Flyboy Jim's Parsell & Weed Engine

[10KPete]

Jim, I just caught up with this.... Beautiful! Just beautiful.

Pete

[Flyboy Jim]

Thanks for the kudo's guys. It's nice to have it to this point. Still a long way to go, but at least there's something to look at, that looks like an engine.  Now all I have to do is just keep making and adding parts until it starts running.

Chris.............a miniature ice cream maker sounds nice. I like the idea of having it run something. I wonder how much power it will make? Maybe a water pump. I know...........a popcorn stirrer!   

Kim..............yes those are brass pins.

Zee..........I thought you had posted a picture of yourself on the "Food" thread, but couldn't find it. Went back and looked again...........that's when I discovered that you were also in the nice picture of the brunette (upper right) that you had posted. 

Jim

[zeeprogrammer]

Zee..........I thought you had posted a picture of yourself on the "Food" thread, but couldn't find it. Went back and looked again...........that's when I discovered that you were also in the nice picture of the brunette (upper right) that you had posted. 

Checking me out eh? I was right wasn't I? 

I would be envious and jealous...but I'm more handsome. 

Did you note the grin? You can't see what was to the left and right of me.

But nah...it was all about what was in front of me.

An excellent dish.

The food. 

[Flyboy Jim]

Before the winter slipped away, I decided to take some time off from my P & W build to put some time into my 1:1 build that I've had going on for a few years. I'm thinking of selling the project, but it'd be hard for someone to take it over at this stage, so needed to "kick the can" down the road a little further.

Had a couple of things to do on the wings to finish them up.



Same for the Fuselage and Tailcone. There's still one really big step left to do............see if you can figure out what it is!   



Here's a link to the build log: http://www.mykitlog.com/JimT  (If you click on "All" toward the upper right the entire build log will come up)

I'm really looking forward to getting back to my P & W, but will stick with this for a while yet.

Jim

[crueby]

Holy Aeleron, Batman, there is a heck of a lot of work in that project!!   

But, where does the boiler for the steam engine go....?

[Flyboy Jim]

Holy Aeleron, Batman, there is a heck of a lot of work in that project!!   

But, where does the boiler for the steam engine go....?

That would make for some interesting "weight and balance" calculations! 

[90LX_Notch]

Wow Jim that is really neat.  I have a lot of respect for someone who can build a plane and fly it.

-Bob

[Kim]

That's pretty cool Jim!

The next really big step.... Hmm... assembling the big chunks together to make a plane?
Or maybe its adding an engine? 

Kim

[zeeprogrammer]

There's still one really big step left to do............see if you can figure out what it is!   

Finish it.

Then get back to work. 

[Flyboy Jim]

There's still one really big step left to do............see if you can figure out what it is!   

Finish it.

Then get back to work. 

Zee............that sounds funny coming from someone who doesn't even know where in their basement their lathe and mill is! 

Jim

[zeeprogrammer]

 

[Nick_G]

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That's uber cool and impressive Jim. 

Nick

[90LX_Notch]

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That's uber cool and impressive Jim. 

Nick

Yes, Jim's comment to Mr. Zee was.

-Bob

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Just catching up. Nice fuselage Captain. I'll have to say that a man that builds his own plane and flies it, definitely has trust in his craftsmanship, the utmost trust. Maybe you can use the P&W for stress relief like us poor working souls do    Carry on.

Eric

[Flyboy Jim]

Holy cow! My last post of showing any progress on my P & W build was last Feb. 22!  Where the heck did the time go! Well I did put a couple of dedicated months into my airplane project. Then sold the motorhome and my truck and bought a new (to us) travel trailer and pickup. Did some traveling and tons of yard work. Also some flying and motorcycle riding. But, unlike Stan, my banjo stayed in the closet! 

Anyway, back to the subject of this thread. Next up for me, with this project, was to start machining on the head casting. Since I'd been away from the project and any machining for a long time, I wasn't real comfortable with that. I need something to do to get my head and hand back into the game. I needed a stand-alone project that wasn't too involved, so I started on the fuel/coolant tank.

Bill had done some good documentation on his thread, so I had something to go by. 

Chucked up a piece of brass round and went off to figure out what to do next..............oh yeah ....................turn it down to the correct diameter to fit the brass tank tubing. Success............not only figuring out what to do, but also remembering how to post pictures! 



Used a parting tool to get enough of a groove in the stock, that I could us my Saz-all to slice it off.



Faced it off to the correct thickness for the base.



Turned the piece around, re-chucked and moved it over to the mill on the rotary table.

Milled some of the center out.



Then a ball end mill to go to the necessary depth.



Then back to the lathe to turn the cone in the bottom of the base.





More to come.

Jim