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Offline Brian Rupnow

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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #375 on: November 19, 2017, 08:33:08 PM »
Just a little bit of Loctiting/soldering/hole plugging/polishing, and the beast will have manifolds.

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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #376 on: November 19, 2017, 08:41:35 PM »
How are going to attach the manifold to the engine? That's one thing I have never come up with a good way to do, always wind up with screws I can't get at.

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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #377 on: November 19, 2017, 09:30:03 PM »
How are going to attach the manifold to the engine? That's one thing I have never come up with a good way to do, always wind up with screws I can't get at.
Loctite---or maybe J.B. weld. Okay--I've had my dinner and can give you a little better answer. Most of the stuff I build is single cylinder where you don't need a manifold. I generally tap the intake and the exhaust ports for a standard 1/4"-20 or a 5/16"-18 thread. I only have a few twin cylinder engines, and I think your method of making a bolt on flange is the best way to attach a manifold. Most of the time when I make up manifolds for twin cylinder engines, I make it up as I go along. By the time I'm down to the last stages of an engine build, I generally opt for something "quick and nasty" that still looks and functions okay. I do sometimes use Loctite if the situation will allow, knowing full well that if I ever have to take that manifold off the engine, a little bit of heat will be called for. I don't really have a problem with that. Most of my engines are "shelf queens". I build them, I make a video of them running, I play with them for a week, and then it's up on a shelf. Sometimes if I have a visitor and they are interested I will get one of the engines down and run it for them, but that doesn't really happen very often.---Brian
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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #378 on: November 20, 2017, 12:29:34 AM »
I've silver soldered as much as I dare. This goes into my citric acid pickle solution now and sets overnight. Tomorrow I will "dress" the ends of the hexagon parts , clean up any remaining crud with a brass bristle brush, then Loctite things into place on the engine.

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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #379 on: November 20, 2017, 04:51:37 PM »
And this, gentlemen, is THE END! The manifolds turned out very nice, the engine runs in forward and reverse, the project is completely finished. Thank you to all who have tagged along for this build.---Brian


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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #380 on: November 20, 2017, 09:20:30 PM »
The manifold attractions of your model are made even more attractive by the excellent manifold.
Thankfully, my puns are exhausted...
Very nice!
John

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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #381 on: November 20, 2017, 11:36:51 PM »
Simplyloco--That's where a lot of the fun is.---Making it up as I go along.

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Re: Back to Steam
« Reply #382 on: November 21, 2017, 09:57:24 PM »
Yeah, I know. I said I was done with this but "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" my grandma used to say---
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGLXclJdPI0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGLXclJdPI0</a>

 

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