Another Internal Combustion Engine
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I wrote thread #20 yesterday but I forgot to post it so two for today
Thanks Danuzzo
Cutting out the cam shaft supports.
Hot off the mill.
The cam shaft drive gears can be either helical or bevel gears. The helical gears are more compact but much more expensive and a 2to1 ratio is also rare. I will be using the bevel gears but there are still problems with size. In order to get the pinion gear big enough so I could mount it on the crankshaft I had to go to Mod 1.5 which has good sized teeth on it and that makes the driven gear quite large.
Here is a shot of how I modified the pinion gear to fit a 12mm shaft and shorten it up as much as possible. There isn't much meat left on the inside hole. I was able to shorten the length of the gear considerably but that meant most of the original set screw holes were cut away. I pressed a brass collar over the gear and drilled and tapped through that for the set screw.
The driven gear was reduced in diameter by 1/2" which meant cutting away the outside 1/4"of the teeth. I didn't need the full length teeth for this application anyway.
I mounted the cam supports on the engine and there was just enough room.
The driven gear is only about 0.050 away from the engine base and I now have 0.950 of shaft left for the flywheel.
Quite happy with how things turned out. (maybe I should make my crankshafts longer in the future)
I was turning the engine over with the drill when I realized I had another big problem. Even at 250 rpms the engine wants to leave the shop. I will work on that issue next.
Thanks for looking
Ray
Thanks Danuzzo
Cutting out the cam shaft supports.
Hot off the mill.
The cam shaft drive gears can be either helical or bevel gears. The helical gears are more compact but much more expensive and a 2to1 ratio is also rare. I will be using the bevel gears but there are still problems with size. In order to get the pinion gear big enough so I could mount it on the crankshaft I had to go to Mod 1.5 which has good sized teeth on it and that makes the driven gear quite large.
Here is a shot of how I modified the pinion gear to fit a 12mm shaft and shorten it up as much as possible. There isn't much meat left on the inside hole. I was able to shorten the length of the gear considerably but that meant most of the original set screw holes were cut away. I pressed a brass collar over the gear and drilled and tapped through that for the set screw.
The driven gear was reduced in diameter by 1/2" which meant cutting away the outside 1/4"of the teeth. I didn't need the full length teeth for this application anyway.
I mounted the cam supports on the engine and there was just enough room.
The driven gear is only about 0.050 away from the engine base and I now have 0.950 of shaft left for the flywheel.
Quite happy with how things turned out. (maybe I should make my crankshafts longer in the future)
I was turning the engine over with the drill when I realized I had another big problem. Even at 250 rpms the engine wants to leave the shop. I will work on that issue next.
Thanks for looking
Ray
