I got a little more done this week. During the week I cleaned up the door castings and filed the latch so that it would close. The frame was drilled for the hinge pin. Then I drilled the mounting holes on the door frame to tapping size.
The door was installed and held with a clamp. Then the hole for the hinge was drilled using the door frame as a drill guide.
The frame was mounted on the boiler and the holes transferred. The boiler holes were then tapped.
The holes in the door frame holes were drilled out to clearance size. The door was installed, the hinge pin pushed through and the end peened.
Next I transfer punched the mounting holes for the top cap. The top cap was then drilled and tapped.
The top cap was assembled and it and the door mounted to the boiler. That is as far as I can go with the boiler itself until the Bix burner I ordered comes in so I started work on the ancillaries. I already have a one of the PMR premachined hand pumps allocated for this build so that’s sorted. That leaves the water tank. I am using the PMR water tank kit. I started by cleaning up the tank on the lathe and drilling the hole for the outlet bushing.
The base was soft soldered in and then the bushing mounted and soldered in. After soldering the tanks was pickled and cleaned up.
I took the base casting and machined the end flat.
The base was flipped in the chuck and turned to be a slip fit n the tank.
It was then over to the mill to drill the four mounting holes.
I cleaned up the flashing with some file work and then I deviated from the plans for mounting the tank to the base. Instead of drilling holes and using mounting screws, I JB welded the tank onto the base. I will finish this update with a family shot taken while waiting for the JB weld to set.
Till next time
Tony
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