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The Alyn Foundry IF Allman engine.
Jasonb:
Thanks for the interest Dave. The actual part that does the burning is the ting that I showed in the previous post but a small Sievert 8842 burner is used for it's jet and air mixing, Graham looks to have pressed the stainless steel end into a larger diameter piece of tube on his engine but I wanted to keep mine a a bit slimmer and neater.
The part I was threading above replaces the Stainless one and screws onto the mid section of the Sievert burner with a M10 x 0.75 thread which is what I was cutting, the other end of that part has a 1/8" BSP similar to your NPT male thread on the other end to go into an elbow which you can see below.
On the Robinson that just had the unaltered Sievert burner aimed straight at the hot tube I had problems getting it hot enough, don't think that will be the case this time :) Though I am having to block off most of the air holes with my finger to stop the flame blowing off the ring burner.
I have just cured the air issue by turning down the mid section and pressing on a sleeve that just has two 1/32" holes and that seems to work well. Next job is to make an adaptor so I can get from my new valve to the back of the Sievert burner, more 0.75mm pitch threads
J
Roger B:
I like that burner for the hot tube :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: I will need something similar for the Saurer Phaeton engine :)
Jasonb:
Needles and hand wheels made together with a D pit to cut the tapered seats
Jasonb:
Despite other distractions I did manage a bit more on this one over the weelend.
First the insides of the two valves were machined and then all the bits could be silver soldered together before finally drilling the connecting passages. I also opted to add a small boss to the base, a spot faced surface may do for others but the surface of my casting was not ideal in this area.
With the valve in place pipework could be finalised and the nipples soldered on for a trial fit.
Another job that needed doing was making and locating a bracket for the drip feed oiler and making up a small run of pipework.
Hopefully there should not be anymore work to the base and A frame castings needed now so those working drawings can be completed.
Jasonb:
I spent most of the weekend workshop time on this engine as I wanted to get it finished ready for taking out next weekend. The jobs included
Plug for the primary exhaust as the engine makes better compression and has a longer power stroke with it blanked off.
Guide bracket for the governor rod, there looks to be something similar on the patent drawing.
Finish off the governor weights and some pins for the spring
Also made the last few studs and some oil cups and shaft keys to complete the engine. Doubt it will get test run for a week or two but fingers crossed it will go, compression is quite good even without rings or gaskets.
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