Hi,
Let us see if I can make a better job of getting the the photographs in order than I did in my last post.
While having a bit of a clear out I found a large flywheel, well isn't a flywheel exactly it was possibly a pulley that had a belt from some form of machine. I probably bought it at a club bring and buy sale some time ago as a come in useful item. It is 8" in diameter and 1.1/2" wide.
Some time ago I built a Beam engine from charity shop bits and pieces and used a pair of wheels from a brass canon as flywheels, these flywheels were a little small so the engine runs quicker than it should. Alas this flywheel is too big to replace them. However it could be fitted to a vertical engine that I made and the flywheels from this could be fitted to the Beam engine.
Vertical engine.
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With 'New' flywheel.
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The Beam engine.
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With Vertical engine flywheels.
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So the idea is to clean up the 'New' flywheel' and fit it to the Vertical engine and if I like the result if its flywheels to the beam engine. So today I made a start on the flywheel; it was cleaned of paint, the large securing hole was plugged and it was fitted to a face plate to make the centre bosses smaller and concentric.
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The machining finished it was painted with primer.
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I now have to bush the centre so that it will fit a smaller axle.
Regards.
Tony.
Getting better the photographs in order but need to get text to line up with them though!