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Offline gbritnell

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Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« on: February 08, 2019, 04:56:33 PM »
While deciding how to approach the build of the Galion road grader I needed something to keep myself busy so I went through all the stored drawings and settled on the engine that our good friend Chuck Fellows designed.
Always wanting to do something a little different I scaled the drawings by .70. This allowed for the smallest screws to be threaded M1.2 x .25, for which I have taps and a die.
I had some brass available but had to order more for the decorative standards. Other than the scale factor I'm building it per the plans.
Here's where I am so far.
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2019, 07:42:01 PM »
There's that huge penny again! Where do you find those???  :lolb:

 :popcorn: :popcorn:

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2019, 07:52:28 PM »
Lots of progress on a lot of parts! Thats going to be a beauty!
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2019, 08:32:45 PM »
The parts look absolutely stunning  :praise2:

.... but I'm certainly glad I'm not the one tapping M1.2  :o .... yes I know you have done this before, but these small sizes would make me extremely nervous ....

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2019, 09:43:31 PM »
George any project you build is stunning to say the least and looking forward to more updates..... :ThumbsUp:


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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2019, 09:48:39 PM »
Looks great George...I'm sure Chuck approves!

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2019, 11:19:20 PM »
Very nice looking assortment of parts George.
Like all your projects, it is bound to be a showpiece.

Dave

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2019, 11:23:33 PM »
Hello George,

This is going to be a classic, a design by Chuck and built by George. It is a pure pleasure to be able to follow this thread. :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

Have a great day,
Thomas
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2019, 12:36:48 AM »
I am looking forward to it as well George, I just love your affinity for small scale engines  :ThumbsUp:

Bill

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2019, 09:40:26 PM »
There's that huge penny again! Where do you find those???  :lolb:

 :popcorn: :popcorn:

Pete

I'm with you Pete, George has a penny the size of a dinner plate and he's just fooling us all.  :lolb:

Really George, your work continues to amaze me !
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2019, 10:39:37 PM »
George,
Looks like you already have a good start. I will be following along.
Art
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2019, 11:35:19 PM »
Ooh! those parts look really nice George - like Don 1066's 'brass masterpieces' that's going to be another smaller but gem like engine for us to take delight in   :praise2:

Looking forwards to seeing this develop  :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2019, 03:17:05 AM »
outstanding as always !

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2019, 04:42:29 AM »
 :ThumbsUp: :popcorn:
 Looking forward to this being built George, really nice work! Chuck will be proud.

 John

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2019, 01:58:14 PM »
For those of you that didn't follow Chuck's build this engine is an oscillator that has the cylinder pivoting on a central shaft. The valve mechanism is in an adjacent bore. When the cylinder rocks back and forth this would cause the valve mechanism to rotate in a circular path equal to the radius from the center of the pivot shaft. To compensate the valve shaft is tied to the base of the engine with a linkage which allows it move with the oscillations but stay in a fixed position, rotation wise. The valve body on the bottom of the cylinder has the porting which is naturally moving as the cylinder oscillates but being as the valve is stationary this allows the porting to allow steam/air to go from one end of the cylinder to the other (double acting).
Yesterday I machined both of the valve shafts, the pivoting shaft that the cylinder rotates on and the actual valve shaft.
The pivoting shaft wasn't a big deal, turning, threading and drilling some porting but the valve shaft has slotting to create the port paths. The full sized drawing calls out the porting channels as .062 wide x  .075 deep which multiplied by .70 equals .043 x .053 deep. I turned the shaft leaving it on the end of the rod then mounted it in my dividing head. I center drilled (#0) then drilled each corner position with a #57 drill (.043) then mounted a .032 end mill into the spindle. My mill will only spin 2500 rpm so the feed rate was very slow and precise. I cut the initial path at .04 depth then went to .053 and made a second pass. That being finished I offset all the positions by .0055 and made another pass to get the .043 width.
No end mills were harmed in the production of this part!
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