Farm Boy

[crueby]

That elbow came out great!  Excellent  method.   

[RReid]

Very nicely done. I really like how you did that.

[Kim]

That's a pretty novel process!  And it came out very nice! 

Kim

[Admiral_dk]

That was a new one for my book - never seen it done this way 

Per       

[Dalboy]

Thank you all. I am finding ways to make and machine items, with this one the first attempt did not line up as I made that from two separate parts so thought I would have a go at this method which did work and solved the problem of holding the parts in line.

[Dalboy]

What with other jobs, not a lot of workshop time. But I have been able to apply some paint to the main body as well as get one of the flywheels set up for machining, more on that later when there is progress.

Anyway the paint job it may not be everyone’s taste in colour.

It has got a top clear coat which is petrol resistant.

[Roger B]

I like the colour  A bit different to the usual 

[Dalboy]

Well after a short break from the Farm Boy what with looking after my wife after a week in hospital as well as doing the cooking and housework and trying to catch up with gardening, I have finally managed a couple of hours in the workshop even if it was only to make a collet for a 1/8" broach to cut the keyways in the two flywheels. As well as a very quick tidy up and sorting out a new Arbor press which the wife treated me too.

I should now be back with some progress. Photo of the press, but still need to slot the collet.

Back onto the Farm Boy with the beginning of turning the flywheels, these were done on a faceplate. Only one side on both of them the outer diameter is just a little over the final size so that once fully machining of the centre and the sides I will take the diameter to final size mounting it on an Arbor.

I have managed to start on the second side of the fly wheels, bringing the diameter to 6" and cleaning the sides. I have started to bring the centre boss down to size as can be seen in the photos. The flywheels are cast iron and certainly make a mess when turning my hands were black just doing these few operations as it gets everywhere

[Admiral_dk]

Always good to see people here make parts 

I hope that your wife is doing better.

Best wishes

Per         

[Dalboy]

Always good to see people here make parts 

I hope that your wife is doing better.

Best wishes

Per         

Thank you and it seems that I just get started again and the first job is to make a extension for the centre hub of the fly wheels and the first one went in most of the way so I re positioned the flywheel and went and cracked the small extension so now need to remove it and make another. Luckily it was that and not the main flywheel.

[Dalboy]

I have now sorted out the centre boss and extended one side as they are a little short.

I have now completed the main turning on these, with only the tapered turning on one side of each to do, and the holes drilled for the fixing flange to attach.
I also managed to form the keyway on both, which I was nervous about as the broach is only 1/8" wide, but it went a lot easier than I expected.

[Dalboy]

If I thought I was back on track with my last post, it has only taken me since then to drill and tap 6 small holes. This was due to me going down with a severe chest infection and not fit to play with machines.
Hopefully (touch wood) I am now back on track.



So nearly finished the flywheels, just need to put a taper in the centre hole which will become clearer in the operation after that

[Dalboy]

Back on the farm boy after a short break as I have been doing a write-up for the Model Engineers Workshop magazine and yet more work in the garden.

The flywheels needed a taper putting in the crankshaft hole and also a tapered fixing made to match. Going by the plans, the opening in the flywheel just cut into the three screw holes, which surprised me.

I mounted the flywheels on the faceplate and dialled them in before setting the angle and turning these. Both flywheels were done before turning the matching locking fixings. This meant that the cross slide was already set and both tapers matched.
Still need to drill the fixing holes and also two threaded holes to use if they need extracting from the flywheel in the future as well as a slot.

[Minh Thanh]