Great to hear, you may also be interested in my second attempt that made in 2 pieces it was a little less hairy to turn. ruclips.net/video/N5mn_R_xYC8/видео.html
Hi Keith, well spotted I glazed over that without showing. I scribed a line on both ends with the part pinned on a flat surface, at about 2:40 you can see the layout blue marks on one end where is was scribed. The drilling was done in a mill with the centre accurately located then offset. Cheers Chris
These are great videos. I have just binge watched all of them. I cant wait for the completed project. Hopefully you will be able to bring it to our 3.5" and smaller run days. How do you find the Optimum Gear? I'm looking at selling my car to finance a bigger workshop for the 8 projects i have on the go at the moment and really need better machinery.
Thanks great to hear your enjoying them, will be keen for a run when I finally finish, which club do you belong to? I have found the optimum gear really good it was a big change from the 2 in one machine with shared motor I had prior. There is little play and some of the popular bench top lathe upgrades are standard features such as the quick release tailstock. The big things that make a difference from my previous machine are variable speed (not changing belts for speeds), reduced play and the mill being far more capable because of its size and rigidity. The only thing I have had trouble with is the nylon high low gear on the mill which I made a video of changing, it seems to be the weak link but is common to most bench top mills from what I can see. I must say it probably doesn’t help I run a 50mm face mill on it. By the way if decide to go that way keep an eye out for Machinery House’s sales they seem to do a couple of good ones a year.
Yeah I saw they had a sale at the moment but need to figure out the best time to sell the GTR. Once that’s done I will have room to setup how I want. First I need to get my 3.5” Blackmore Vale back on the track. I’m a member in ashburton and we have runs in Timaru quite often. The smaller gauges seem quite popular in the south still.
Thanks. I wish I could say I built it but it’s older than me. I have just tried hard to make it better and preserve it a bit. I just moved down south from masterton and spent a lot of weekends at Maidstone park in Upper Hutt. They have 3.5” -> 7 1/4” and I liked the fact it was quiet. I love the Fell engine. I have spent a bit of time at the museum over the years and use to listen to my nana about riding on them back in the day or my father who use to play on it when it was in the park across the road. It was probably the first loco I wanted to build as a kid as well 🙂
This helped me. I've looked for a way to machine a crank for a hit & miss engine.
Great to hear, you may also be interested in my second attempt that made in 2 pieces it was a little less hairy to turn. ruclips.net/video/N5mn_R_xYC8/видео.html
I gotta know. How many parting tools are sticking in your ceiling above the lathe?
These little lates just stall when it goes wrong so less than you would think.
How did you get the crank throw holes at each end of the rod in line with each other?
Hi Keith, well spotted I glazed over that without showing. I scribed a line on both ends with the part pinned on a flat surface, at about 2:40 you can see the layout blue marks on one end where is was scribed. The drilling was done in a mill with the centre accurately located then offset. Cheers Chris
@SS Workshop Nice job Chris.
Very nice job ,it is scary though working with a parting blade is no easy feat as you well know.
Sir ऐसे ही क्रेन शॉप्ट क दोनों सेंटर रहना चाहिये ,,,वैसा वाला वीडियो बनाये न पिलिस sir
These are great videos. I have just binge watched all of them. I cant wait for the completed project. Hopefully you will be able to bring it to our 3.5" and smaller run days.
How do you find the Optimum Gear? I'm looking at selling my car to finance a bigger workshop for the 8 projects i have on the go at the moment and really need better machinery.
Thanks great to hear your enjoying them, will be keen for a run when I finally finish, which club do you belong to?
I have found the optimum gear really good it was a big change from the 2 in one machine with shared motor I had prior. There is little play and some of the popular bench top lathe upgrades are standard features such as the quick release tailstock. The big things that make a difference from my previous machine are variable speed (not changing belts for speeds), reduced play and the mill being far more capable because of its size and rigidity. The only thing I have had trouble with is the nylon high low gear on the mill which I made a video of changing, it seems to be the weak link but is common to most bench top mills from what I can see. I must say it probably doesn’t help I run a 50mm face mill on it. By the way if decide to go that way keep an eye out for Machinery House’s sales they seem to do a couple of good ones a year.
Yeah I saw they had a sale at the moment but need to figure out the best time to sell the GTR. Once that’s done I will have room to setup how I want. First I need to get my 3.5” Blackmore Vale back on the track.
I’m a member in ashburton and we have runs in Timaru quite often. The smaller gauges seem quite popular in the south still.
I’m Wellington based hence my build choice, still need to join a club before I get to the boiler. By the way, nice Y class looks great.
Thanks. I wish I could say I built it but it’s older than me. I have just tried hard to make it better and preserve it a bit. I just moved down south from masterton and spent a lot of weekends at Maidstone park in Upper Hutt. They have 3.5” -> 7 1/4” and I liked the fact it was quiet.
I love the Fell engine. I have spent a bit of time at the museum over the years and use to listen to my nana about riding on them back in the day or my father who use to play on it when it was in the park across the road. It was probably the first loco I wanted to build as a kid as well 🙂
It’s like watching you do woodworking, but with metal. I have to remind myself that a wooden copy would be non-functional.
Cheers mate, your so right, it really is a lot like woodworking.