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cheepo45:
I am working on the vertical engine from the Victorian Stationary Engines book by Stewart Hart (Excellent book by the way!)

 The first part I made was the flywheel (I like flywheels!)

It started out as a 3/4" slice of 5"diameter brass that was given to me by a friend.

The Lathe work was first - face, O.D., trepann the center cutout and finish with boring bars.

Then I set it up on a fixture in the mill. The spokes were cut out using my Prototrak CNC controller.

I then chamfered the spoke edges, flipped the fixture over and chamfered the other side.

It came out really well.
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Sanjay F:
You've done a great job there, its looking very nice!

I just looked up the book, it says full build for 3 models and I can see 2 on the front cover, what's the 3rd?

cheepo45:
The third is a grasshopper hoisting engine - quite ornate!
 Scott

cheepo45:
The next part I have completed is the top plate.
Sorry, I don't have any in-process pictures, but the part came out great!
I will be painting this metallic grey soon to go with the rest of the engine.
Scott

Roger B:
Off to a great start  :ThumbsUp:  :ThumbsUp:

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