30ft 1890's navy steam launch 1/6th scale

[crueby]

always wear your safety glasses!!! he just didn't look right without the eyeballs so I added them..

He needs a little pair of safety glasses, and a (dented) hard hat!

[Admiral_dk]

The funny thing is that it makes him "more human" with the eyes (why they also do it in movies and cartoons), but also strange as it is a human (model) skeleton. But I like that you did it 

[tghs]

with my shop he might need a full helmet and a fire extinguisher,, thought about the the glasses, but lacking a nose and ears this might be problematic.. shop has been cleaned and organised a bit and might get back to the engine (if I can remember what I was doing next.)time to start messing things up again..

[Admiral_dk]

with my shop he might need a full helmet and a fire extinguisher

        ..... I do hope that the accidents aren't so bad that you might loose life, limbs or the shop / house.

[tghs]

actually got some shop time today.. starting working on the eccentric rods ,, a little casting clean up,, a little marking center lines,, spot faced for drilling the cross bolts,, slim says they need to thinned down like him..

[tghs]

the rods were drilled for the bolts, and the cut..instead of working on the 4 rods all at once I decided to get one close to complete (that way I would only mess up one) the boring head in the mill worked great,, back on the unimat to turn down to thickness,, turned the recesses on each face,, lots of size checking,, a little file work an the parts fit well enough to lap them to the final fit,, still has some file work for the final outside edges,, slim is happy that a lot of meat was removed from the casting, he wants everything skeletonised!! the other three should take less time,,

[crueby]

Hmmm, Slim reminds me of the ventriloquist dummy Achmed, only Slim says "I MILL you!"   

[tghs]

I MILL YOU, I MILL YOU TWICE!!!  today we have the four eccentrics and rods,, they still will need some final hand work.. my drag links are to short so new sets will have to made.. (still making this up as I go along) the rods are just held in place at the link with some small screws  to test fit things.. sorta just down to getting the pistons turned and final finishing.(plus to ton of little things)

[tghs]

spent some time drilling 3/16th rod for the new drag links,, looked at things a little harder and came to the conclusion the the links are fine and the arms are to short,, have to start looking at making a new set of them..

[tghs]

the new drag arms were easier to make than the drag links,, test fit shows it should work now and has reduced the needed travel of the way lever,, slim wants me to make the the lever next so he can get a handle on things..

[crueby]

Better do what Slim wants, he has a REALLY intense gaze!

[tghs]

I worked the pistons anyways, turned on threaded shafts as arbors to keep things centered..still need the bottoms and tops profiled,, holding off on cutting the ring grooves, I scored 10 micro boring/cutters,, $5.50 total they should help do the job well.. (should be in mailbox Friday) next week might be the start of take it all apart, finish and correct things, make the last little bits (oil cups, link sliders, cyl vents, ect ect ect)put it all back together..

[tghs]

my 5 dollar and change cutter lot arrived today,, sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut!!! they look new and very very nice,, I had a bid up to 30.00 placed and sort of forgot about it, was shocked when the you won email showed up.. they should work well on unimat SL

[simplyloco]

A real bargain. Well done.
John

[tghs]

a while back I ebeyed a quick change tool post for the unimat SL100,, for the price its been great and speeds things up..,, the dremel mounting holder is a big plus,, contacted the seller and he set up an 4 extra holder package including 2  "blanks" that I can drill for the new cutters,,