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Offline crueby

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2019, 03:37:16 PM »
Excellent progress (as usual) !
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2019, 04:46:07 PM »
This morning I got the upper head, piston, piston shaft and packing gland completed. Piston and shaft from 303 stainless. One end pressed into piston the rod end screwed in place with 6-40 threads.
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2019, 07:14:36 PM »
I finished up the valve links and made a couple of 0-80 hex bolts to mount them. Most of the bolts will be hexed or acorn style.
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2019, 07:41:54 PM »
beatifully done so far - if I hadn't been reading from the start, I would think those parts are much larger!
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2019, 08:49:16 PM »
Excellent work George but I have to ask are you soft sokdering or silver soldering?


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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2019, 11:48:22 PM »
Hi Don,
Just 50/50 soft solder. There's really no high pressure involved so soft solder is fine, and it's much easier to clean up.
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2019, 02:24:57 AM »
Making rapid progress George, and as inspiring as always.

Bill

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2019, 02:49:52 AM »
Very nice George, following along.  :popcorn:
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2019, 05:50:06 PM »
This morning's work was to make the air line and fittings that go from the bottom head/valve block to the upper cylinder. The bolt for this scaled to .051 diameter so I made them M1.2 x .25. The hex is 1/16th.(.062)
The tube was first soldered to the base fitting then it was installed on the cylinder. A minute piece of solder was layed on the joint between the upper fitting and tube and sweated in place.
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2019, 08:14:38 PM »
Hello George,

Your work is absolutely beautiful as usual.

Have a great day,
Thomas
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2019, 05:50:44 PM »
Yesterday I started on the crankshaft. It's made from 1144 steel. We know that 1144 doesn't come in flat stock so I milled a piece of 1.00 diameter bar to .875 x .350. I set the bar on end and center drilled the ends. I then mounted the piece in a 4 jaw chuck and rough turned on end of the main shaft leaving .015 stock for finishing. I then extended the piece out far enough to cut the throw journal. Using an indicator I offset the stock to get the proper stroke. Using a bifurcated tool that I use strictly for crankshafts I cut the throw. I then band sawed the extra material from the uncut end. I milled the blank to get it to .35. This makes cutting the diameter a little smoother going across the corners.
The crank was then mounted between centers using a home-made dog to drive the part. Both ends of the shaft were turned to size and polished. The drawing calls for a complete radius on the ends of the crank webs so I made a step-off chart and milled them with a ball mill.
The steps were filed and polished.
Sorry there's no work in progress pictures but the part is so small it's hard to get effective pictures while working.
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #26 on: February 15, 2019, 08:16:34 PM »
Nice looking crank, there! Great finish for a such a little part.

Pic of bifurcated tool please? I'm pretty sure what it is but....

There's that huge penny again!

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2019, 08:35:47 PM »
Wonderful finish. Did you do something to the side of the web to give it that greyer matte look?

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2019, 08:51:05 PM »
Fantastic work George!  :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp:
It's always a joy to see your work!  :popcorn:

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine
« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2019, 10:05:36 PM »
George,
That crank looks great. You're making great progress.
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