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Great to her Ramon is on the mend give him all our best. Stew

Hi Ron I'm not at home at the moment, this is the best pic I've got, it shows the stop on my old vice. Hope it helps Stew

Thanks for all your comments Guys Ron:- I pinched the stop design from Bogs, he showed me his design on one of my visits to his shop, it's a little gold mine for ideas. Stew

This as gone a bit quite. Or is it a bit like a duck:-------------- lots of paddling under the water :big: :big: :big: :big: Stew

Thanks for your interest Ray/Danstir Things will slow down over the next week as I'm on domestic duties :( Decided the cross head would look better with the end bits rounded off so made a filing button and nibbled away with files, I think that looks better:-- less clumsy. Used the rest of...

Got the stream chest finished off, today. Drilling the holes for the sealing gland. Next up the little top hat to take the graphite cord. Turned the OD and reamed through 3mm parted off flipped it round then used a slot drill to cut the flat bottom hole. Then turned up the spool valve...

Thanks John I'll give you a call Stew

Thanks Jim Her's a pic of the covers the right way round, I think it looks happier the other way :D With both covers fitted i put a length of 8mm silver steel through the slot and measured the height side to side and front to back, and it was within 0.06mm:- not alf chuffed with that :D :D...

Thanks for your interest Guys Things should start to make sence from now. I can now start treating the cylinder like a casting, the trouble with this design of engine is that its so weird, its difficult getting your head round feature that are important. I figured that it will be important...

Very nice engine chuck and that base realy set it off. :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: Stew

Hi Woodguy This animation and explination you will find her Doug. may help. Thanks Stew

Thanks for you interest Guys Any way got the base soldered to the cylinder, it took two goe's my first atempt the nozzle was a bit small and I wasn't getting enough heat into it, swapped to a bigger nozzle and it went like a dream, at the first attemp I tought should I swap to a bigger nozzle...

What a little cracker :bow: :bow: :bow: Great job Pete All we need now is a video of you driving it around the track with a big grin ;D Stew

You could email the organisors they may help. or ask the question on her http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/ Stew

Got a little done today: made the cylinder base this will be silver soldered to the cylinder. Started life as a bit of 12mm thick brass sqaured up and milled to size. Then first with a end mill and finishing off with a 10mm bull nosed cutter machined out a plinth in its middle. It fits on...

Looking very good Pete Stew

That's very neat Jerry the 180 deg type are harder to design than the 90 deg as you need that little bit inside to close the flow, another way is to have that bit comming in from the bottom that way you have more head room to fit a sealing gland around the stem. Speaking of a gland how did you...

Excelent thread Ramon I think we have all learnt something from it, All the best with the hospital job hope all goes well and you make a swift recovery Stew

Cheers Les Things have bin a bit slow on this over the last week, what with having to redraw some of the parts, and other things getting in the way:- plus I went down with the dreaded puckes. All fit now and bits redrawn. First job was to put the bollock right. So plugged the holes and...

You can assembly the one with the extra dots with the dots side down covered by the base mounting. Looking good for completion Stew