Chris' Build of a Lombard Hauler Engine

[crueby]

Doesn't it make you feel great, when after milling all of those mating parts in individual set-ups, the bolts all go in!! Got to be one of those "great moments in machining" feelings.---Brian

Oh yes!

Too bad it doesn't happen more often... At least this time I kept my notes on the hole pattern, sometimes I get too neat and throw it out before its needed. Sometimes they are off just a little, and only require drilling out the clearance hole a size, sometimes it takes some filing, sometimes its a new part...

[crueby]

Not really anything to show today, it is time to make up another handful of 2-56 nuts for the cylinder assembly. These will be about .150" between flats, the .125 ones I used on the rear track bearing blocks looked too small here, and the next size hex bar up is .1875", and that looked too big, so first am cutting some stainless down for the middle size, and turning out a pile of nuts... The squirrels outside keep trying to steal them... 

[zeeprogrammer]

Not really anything to show today,

 

[crueby]

Not really anything to show today,

 

Well, actually I do have this to show, figured I'd hear SOMETHING back on that post!
Here is a picture of the parts I have been making, trying to perfect them...
 

[zeeprogrammer]

 

[Walsheng]

I do believe I have needed all of them at one time or another!

John

[crueby]

I hope the nuts don't match that plaque! Got a good batch, about 5-1/2 dozen drilled and parted off, ready to debur the parting edge of the holes and tapping them. I need 26 per cylinder, for the caps and steam chests, so a few for next parts and to drop and lose.

[crueby]

Was just reading the latest progress on Kim's tractor, and realized that I have forgotten to drill the steam inlet passages in my cylinders! Whoops!


Gee lots of pressure, no movement... What could be wrong?!?!   

[b.lindsey]

That's a LOT of nuts Chris....the squirrels should be elated!!

Bill

[Flyboy Jim]

I hope the nuts don't match that plaque! Got a good batch, about 5-1/2 dozen drilled and parted off, ready to debur the parting edge of the holes and tapping them. I need 26 per cylinder, for the caps and steam chests, so a few for next parts and to drop and lose.

Well...............NUTS................I turn my back for a little while and look at what all you get done!  Myself............I'm gettin NUT-IN done on my P & W build! 

Jim

[crueby]

I hope the nuts don't match that plaque! Got a good batch, about 5-1/2 dozen drilled and parted off, ready to debur the parting edge of the holes and tapping them. I need 26 per cylinder, for the caps and steam chests, so a few for next parts and to drop and lose.

Well...............NUTS................I turn my back for a little while and look at what all you get done!  Myself............I'm gettin NUT-IN done on my P & W build! 

Jim

So stop working on that silly airplane and get back to the engine! Nuttin else matters!   

[Kim]

Was just reading the latest progress on Kim's tractor, and realized that I have forgotten to drill the steam inlet passages in my cylinders! Whoops!

Gee lots of pressure, no movement... What could be wrong?!?!   

NUTS is right!  But that's an easy problem to fix.  Its a lot easier to take away the metal than to put it back on! 
But that would have been frustrating to try and figure out what was going on!
Kim

[Roger B]

Just catching up on this again  Beautiful   

[mike mott]

Nice work on the cylinder chests.

Mike

[Flyboy Jim]

I hope the nuts don't match that plaque! Got a good batch, about 5-1/2 dozen drilled and parted off, ready to debur the parting edge of the holes and tapping them. I need 26 per cylinder, for the caps and steam chests, so a few for next parts and to drop and lose.

Well...............NUTS................I turn my back for a little while and look at what all you get done!  Myself............I'm gettin NUT-IN done on my P & W build! 

Jim

So stop working on that silly airplane and get back to the engine! Nuttin else matters!