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Re: CMS Beam Engine Build
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2019, 01:09:54 am »
Looking good Mike 8)
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Re: CMS Beam Engine Build
« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2019, 06:54:49 am »
Liking the colour Mike!
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Re: CMS Beam Engine Build
« Reply #17 on: May 19, 2019, 03:13:15 pm »
Thanks guys!  Another update as I work on the piping and linkage.  I'm still polishing the flywheel, connecting rod, and linkage.  The steel parts are difficult to polish well, they are just very time consuming.  The piping and smaller linkage go reasonably quickly.  I think I'll have all the piping with the governor ready later today.

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Re: CMS Beam Engine Build
« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2019, 05:14:39 pm »
Wow - that steel is tough.  I'll bet I've got two or three more polishing passes to make.  I did get the inlet piping done - here are a few pictures.
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Re: CMS Beam Engine Build
« Reply #19 on: May 19, 2019, 05:21:29 pm »
May be tough polishing, but now's the time to do it right  ;)

Still looking good and keep posting the updates for us  ;D
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Re: CMS Beam Engine Build
« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2019, 06:38:38 pm »
A comment was made - I forget where - that every part needs to be prepared as though it is a model on its own.  There is wisdom there.....I'm not sure I have the patience to live it out, but I'm working on it.
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