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Michael S.:
I should really use my free time to work on the ME Beam steam engine, but I think I'll get on with it in the fall.
There are a few aluminum castings on the shelf. I bought them at an exhibition in Austria, and I was fascinated by this pump.
So I started on it today. The piston is a standard 1/2-inch check valve. To prevent the brass piston from sliding too easily in the aluminum, I thought I'd use a thin brass tube from the sink drain. I only need to remove 1 mm in diameter from the check valve. I drilled the hole on the lathe so that the brass tube clamps easily in the aluminum. Using a freshly turned piece of beech wood, I clamped the cylinder upside down in the lathe chuck and machined the other side. It all worked quite well. The aluminum is very easy to machine.

Michael S.:
The foot valve has a brass ring. I think it's better this way.
The check valve can be easily held and worked on with a 1/2-inch sleeve.
All the parts are screwed together. O-rings are used as seals.
In any case, I made good use of the somewhat stormy and wet Sunday, and the beginning is made.

Michael

redhouseluv:
Now that's something quite different from the usual castings! Who makes the castings and it also makes me wonder what else to they make?

Michael S.:
Look here:


https://mbi-design.de/wp/

crueby:
That is a beautiful pump kit!

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