Author Topic: Kearsarge Windlass Engines  (Read 19131 times)

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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #540 on: March 28, 2024, 06:49:21 PM »
Just out of idle curiosity, did you Count the Number of Cranks it took to bring the top down to finished height?  That was some mighty fine CNCing.
The bar was 1" thick to start, finished height was 0.9", so two cranks vertically. Horizontally? Thats a LOT!  Back and forth and back and forth...

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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #541 on: March 28, 2024, 07:24:10 PM »
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"I've cut that stock three times, and it's still too short!"

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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #542 on: March 28, 2024, 07:39:49 PM »
More done on the engine bed, got the side cuts on the first side done. The top ends of the vertical flanges will be cut back, so they are full width at the bottom and taper in to meet the side of the base at the top.


Then got to work on the other side. This is a bit more complex because of the extensions sticking out from the crank web openings. The solid block just left of center in this picture needs to be undercut - that block is there to form the angled holder for a frame post.

So, here is the engine bed so far, mounted back on the base without the plywood spacer. Next steps will be to lay out and cut the bearing block openings, and drill all the holes in the top faces for the frames and bearing caps. Lots to go on this part!

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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #543 on: March 28, 2024, 10:27:42 PM »
Nice work on the base, Chris!  :ThumbsUp: :popcorn: :popcorn:

... Lots to go on this part!
Lots to go, yes.  But you've done a LOT already!  This is a labor intensive part!

Kim

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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #544 on: Today at 02:13:27 AM »
Nice work on the base, Chris!  :ThumbsUp: :popcorn: :popcorn:

... Lots to go on this part!
Lots to go, yes.  But you've done a LOT already!  This is a labor intensive part!

Kim


Thanks  Kim!  It is starting to look like an Art Deco building, sorta? 




This is one of those pieces that  make me glad the shop is just steps down the hall, easy to go in and spend 20 minutes several times a day, then go do something else and go back again for more cranking on the mill.


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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #545 on: Today at 02:16:08 AM »
Just looked back at my previous post after replying to Kim, and realized that I forgot to paste in the third picture, of the part after it is bolted back down without the plywood spaced:



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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #546 on: Today at 02:55:33 AM »
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"I've cut that stock three times, and it's still too short!"

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Re: Kearsarge Windlass Engines
« Reply #547 on: Today at 07:56:45 AM »
Thats a lot of cranking and swarf  :ThumbsUp:  :ThumbsUp:  :ThumbsUp:  :wine1:
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Roger

 

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