18 Cylinders Isotta Fraschini (straight six-cylinder x3 )

[Foketry]

Beautiful crankshaft and toolpost grinder. Well done.

What was the spindle speed of your home made toolpost grinder?
What was the diameter, width and grit size of the stone?

Mike

with pulley ratio in reduction 1: 2 the grinding wheel turns up to 6600 rpm , the engine over 13,000 rpm but i can adjust the revs with the potentiometer
I have several stones, from diameter 90 (pink color) mm to 110 mm , grit 120-220

 

[stevehuckss396]

Very nice work. I know what a nerve racking experience that can be.

 

[Tim1974]

hmm yer amazing work well dun

 

[SPOTTER]

Nice and very refined work, while you are doing the grinding you don't use coolant?

 

[Foketry]

Nice and very refined work, while you are doing the grinding you don't use coolant?

I use cooling water sprayed manually with a sprayer, my little lathe has no pump

 

[kvom]

One down, two more to go.

 

[Vixen]

One down, two more to go.

Surely ONE crankshaft but SIX camshafts
Mike

 

[kvom]

brain fart

 

[Foketry]

The connecting rods are made up of a central and 2 lateral connecting rods
The lateral connecting rods are fixed by means of a hardened pin derived from a commercial pin, shortened by grinding
I used a cup wheel mounted on a high-speed electrospindle, the same one I use to mill aluminum.

the connecting rods have been sandblasted

the hardened pin is press fit and held in place by a grub screw

 

[Foketry]

some phases of construction

first phase of the lateral connecting rods

second phase

drilling and threading of the 4 screws of the main connecting rod

the small keyboard that controls the milling machine

second phase of the main connecting rod fixed on a reference fixture

the empty skeleton of the lateral connecting rods

 

[awake]

Impressive work!

 

[Eccentric]

Wow,

I am amazed with how quickly and efficiently you work. It seems one week you are contemplating tackling a new engine and tossing CAD ideas around, then the next week you are cranking out parts. And so many at the same time. A mere mortal would be making each part one at a time, but not you. Well done.

 

[minh-thanh]

Foketry !​

I have a question
Do you use washer in this position ?
Thanks !

 

[Foketry]

Foketry !​

I have a question
Do you use washer in this position ?
Thanks !
View attachment 138039

I do not use bronze shims for 3 reasons: the thickness of the connecting rod decreases and is already quite critical, the rotation movement is small, in this position there is always oil.....

 

[Foketry]

Wow,

I am amazed with how quickly and efficiently you work. It seems one week you are contemplating tackling a new engine and tossing CAD ideas around, then the next week you are cranking out parts. And so many at the same time. A mere mortal would be making each part one at a time, but not you. Well done.

I hope I don't have to redo parts, I did some checks on the project, the most important, but there could be some error that forces me to redo parts, they are all prototypes, only the final test will tell me if I have designed everything well.
Only when I cast the aluminum engine block and put the parts together will I discover the mistakes...

 

[leerkracht]

crankshaft V 10 -72° project DOHC
the crankshafts for my multi-cylinder engines (two 12 cilindersOHC )are of 42CrMo4 steel ( 4140 ) the material has been at home for over 10 years and most internal stresses have disappeared
The photos are the guideline for the construction, pre-turn , than milling as much as possible this is to avoid stress in the workpiece, use sharp hss milling cutters
then cylindrical grinding with oversize, this goes remarkably faster than turning and the next step is grinding to size, the clamping is always done with a fixture so that there is no pressure on the workpiece (this is the case when you clamp between centers).dril the center hole and oilholes for the bearings and the connecting rods , eventually polisch and finaly Nitrated
TIR no more than 0.02 mm no loads applyd

 

[leerkracht]

next foto's

 

[ajoeiam]

next foto's

very nice work sir!!!

Some questions - - - -
1. how are you getting the nitriding done?
2. your bearing shells - - well - - - do you have a thread on here?
would love to understand your steps?
3. you drilled a lube hole through the center of the crankshaft
how are you getting the oil into the journals on the crank ends?
how are you getting the oil to do the circuitous course through the various webs/members/etc?

(hopefully not viewed as questions for frustration - - - just trying to understand the practical outworkings)

 

[leerkracht]

1 -gasNitriding is done by a professionel firm
2 - bronze ( RG7 )bearing shells have a light press fitting and a silver steel pin of diameter 4mm prevents rotating (the hole is for the oil )
3- center hole 6mm in the cranckschaft for the oil > closed on the webs , feeding from an oil gallery in the lower crankcase
oil from the center hole trou the connecting rod journals by a 1.6mm hole , connecting rods are from 7075 riding direct on the Nitrided cranckshaft (this works just fine on my 2 12 cilinder engines )

pressurised filtered oil via oil gallery in the lower crankcase tho the bronze cranckshaft bearings then to the connecting rods lower end , just like the real ones

 

[Foketry]

The phases of construction of the bushings for main rod (Bronze type: CuSn12)

I cut a bar into 2 equal parts and soldered them with tin

the internal and external turning phase, taking care not to separate the 2 welded pieces

To separate the 2 bushing halves it is necessary to heat with a gas flame