Hi
I have been busy this last week so lets bring things upto date.
Last Sunday Julian and I were supposed to be taking our boilers to the club for the Hydraulic tests but things didn't go quite to plan. Our initial tests at home found a few leaks
Then my oxygen bottle ran out
then we simply ran out of time
Firstly a couple of tooling jobs.
A stand and clamp to hold one of my gas torches
Next a cutter to clean up the faces of some bushes.
A piece of 1/2" silver steel drilled and reamed 1/4" and machined exactly half way
Harden just the end
A piece of 1/4" silver steel screw cut 1/4" x 32 and screwed into the bush
The cutter has a relief ground on
The cutter in action
At last I think I have it. The boiler in a tub of water and connected to the air line. Don't worry I am fully aware of the danger of compressed air in a boiler. The air line has a regulator on it, I use this to run my engines on air, so there is only about 15 psi in it
No bubbles so the next job is to set up for another hydraulic test
Cheers
Rich