For a change from cylinder bits, I decided to work on the reversing gear, I had already made the links so why not do the rest. First job was the shaft, one end was turned 3/16 to be a good fit on the link. Next was to mark the distance between the shoulders using the parting blade to leave a mark before the bar was cut and the other side machined.
With the shaft done, the next operation was to make the reverse arm that connects to the reach rod. This was drilled first and then the shape marked out and made to size using the trusty hacksaw and files.
The next op was to silver solder the arms together so I made a jig from some scrap aluminium to hold them together at 90⁰. This was my first proper go at silver soldering and Im pleased with how it came out, still a lot of practice to be had though. The arms were then loctited to the shaft using a drill in each link to ensure they were inline with each other.
With that Im now up to date, Ive got the lifting links currently on the go and got some material for the reverse stand on order. I do have a toolmaking project coming up soon as well which Ill do a thread on when I get round to it
