Westbury side paddle

[Herbiev]

Steam passages done. Bores lapped and covers begun. Slow progress but having fun

 

[Herbiev]

made the steam chests today. Pretty straight forward so not much to show.



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The El cheapo scribe is a piece of TIG welding stick superglued into some brass rod.

 

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Herbie

Great job so far!
Regards
Gerhard

 

[Herbiev]

Thanks Gerhard. I should get a bit more done on the weekend

 

[GailInNM]

Looking good Herbie.
Great way to celebrate your birthday.
Happy Birthday.
Gail in NM

 

[Herbiev]

Thanks Gail. Treated myself to a 12" digital height gage for my birthday. Even at 65 I love new toys

 

[Herbiev]

Another day of play. Today's effort produced the slide bars and brackets. Also a pic of my birthday present. The 12" digital height gage. Don't know how I managed without one for so long

 

[Herbiev]

A bit more on the slide thingy today. At bit slow as I'm also working on VFD mods

 

[Herbiev]

Next step is the con rods. Don't you just love it when things go to plan

 

[Herbiev]

Progressing slowly on the sliding thingys

 

[Herbiev]

Working on the slide valves today


Any advice on mating/ lapping the valve to the cylinder greatly appreciated.

 

[don-tucker]

Use fine wet and dry on a surface plate for cyl face and valve face and it will be good
Don

 

[Herbiev]

Thanks Don. I got 600, 1200 and 2000 grit.

 

[don-tucker]

I would think 1200 would be ok,it will soon bed in when run for awhile.You are doing a great job
Don

 

[Herbiev]

Thanks Don. Just wondering about the eccentric straps. How did you go about making them. At 1/16" thick they seem a bit awkward to machine. Can they be made using TIG welding?

 

[kvom]

No worries. They're 3/16" thick.

 

[Herbiev]

the eccentric rods on my plan show 1/16" thick which would make machining a bit difficult. Maybe brazing ?

 

[don-tucker]

I silver soldered the foot on after making the rod from 5/16" flat steel,or you could silver solder a lump on the end of some 1/16 thick and machine to the shape shown,which ever way its a lot of work. but satisfying
Don

 

[Herbiev]

I shall follow in your footsteps Don. Silver soldering the foot sounds good to me.

 

[don-tucker]

Glad to be of some help,my brother made one of these with a lot of mods,he thought the crossheads and guides were not true marine practice
Don