Finished-Treadle Engine Fred

[Davyboy]

Well, I rubbed and scrubbed all weekend in my "shop". Finally done with polishing, and put it together, finished at 8:00 pm Sunday nite. There are a couple things I wish had turned out better, but if I don't tell you, you promise not to mention that you see them, right? The frames are aluminum angles, flywheels are stainless 2" dia., crank is built up from 5/16 keystock and 5/32 CR round. Delrin bearings.

I uploaded a short video on photobucket. try this link. Let me know if it doesn't work. There's something hypnotic about watching that crank swing around the main bearings.



I started this as a practice piece for some new techniques I wanted to try. It just sort of snowballed into something to be shown. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed building it and sharing with you. Dave

 

[Brass_Machine]

Very Very Cool Dave. Job well done.

Eric

 

[Powder keg]

Great Job Dave!!! i'm going to have to get off my butt and build one of these:O) Thanks for the Video, It makes it all that much better.

Wes

 

[SignalFailure]

Looks really smooth Dave, thanks for sharing!

 

[tel]

Yep, it's nicely done alright - great effort

 

[deere_x475guy]

Davyboy, very nice craftsman ship. I wish I had your patience to put those nice polish jobs on. It really rounds out an already nicely crafted machine.

Again nice job!

 

[Davyboy]

Thanks for the nice comments. The polishing wasn't so bad, aluminum works pretty easily. 4/0 steel wool really made it shine. But, after a couple days, the oxidation started. I sprayed the aluminum with clear coat, still need some work to make that come out right. Again, it was a lot of fun to build, and even more fun to have friends enjoy it too. Dave

 

[Bernd]

Nice job Davyboy.

Here's a though, anodizing. You can clear anodize or different colors. That would realy make aluminum look great.

I've got to build one off these for my nephew. Ahhhhhhh.........another project.

Bernd

 

[Davyboy]

Anodizing sure is cool, but I gotta make a new kitchen for the wife, first. Shop needs work, too. Maybe I'll get the old cabinets for my new anodizing dept. Dave