That's coming on nicely William. Will be great to see it finished & running. All the best for the new year to you , your family & followers. Regards. Steve.
Thanks very much, Christmas was lovely, albeit hectic! After your comment about the table being locked in the vertical axis, I checked my phone, and there is about 15 to 25 thou of slop eliminated
Hi William, You recently asked me about machining coupling rod ends and referred to a technique where the rod is held by hand and rotated around an arbor. I came across this video this morning of someone doing just that: ruclips.net/video/4kVnTZ3eaVw/видео.html He is working at a much smaller scale though, where the risk of injury is much lower. Cheers Mark
Thanks Mark, as you've probably seen I dug up a rotary table from an unmarked box that's been in my shed for some time so no worries - I'll check that video out now though, because it's always good to see alternatives!
Sorry Will, realised I was chatting rubbish about a different issue all together with the rods.
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Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year 😀 to you and your family 👪
Happy new year, thank you!
Excellent progress William. Step by step. 👏👏👍😀
That's the plan! Maybe it's ambitious, but I'm hoping to get the locomotive motion and tender chassis done before the boiler arrives in Spring '24
That's coming on nicely William. Will be great to see it finished & running. All the best for the new year to you , your family & followers.
Regards.
Steve.
Thank you very much, Steve! I think getting at finished is definitely a long-term goal-let’s just get the chassis done first! 😂
Great job on the coupling rods and bearings, they look good. I hope you had a great Christmas
Thanks very much, Christmas was lovely, albeit hectic! After your comment about the table being locked in the vertical axis, I checked my phone, and there is about 15 to 25 thou of slop eliminated
Wonderful! I can only dream of having your machining skills. Thanks for showing us how!
Gosh, i don't know about that - I'm just bumbling along! :)
Keep up the good work William and Happy new year.
Thanks Kevin - happy New Year to you too
I think it was a wise decision to cut by hand. Bronze can be very tricky to part off.
Especially that long, gosh I was worried. I have been quite lucky with parting off to date and I didn't want to ruin my streak :)
Rigidity, speed, just below centre, an underground tool and a flood of coolant. I part 3 inch washers off in my lathe.
Love it 🙂
Thanks Mark, means alot coming from you - you know your onions :)
Hi William,
You recently asked me about machining coupling rod ends and referred to a technique where the rod is held by hand and rotated around an arbor. I came across this video this morning of someone doing just that:
ruclips.net/video/4kVnTZ3eaVw/видео.html
He is working at a much smaller scale though, where the risk of injury is much lower.
Cheers
Mark
I still wouldn't do it that way, even at that size....
@@markshomeengineering5243 I did it that way and it worked fine
Thanks Mark, as you've probably seen I dug up a rotary table from an unmarked box that's been in my shed for some time so no worries - I'll check that video out now though, because it's always good to see alternatives!