start cutting flange diameter slowly till it mic's to you bore diameter. Cutoff from parent stock.......turn around in Chuck and face off.If you measured the bore properly to flange should fit nice and snug. You could also make you gland nut first and the drill out to cylinder shaft size. This would put it as true as I could get it. If you have a problem with overhang in lathe cut enough to Chuck and make one cylinder cover at a time. Some waste yes but you get to do it in one sitting....
One big thing to keep in mid - the gland nut is there to compress the packing (or hold the o ring in place, depending which you use), it in itself doesn't have to be a tight fit on the piston rod. I like to have it bored a bit oversize to make sure it does Not rub on the piston rod.
Can't help but feel some people may get impatient with me. Sorry if that's the case.
The flange is the thin part of the cover.
Quote from: zeeprogrammer on February 01, 2016, 01:23:18 AMCan't help but feel some people may get impatient with me. Sorry if that's the case.No, no buddy were are with you through this learning process, if we make you feel like that were are not doing something right. I do apologize for making you feel like we're are impatient with you, as that is not my intentions. Just trying to get you to think things through. I was once told when I was younger my hands were faster then my mind and it struck a nerve. I try real hard to reason things out before making the move by hand. And it has payed off in the long run and the teacher that told me this was one of the best teachers I ever had. Don't ever feel like anyone is impatient with you, it would mean we a not helping or teaching you. Don