PMR 4CI & 6CI

[1hand]

Happy New Year everyone!!!!! Hope 2013 brings you all great things!!!

I received an unexpected Christmas bonus from work this year as my first year as foreman and running my own spread. Though it wasn't much it was very nice gesture. I added it to some other gifted money and ordered the PM Research 4CI and 6CI casting kits tonight. Basically looks to be the same engine, one vertical and one horizontal. The steps should be about the same, so building them together should be fine.

This will be my first attempt at machining castings.
Matt 




Bore 1 1/2", Stroke 2 1/2", Double Acting
 
This is a replica of a rare old steam engine used for various small portable power applications a century ago. This engine was sold as a casting kit in 1895 by the Chas A. Strelinger Co. of Detroit, MI. The castings were made by their foundry, the Leland & Faulconer Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI. It was rated then as 1/4 H.P.

[b.lindsey]

Matt, I haven't built either of these two engines but several others from PM Research. They generally do a very nice job with their kits.  What will you be using to machine these?  Something rather large I hope

Bill

[1hand]

I have a SX3 and a 9x19, hope its enough to do the job. A 9x42 knee and a 13x40 are in my future but just about 10 grand short yet........lol

[zeeprogrammer]

I'm looking forward to watching these builds.
And congrats on the magazine cover.

[steamer]

Have at it buddy!

Dave

[Jo]

Nice looking engines. I will be watching the builds

Jo

[tvoght]

Hi Matt,
  I built the PMR 6CI myself, after building 2 smaller (and cheaper) engines from PMR castings.

I found the hardest part was attaching that fancy brass lagging, which required drilling and tapping a bunch of 2-56 holes and lining up the same holes in the brass. Eventually, I gave up and put a different kind of lagging on it. Good luck, and I'll be looking in on your build regularly to see how you're doing. You are going to post the build here, right? Right?!?!

--Tim

[smfr]

Looking forward to this! I have a smaller PMR kit on the shelf, waiting to be machined.

Simon

[Don1966]

I will be following along also Matt. Should be an interesting built since I never built one.

Don

[1hand]

I was going out the door for the weekend when the mail man showed up. I managed to get one of the boxes opened before I got the orders that we where leaving. The size of these castings rock!

[b.lindsey]

Great Matt...so we should be expecting chips soon then . Seriously, with castings, take your time and plan things out..whole different ballgame than bar stock. congrats on getting the new toys though.

Bill

[Jo]

Wow, those are big! That is going to be an impressive engine once it is built.

Jo

[NickG]

Yes, these things are huge, I like the 6ci but don't like those coke bottle style engines, they are obviously correct but I dont like the aspect ratio! just a personal thing, mau change my mind when see it built abd it will certainly be interesting watching. hear lots of good reviews about PMR and the 1BI seems somewhat of a bargain considering its size too. I think Cotswold heritage do a similar coke bottle type one for reasonable money too

[1hand]

My 2013 wish book came today, and I have them both picked out!

Both are 2hp 220v

Mill has a 9 1/2" x 31 1/2" table with power feed x axis and z axis

Lathe is a 12 x 36 with a gap bed with a 17" swing over the gap.

Outfitted with dro's and shipping about 9k

Hopefully I have good a busy summer this year so they can be sitting in my garage come next fall!

[1hand]

Anyone that knows me very well, knows I change my mind a lot and rarely play with in the rules.  While I was looking at them 2 boxes of castings and was thinking how similar the two engines are, and I thought self....you should make a twin!

So after a long thought process "about 10 mins" I got out the cut off wheel and started on the PMR 46ci twin.