Author Topic: Cole's Corliss (Read 10830 times)

jeff l · « **on:** January 22, 2016, 04:22:26 PM »

My Cole's Corliss cylinder so far.

10KPete · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:24:17 PM »

Oh wow, that's looking very nice! Keep it going!

Pete

vcutajar · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:27:48 PM »

Very, very nice. Will be following along.

Vince

jeff l · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:29:37 PM »

Thank you , the valve's are next .

b.lindsey · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:30:16 PM »

That's quite a beast you have there Jeff. Looks great so far though. Following along here as well.

Bill

kellswaterri · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2016, 08:02:17 PM »

Hi Jeff......that is a good looking piece of work on the valve?on top ...trying to get an idea of size , looks to be a biggie...all the best with the build , you are being watched

John.

zeeprogrammer · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2016, 10:10:40 PM »

Very nice!

jeff l · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2016, 10:40:46 PM »

Thanks for the kind words , here are the Dash pots and Bason plate.Jeff

jeff l · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2016, 12:34:44 AM »

Sorry for the out of order photos , here is the setup for the wrist plate bracket .

jeff l · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2016, 12:52:59 AM »

The safety Latch housing

jeff l · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2016, 01:00:18 AM »

exhaust bonnet bearings

jeff l · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2016, 01:55:37 AM »

the start of the governor arm links

jeff l · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2016, 01:59:53 AM »

more governor linkage bits

fumopuc · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2016, 06:45:44 AM »

Hi Jeff, a nice documentation of your build. I have to think about a Corliss engine again.

vcutajar · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2016, 10:51:11 AM »

Thanks Jeff for all the build photos. Really nice.

Vince

jeff l · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2016, 12:30:50 PM »

Thanks for the kind comments .Jeff

Captain Jerry · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2016, 01:31:24 PM »

Jeff

This is great. I have seen examples of completed models of this engine but have never seen the detail of the fiddly bits that you are showing. The parts that you have shown thus far are terrific and I will be enjoying every bit of detail that you show. To help understand the size of this model can you give a few dimensions such as size of the cylinder block?

Thanks

Jerry

jeff l · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2016, 11:54:03 PM »

Jerry ,The cylinder is 4.625 long 3.5 high with a 1.250 bore , the flywheel is 9" in Diameter and the completed engine weights around 50 pounds .This engine is big so it's a bit easier to build , the hardest items to machine thus far were the steam valve and the edging around the Bason plate , and these were the first and second parts that I made . Thank you for your interest .Jeff

b.lindsey · « **Reply #18 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:03:19 AM »

Beautiful work on the governor linkages Jeff. They turned out perfectly from the pictures.

Bill

Don1966 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:10:59 AM »

Hey! There is some beautiful work going on here. I just finished reading from the start and love the step by step photo and documentation. I will be follewong along.........

Don

yogi · « **Reply #20 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:34:57 AM »

Great work Jeff!

Thanks you for sharing your technique. It's always interesting to see people's setups. And of course the fiddly bits... got to love the fiddly bits!

ReFlad · « **Reply #21 on:** February 16, 2016, 02:56:16 AM »

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing.

Ronald

jeff l · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2016, 01:45:27 AM »

The steam and exhaust rockers , silver soldered fabrication . I found that this was easier than machining out of one piece , I used foil silver solder .

jeff l · « **Reply #23 on:** March 06, 2016, 01:17:37 AM »

Dash pot components, they actually work , the piston was polished to fit the honed bore.

jeff l · « **Reply #24 on:** April 14, 2016, 01:14:38 PM »

the start of the arms for the governor

jeff l · « **Reply #25 on:** April 14, 2016, 01:15:37 PM »

jeff l · « **Reply #26 on:** April 14, 2016, 01:23:12 PM »

b.lindsey · « **Reply #27 on:** April 14, 2016, 01:42:34 PM »

More nice parts and pictures Jeff. I love the dashpots!!

Bill

jeff l · « **Reply #28 on:** April 14, 2016, 11:58:43 PM »

Bill , thank you , the dashpots were hard to get to work on vacuum , they work now but I'm not sure if they will work on the finished engine , I might have to use springs .
I'm having trouble posting photos any one else having problems ? Jeff

zeeprogrammer · « **Reply #29 on:** April 15, 2016, 12:15:09 AM »

Quote from: jeff l on April 14, 2016, 11:58:43 PM

I'm having trouble posting photos any one else having problems ?

Only in not having any to post.

Nice parts. Very nice.

jeff l · « **Reply #30 on:** April 15, 2016, 01:11:04 PM »

I planed to have this engine ready to display at NAMES but kidney cancer last year put a damper on it's progress , I'm going to NAMES this year but have nothing worthy enough to display .Jeff

b.lindsey · « **Reply #31 on:** April 15, 2016, 03:36:17 PM »

Jeff, the picture issues comes up from time to time and somewhat randomly. Usually it can be traced to "something" in one of the pictures you are trying to post and if you are posting multiple pictures, that one can hang up the whole post. What has worked for me is to type your text and then begin adding the pictures one at a time and trying to post. Once posted you can edit the post and add additional pictures (again one at a time). When it snags, you will know that the most recent picture is the cause. Usually re-editing the picture and resaving it to your computer will clear up whatever is causing the software to reject that particular picture. Its a PITA but fortunately doesn't happen that often. The process really isn't as tedious as it sounds like once you try it. Hope that may help some.

Bill

crueby · « **Reply #32 on:** April 15, 2016, 06:21:59 PM »

Fior whatever reason, I rarely get the problem with pictures, posting problem I see oftenis if I try and put several dashes in a row in the text. Both issues can be a pain, but can work around them.

Awesome work on the engine!!!

jeff l · « **Reply #33 on:** January 24, 2017, 11:06:43 PM »

some work on the governor, making all the parts out of bar stock instead of using the castings that were supplied

jeff l · « **Reply #34 on:** February 02, 2017, 03:19:33 AM »

I had tried several times to add build photos to my thread but can not so I'm starting a new thread to see if this works .
Work done on the governor stand all parts made out of steel instead of the casting that was supplied .

Sorry for starting another build thread .

10KPete · « **Reply #35 on:** February 02, 2017, 04:40:17 AM »

Nice bit of work there! Will it all be brazed together?

Pete

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