Old school precision. I had no idea our ancestors used such measurements. Especially to line a machine such as this. Fascinating. Thank you for explaining.
Coming along nicely. I can't wait until I can come down and see this engine in person. Having worked maintenance on a five stand 56" temper mill for many years I have some idea on how much power is required to run a rolling mill. The one I worked on used 4 motor generator sets totalling 24,000 hp. I was wondering was this Tod engine used on a rougher or a finishing mill? On the five stand the steel would enter the mill just shy of 1/4" thick at a crawl and come out the other end 11.7 thou thick at 60 mph and 30,000 feet long.
The engine operated a six stand, 24" merchant mill. That mill mostly took blooms and reduced them down to 4 to 5" rounds for the Campbell seamless tube mill.
As close as we can get it. The big thing is making sure the two main bearings are in alignment with each other. If the wires are parallel to within 1/8" over 50 feet, both bedplates are level crosswise and the crankshaft is also level then I think we will have achieved our goals. I have never done this before so lets see how it works out!
Old school precision. I had no idea our ancestors used such measurements. Especially to line a machine such as this. Fascinating. Thank you for explaining.
Good to see the progress since the rescue days
Truly fascinating. Learning going on here. Well done !
Great video as always! You’re too cool! Quite the Renascence Man! 👍🏻👍🏻
Coming along nicely. I can't wait until I can come down and see this engine in person. Having worked maintenance on a five stand 56" temper mill for many years I have some idea on how much power is required to run a rolling mill. The one I worked on used 4 motor generator sets totalling 24,000 hp. I was wondering was this Tod engine used on a rougher or a finishing mill? On the five stand the steel would enter the mill just shy of 1/4" thick at a crawl and come out the other end 11.7 thou thick at 60 mph and 30,000 feet long.
The engine operated a six stand, 24" merchant mill. That mill mostly took blooms and reduced them down to 4 to 5" rounds for the Campbell seamless tube mill.
Thanks!
It’s a hard job aligning a big engine like that. What are the tolerances for the alignment?
As close as we can get it. The big thing is making sure the two main bearings are in alignment with each other. If the wires are parallel to within 1/8" over 50 feet, both bedplates are level crosswise and the crankshaft is also level then I think we will have achieved our goals. I have never done this before so lets see how it works out!
@@YoungstownSteelHeritage Hope you have one of those Starrett crankshaft distortion gauges when aligning the main bearings. I may have an extra one.
👍 nice
Why don't you take that crankshaft down to napa and have it ground? 😅
Crankshaft is larger than the local store.