New Mills Pumping Station

[ddmckee54]

Willy:

Your small lathe looks an awful lot like a Unimat, is it?  If it is, what tool post are you using?

Don

[steam guy willy]

Hi Don , It is a unimat lathe and the QC tool post came from RDG Tools however I did have to angle grind about 1/4" off the bottom to fit . I will put a pic on my post tonight

Willy

[steam guy willy]

Hi MJM  thanks for the comments and the gears are actually concealed by lots of health and safety covers so I have not been able to actually measure the sizes. What I can see is there are about 46 teeth on the horizontal one. I have used standard propriety gears with only 30 teeth. As this model is purely representative I have used some artistic licence !! however I dont have a gear cutting machine and as there are all those wooden teeth that would be a challenge !!. I could redo them however at a later date ...So  thanks for looking in

Willy

[ddmckee54]

I did have to angle grind about 1/4" off the bottom to fit

I'm not surprised that you had to lower it.  The listing said it fit a Unimat 3 or 4, which have higher centerlines than the DB/SL that you have.  I was just wondering where you got a steel QC tool-post.  The QC tool-post that I've got for my SL is made out of aluminum.  All of the QC tool-posts that I've seen listed for a DB/SL have been aluminum.

Don

[steam guy willy]

Di Don, this is the part that I sawed OFF THE QC TOOL HOLDER AND IT IS STEEL, the second standard is taking shape and the vertical bearing part will need to made and attached ..also when I drill holes that are quite long I use this extended center drill to start the hole.

Willy

[steam guy willy]

I have started the verticle bearing and made a quick perspex one to check out the dimensions  this is the backplate part that will be soldered onto the frame... The brass is now under construction ...

Willy

[crueby]

I love the way you prototype it with perspex, great way to check out complex shapes.


 

[steam guy willy]

The Brass backplate is made and soldered in place so the bearing proper is next

Willy

[steam guy willy]

The vertical bearing is now made and I have to fit everything together with all the adjusting screws ...

Willy

[RReid]

I do so enjoy following your progress, Willy.

[crueby]

Spectacular, there is a lot going on in those assemblies. Great work!

[Kim]

I'm following along, Willy.  You do a ton of fine detail fabrication on your engines and it is just amazing to watch.  Great work, Willy!

Kim

[steam guy willy]

hi everybody and thanks for the comments.. I do a lot of thinking about what I am doing and that is why everything takes so long !!
After 70 odd years of accumulating tools, machinery and massive quantities of materials ,plus all the stuff from Jarrold's skip I don't have to compromise with my builds, and can take my time. There is also lots of other really good work happening on these threads and am impressed with lots of the builds that I would find impossible to make !!!.... so thanks and its good Covid is reducing so I can get out to visit other engines and also the exhibitions..

Willy

[steam guy willy]

so ..doing some more fitting to get everything lined up and it is now running fairly smoothly ..I have taken some pictures withe gears rotating and that is why they look blurry...

Willy

[crueby]

Hi Willy,


Are you going to keep the perspex floor to show what's underneath? Maybe draw some floorboard edges on?