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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #240 on: May 28, 2018, 08:47:19 PM »
 :popcorn: Nice!

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #241 on: May 28, 2018, 09:09:49 PM »
Dead right it's NICE :praise2:              Terry

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #242 on: May 29, 2018, 03:16:53 AM »
 A Beautiful work of art .

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #243 on: May 29, 2018, 03:21:46 AM »
Whew. Just shows me how much history I don't know with respect to the Industrial Revolution and what modelers have achieved.

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #244 on: May 29, 2018, 03:35:27 AM »
Whew. Just shows me how much history I don't know with respect to the Industrial Revolution and what modelers have achieved.

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Zee, go search for the series Industrial Revelations, think its on youtube somewhere. Ep 10 I think is all steam emgines, but the whole series is fascinating.

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #245 on: May 31, 2018, 02:30:12 PM »
Hi Simon, just caught up again. Nice work on that crank  :ThumbsUp: and the Con Rod. :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp:

Would I be right in thinking that the holes each side of the bearing are larger than the cross-head pin diameter to allow for any degree of movement around the ball?

Forncett edges closer - any thoughts on that get together we discussed?

Nice to see it moving forwards

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #246 on: May 31, 2018, 03:37:17 PM »
Hi Tug,

Yes the bearing plain holes are slightly larger (10mm on a 9.5mm pin) so that the gap isn't visible but just allow a tiny amount of misalignment to be tolerated.

Would be great to visit and chew the fat before Forncett, I've got a major car issue to deal with at the moment (ingested glowplug tip) but hopefully after that is sorted in a month or so life will be back to normal.

Best wishes,

Simon.
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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #247 on: August 12, 2018, 08:49:21 PM »
So little to no work done in the last two months whilst I re-built the engine in my car - but apart from running in that's all done now so I've been working on the eccentric strap.  Usual bit of head scratching working out the best order of machining but eventually decided on drilling the bolt holes, creating some datum faces and then slitting in two.  Was then mounted in the 4-jaw for machining the bearing faces, just needs a bit fettling to allow it to run smoothly.

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #248 on: August 12, 2018, 09:14:13 PM »
Looks awesome.

I've not seen an eccentric or strap done that way. Very neat.  :ThumbsUp:
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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #249 on: August 12, 2018, 09:34:54 PM »
I like that method too.   :popcorn:

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #250 on: August 12, 2018, 09:58:45 PM »
Hi Simon,

My jaw dropped when I saw these photos. I have been wrestleing with eccentrics as well lately, but they pale by comparison to your wonderful machining siklls that  produced this work of art.

John

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #251 on: August 13, 2018, 07:38:23 AM »
Nice to see this engine moving forward again

:o That's not that nice little MX-5 you visited in the other year is it SCO?

Are you coming down to the Bristol show? We were going to get together on the Friday  ;)

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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #252 on: August 13, 2018, 08:02:28 AM »
Hi Jo,

It wasn't an MX5 it was an Audi TT that I had when I visited - now traded in for a Swedish luxobarge.  Car in bits was an Audi A2 though.

Did have a mind to visit the Bristol show - is it soon?

Simon.
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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #253 on: August 13, 2018, 08:05:30 AM »
Thanks for the comments on the eccentric strap guys. - think it's a fairly standard method of construction though

Simon.
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Re: Lane and Bodley 400hp Corliss
« Reply #254 on: August 13, 2018, 08:09:41 AM »
Did have a mind to visit the Bristol show - is it soon?

This coming Friday  ;)

Jo
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