Another Tiny IC Engine

[b.lindsey]

Thanks George. I am sure a few things will come up as I get into it more and I won't hesitate to ask.

Bill

[Flyboy Jim]

Good start, Bill. I'll be following this build closely. 

That's a really nice micrometer you have there (insert secret handshake emoji here.........wink wink)! 

Jim

[Zephyrin]

Gail inNM

Ten of them are earning a living in Gauge 1 locomotives,

Where could I see these locos ? at last one of them !
for a change from live steam G1, I'm just planning to build a diesel "look alike" loco with one of these fabulous tiny engine !
FM

[steamer]

After parting off, it was back to the Cowells to chuck the cylinder by the small end and face off the large end to the correct length. The nearly finished cylinder is shown in the last photo.

I will get back to the flywheels tomorrow...

Bill

That lathe tool looks like it's Lethal sharp!...   Good man!

[b.lindsey]

Dave, thus far I have been using Warner HSS inserts, except for the grooving tool I ground up. I love the Warner tooling 

Made a bit of progress today, started on one side of one of the flywheels and it went fine (photos 1 & 2...it alctually cleaned up to look better than the pictures show), just kept looking over my shoulder at the little Cowells and it was saying "use ME, use ME," so I changed over and got the muffler made. Unfortunately I was having so much fun I didn't take a lot of pictures but I did get that part finished up. Photo 3 if the bottom end with the mounting stem, photo 4 is the top end and has a very thin wall. I did use the sherline for tapering as the set up worked out better. With the two pieces mated, I set up the rotary table vertically and stepped around to put two rows of holes in the side of the muffler as George's plans call for )photos 5 & 6. Photo 7 shows the finished up muffler less a bit of polishing.

Bill

[b.lindsey]

With that done, I cleaned up the blank for the cylinder head and turned down the bottom for a nice fit in the cylinder bore. Finally the last picture is the head atop the cylinder. There is still a lot to do on the head but its a start.

Bill

[crueby]

The head and muffler are looking great!

[90LX_Notch]

Wow Bill you are rolling right along at lightning speed.

-Bob

[zeeprogrammer]

Made a bit of progress today,

And how would you compare your progress today to other days? 

I'm thinking that new machine is driving you. 

Looking very good Bill.

[b.lindsey]

Not lightning speed no, but I really am enjoying getting to know the new machine. As you can tell the sherlines are not getting lonely either though.

Bill

[Gas_mantle]

Looking good Bill 

I'm interested in the way you cut the flywheel recesses on the mill, up till recently I only had a lathe but now I have a mill and rotary table I've thought of using your method.

Any reason you didn't do the whole job on the lathe ?

Peter

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Now let's see: both you and Jo own Cowells and both you and Jo have multiple builds in progress: is there a pattern here?  . Seriously, looks as if the little fella is doing a great job. +1 on the Warner tooling. Their carbide inserts are great on stainless and their HSS even makes the hardware store stock turn nicely. Just think, spring break is just around the corner.

Cletus

[b.lindsey]

Peter, I have done others this way and feel like I can be more precise with the rotary table though it is still tedious. Whatever this material is, it isn't cutting that well but I will press on. The spokes will need to be done on the RT as well. Mostly its builders preference I think and the lathe can do a good job on it too, I may even give that a try and compare the two method directly.

Cletus I know...and I have been acquiring a few casting sets along the way too though still WAY behind Jo.

Bill

[Gas_mantle]

Cheers Bill it's something I'll try next time 

I'd be interested it goes when you start on the spokes too.

[GailinNM]

Looking great Bill. You are moving right along.
To answer Zephyring I have added some links wrapped in code so as to not disturb your fine thread any more than necessary.

Where could I see these locos ? at last one of them !

Since you are in France this might interest you.  Of the 1700 of these  Baldwin Mechanical built all but 10 were sent to France duringWW1 where they were used as trench locomotives. Link is to album.  Feel free to look at my other albums, in particular the Woolwich alblum.

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