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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #255 on: June 01, 2018, 07:15:35 PM »
The key ways are only in the bushes.

I could pin the bushes to the rest of the flywheel if needed   :thinking: The governor bracket screws act as pins on one of the flywheels  ;)

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« Reply #256 on: June 02, 2018, 11:44:29 AM »
Good morning Jo.

Yes indeed, the governor support bracket screws will provide a good mechanical joint between the bush and flywheel.

It may be prudent to do the same with the other bush? 3 by 6 BA countersunk screws placed at 120 degrees coinciding with the root of 3 spokes would add much needed strength.

I have mentioned, in the past, that when Loctite 638 first appeared I made a couple of R.L.E. crankshafts and glued them. They failed miserably! In fact the opening picture of an R.L.E. in this thread is one of the engines that had failed. Look closely at the offset in the spokes. I always strived to match the keyway position to the spokes perfectly.

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #257 on: June 04, 2018, 09:01:58 PM »
Looking good Jo, are you going to attempt to start this one or has the other still got you running scared?!?


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« Reply #258 on: June 05, 2018, 06:54:40 AM »
Looking good Jo, are you going to attempt to start this one or has the other still got you running scared?!?

This one will be started at the appropriate time  ::). Since the Felgiebel sliced the end of Eric's thumb we have run the AHC Diesel for the first time and would have run the Atom but Eric had taken it apart  :facepalm: he has a habit of doing that before we run any of my engines  :slap:

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #259 on: June 17, 2018, 03:33:49 PM »
The big end and crankshaft oilers are in place. I had hoped to finish the RLE this afternoon but the knowledge that I had "spare" Jaffas cakes proved too strong a lure for my visitor ::)

Hopefully I will be able to finish her off during a couple of lunch times during the week. In the meantime I think I need to enter into some negotiation for the next set of engine castings  :noidea:

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #260 on: June 17, 2018, 03:40:00 PM »
Looks good Jo, I look forward to seeing it running  :pinkelephant:

Where does the coal go?  ;)

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #261 on: June 17, 2018, 04:53:58 PM »
Getting closer, and coming along nicely :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #262 on: June 18, 2018, 02:57:27 PM »
The middle oiler is interesting to me.
What prevents it from tilting to a side?
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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #263 on: June 18, 2018, 06:52:04 PM »
Thanks Guys  :)

The middle oiler is interesting to me.
What prevents it from tilting to a side?

Zee, the threaded bit fixing it to the big end cap was carefully threaded/turned so that when tight it made the cup sit vertically. then it was secured to the cap using thread lock to prevent it coming undone  ;)


I think I have been allowed to have another set of castings from the store cupboard, they have been allowed as far as the dining table  :wine1:

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #264 on: June 18, 2018, 07:00:07 PM »
Maybe you should try a bar stock engine as the elephant man seems to only be after your castings ;)

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #265 on: June 19, 2018, 05:49:41 PM »
Finally there  :) RLE 503 is all stamped up and awaiting the running crew.

And the good news is that negotiation seems to be complete and Surus has exchanged No 503 for another set of model engine castings  :pinkelephant:

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #266 on: June 19, 2018, 06:00:08 PM »
A beautiful engine Jo!!  Looking forward to the first run and hopefully a video of it too.

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #267 on: June 19, 2018, 06:05:25 PM »
Really nice Jo. I would have to make some hex head bolts for that muffler though  :stickpoke:

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #268 on: June 19, 2018, 06:06:27 PM »
Well done Jo!!

I too am waiting in anticipation of the first run video.

Somethings irking me though, I can't see a filling hole and cap on your fuel tank.

Cheers Graham.

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Re: Roy's Little Engine
« Reply #269 on: June 19, 2018, 06:20:23 PM »
What a lovely engine Jo and well done.

Looking forward to the next instalment in your build library.

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