A Robinson from rejects.

[Jo]

Ok Graham how do you drill for the little end pinch bolt 

I think I might be tempted to Loctite the bush in 

Jo

[Jasonb]

Simples you use a necked bolt, I've done them on a couple of engines

Drill and tap right through from the cylinder head end of the rod. Then make a bolt with the upper part of the shank just below minor dia of the thread

[Alyn Foundry]

Ok Graham how do you drill for the little end pinch bolt 

I think I might be tempted to Loctite the bush in 

Jo

Hi Jo.

Are you making some " Robinson " swarf? 

I used to " dummy " that!

Do as Jason has suggested by all means but I just press fitted the small end bush and then re reamed for the gudeon pin. Or " wrist " pin in olde worlde speak.

Cheers Graham.

[Jo]

Are you making some " Robinson " swarf? 

Who have you been talking to 

Jo

[Alyn Foundry]

Hi Jo.

I've PM'd you.

I thought you and other members/readers might like to see a photo of the Rhuddlan foundry where your castings were made a little over 17 years ago. We had a little trip to the seaside.

Cheers Graham.

[crueby]

Looks like the foundry itself took a trip INTO the seaside....   

[Jasonb]

Returned the casting sand to it's place of origin

[Alyn Foundry]

Sorry Jason, nowhere near Mansfield!

Aye, ''twas lovely stuff to work with, I have a quarter Ton tucked away in my foundry area.

There's an irony in the above photograph, the foundry closed in 2000 and lay idle until a deal was struck with the neighbouring land owner. The princely sum of £1.00 was paid, the site had a new owner.

Some years back I approached the owner with a proposal to re open the foundry but with a twist. Steeped in history the site had been running since 1850 as a producer of agricultural equipment. Corbett Williams was their name.

The idea was to open as a tourist attraction with practical demonstrations of the dying art of foundry work.

The owners were greedy wanting a £40,000 a year rental! No jobbing foundry would cover that cost.

The site was flattened and proposed as a housing estate, here's the irony. Tests were made of the ground only to find that the substrate was toxic. Rhuddlan foundry had been used during the Great War to make munitions. Instead of a thriving tourist attraction on the North Wales coast the site will remain just as you see it in the photograph.

Sad.

[Jo]

Hi Graham,

How's your X Type coming on?

I've just finished my first one, ready for tomorrow   

Jo

[Alyn Foundry]

Lovely Jo.

Kinda reminds me of Kryten from " Red Dwarf "  missing the curvy " iney outey " bits !!   

The Phoenix is stirring in the ashes....       Sneak preview.... 

Cheers Graham.

[Jo]

I prefer to be thought of as Cat..... Think episode 1: scent can and casting sets 

 

Jo

[Jasonb]

You have made that faster than me Jo

[Alyn Foundry]

Hi Jason.

Is it that easy these days?

Slight correction, if you'll allow me? The 1895 engine I scaled had the writing on the reverse side and on the later engines only H R was seen on the side you have projected.

In the early years what we call the front ie. mechanicals seen was termed the rear. The front was where the power came from. I'm basing this statement on early literature from R.A. Lister's manuals.

I assume these " electronic " renditions actually run as well?

Cheers Graham.

[Jasonb]

Yes it is that easy once you get the hang of things. Alterations are just a click away so no need for scratching out the ink, also the alteration done on the base casting is automatically done on the assembly drawing and anywhere else it may appear such as the 2D drawings.

You know my engines run once it is all drawn it will be possible to hold the mouse down on the flywheel and see all the parts move as you drag the flywheel round or click the piston and see the parts turn as you slide it up and down. It is quite handy when designing an engine as you can see things that may hit

[Jo]

It seems Surus has a new friend who sends him castings and Drawings

Jo