Ian,
is there really a need for three drain cocks per cylinder? I can't shift the one I've tried to move, so it's probably better left.
I finished painting the bedplate and sanded the paint off the flat surfaces, but the damned paint came off for half a mil all round. No way I'd repaint it all, so it's a good job I bought those 4 fine sable brushes tother day.
Now polishing the crankshaft, which, I must say does not have a great finish on any of its journals, so probably best left alone as I don't have the gear to make new. The centre bearing isn't great either, but I have no idea how it runs and won't do till all is finished and timed. I've taken the eccentrics off now to get the bearings off and next time any go on they'll be for the reversing gear. Heaven knows how we find out where they go relative to each other then! I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. In the mean time the crank webs look a good deal smarter than they did as do the bearing tops and oiler cups.
Cheers,
Martin