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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #585 on: May 11, 2017, 05:29:01 PM »
Started work on the "T" piece.

Used a 16mm brass rod for it and carved out the middle part using a parting tool I last used to make the Kiwi crankshaft.



Cleaned it up using a left hand and right hand turning tool.



Left a centre mark on both flanges for a later operation.



Marked the centre of the middle part with the help of an edge finder.



Using a 6mm slot drill cut the hole for the other part of the "T" piece.





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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #586 on: May 11, 2017, 08:38:34 PM »
Interesting parting tool, does that double shape let you go in then either direction, left or right?

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #587 on: May 11, 2017, 08:52:49 PM »
Yes Chris.  That's the idea.

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #588 on: May 12, 2017, 04:13:38 PM »
Finished the "T" piece.  At first I was going to soft solder the two pieces together but I suspected that the solder would go everywhere and make it hard to clean up.  So I made the parts to be a press fit together and added some super glue for good measure.  We'll see in the future if this was a bad idea or not.

Drilled all the required holes on the flanges using the center mark I had left earlier on as the center reference.







The flange bolt and nuts were a bit fiddly to fit but managed at the end.

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #589 on: May 12, 2017, 04:25:11 PM »
That looks great! Goes very well with the valve.

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #590 on: May 12, 2017, 04:27:53 PM »
Thanks Chris.

Vince

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #591 on: May 13, 2017, 01:23:55 AM »
Very nice Vince.....really looks the part

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #592 on: May 13, 2017, 05:15:05 AM »
Thanks Kerrin.

Vince

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #593 on: May 13, 2017, 01:06:32 PM »
X2 on the press fit with glue.  I did the same with the dummy pump output on my current engine.  Much neater.   :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #594 on: May 23, 2017, 04:24:21 PM »
Progress on the Monitor has been at a standstill for a while but today I managed to do some other items for the inlet plumbing.

I managed to bend a couple of pieces of 4mm soft copper tubing with a bend radius of 6mm. This was done manually around a 12mm brass rod as I do not have a miniature tube bender.  Maybe I should make one someday.

Also made another flange and gasket which will fit to the globe valve and use it to connect to the compressor.



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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #595 on: May 27, 2017, 04:22:19 PM »
I made the last two parts of this build, namely, the steam inlet glands (item 23) which bolt to the steam chest covers.



I made them as per plans except that I changed the orientation of the bolt holes and also made the holes 2mm instead of 2.5mm.

You might be asking why I haven't drilled the center hole of the glands for the 4mm copper pipe.  The reason is that I won't be working on the model for a while as I will be going to the UK shortly just like last year.  If I had drilled the hole now, I would find it oxidised by the time I come to fit the pipe later on.

Vince

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #596 on: May 28, 2017, 04:33:35 PM »
Still with you Vince and I see some nice looking parts coming together. Looks like your classing her up.....; :ThumbsUp:


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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #597 on: May 28, 2017, 10:19:29 PM »
Thanks Don for hanging in there.  See you again after Summer.

Vince

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #598 on: May 28, 2017, 11:38:28 PM »
Whew. Part of the problem in checking in just for the last few posts...I miss a lot. And I missed a lot!

Nice!

Enjoy your trip. I wish I could get to the UK sometime soon. It's been a couple of years and it's one of my favorite destinations.

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Re: Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine
« Reply #599 on: October 12, 2017, 09:55:42 AM »
Hi all.  I'm back. :)

Actually, I have been here for twelve days but still not found enough motivation to finish off the Monitor. :'(

Sometimes, I sit in front of it and just stare at it.  Hopefully I can find a good reason to finally finish it.

Vince

 

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