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Offline deltatango

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Another Westbury Wyvern build
« on: January 01, 2019, 11:38:15 AM »
Hi everyone and I hope you all have a very happy and useful 2019!

Now that Mastiff is running (not really finished, but nothing here ever is) its time to make a start on the next project. It is also the 1st January 2019 which sounds like a good time to start anything.

Making Mastiff generated a lot of swarf and all that metal carving has, at least temporarily, satisfied my need for machining from the solid. This time around I have a set of castings and materials for E. T. Westbury's "Wyvern". Once again I've modelled the engine based on the original Westbury drawings (plus hints from this forum and others) using the Alibre 3D CAD package. With Mastiff I made 2D drawings as and when needed, this time I've created a full set before starting to cut metal. No doubt I'll find out the problems with these as I go along.

Many of you will already know what Wyvern looks like but here it is for those who don't:



The PDF of the GA drawing is at :

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AJ%5FpFM1IAFxp8q4&cid=2272D9130B9B6673&id=2272D9130B9B6673%212741&parId=2272D9130B9B6673%212733&o=OneUp

It is too big to attach and I'm not sure just how to add a hyperlink to a file, hope it works. If not I guess someone will put me straight.

The casting set from Hemingway Kits looks like:



Only the flywheels are in CI.

I made a start on machining the sub-base this pm, pictures in the next post.

Regards, David

Edit 2019-03-28: Drawing .pdf and .jpg files updated - see later post DT
« Last Edit: March 28, 2019, 02:22:19 AM by deltatango »
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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2019, 12:00:32 PM »
:thinking: Nice set of castings David. We just checked our set and the flywheels are the only CI parts in that set as well. Our carb is Ali... Have you thought about the skew gears


Looking forward to watching your build.

Jo

P.S. I fixed both links  ;)

« Last Edit: January 27, 2019, 01:53:29 PM by Jo »
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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2019, 01:51:16 PM »
Like these?

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2019, 03:04:01 PM »
Ideal if you are going for the "barn find" look :LittleDevil:

Nice job on the drawings though the link does not work for me either. Lookforward to following your build.

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2019, 03:59:29 PM »
Ideal if you are going for the "barn find" look :LittleDevil:


Hi Jason.

The " special " coating isn't just for castings, you know!!   :lolb:

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2019, 04:18:13 PM »
David, I think the link is fixed now.

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2019, 04:20:35 PM »
link works now though it only goes to an image and not a pdf but we have lost the image of the drawing from the post :headscratch:

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2019, 05:45:58 PM »
I didn't mess with the other link that I know of. Maybe David can edit that one since it worked the first time.

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2019, 06:31:46 PM »
Both correct now.

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2019, 11:05:18 PM »
David,
That looks like an interesting project. Must admit to not having built from castings despite having a set of Galloway 1/6 scale.
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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2019, 11:49:50 PM »
Hi Jo, Jason and Bill,
Thanks for sorting out the link, I think I now know the format, will find out for sure shortly.

The skew gears I have came without the protective brown coating:



Unlike soggier parts of the globe I can store things and have them stay dry. The downside is the occasional "warmer" day - Friday's forecast is for 42 C.

The first bit of machining was on the sub-base. After filing and using wet-or-dry on the surface plate to flatten off the bottom the casting was brought to height on the mill:



The alloy was horrible to file, even a sharp file filled with chalk picked up and scored the surface, but the AGPT tips on the facing cutter left a really good finish.

The drawing shows the height as 2.75", the casting cleaned up to this with ~0.030 to spare; a warning to check and set up all castings carefully and remove the minimum of metal:



The PDF of the drawing is, I hope, at:

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnNmmwsT2XIilTCcfiNHmMoajmAv

A 3D PDF (generated by Alibre so it will be free from any nasties) of the whole engine model is at:

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnNmmwsT2XIilTQ0E39PkE9RAM1T

If anyone wants info on using the 3D PDF format, please let me know and I'll try to help. There is a lot you can do with these (e.g. cut sections).

David

OK, had to edit the URL for the drawing - I'd put in the .jpg in error. DT

Edit 2019-03-28: Drawing .pdf and .jpg file updated - see later post.
« Last Edit: March 28, 2019, 02:23:54 AM by deltatango »
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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2019, 12:28:04 AM »

Unlike soggier parts of the globe I can store things and have them stay dry. The downside is the occasional "warmer" day - Friday's forecast is for 42 C.
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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2019, 07:24:26 AM »
3D file is working OK.

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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2019, 07:50:43 AM »
Thanks for confirming that Jason.
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Re: Another Westbury Wyvern build
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2019, 11:50:10 PM »
Nice work on the CAD model David.
I will be looking forward to following along with your build.

Dave

 

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