Senior 1/8hp

• Senior 1/8hp
  Posted by yozhek on 13 Jun, 2020 03:06
• Oh dear, it is starting again 
  
  Some lumps of metal have arrived from Engineers Emporium
  
  
  
  Kind regards
  Ade
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Scorpion2nz on 13 Jun, 2020 03:23
• A nice looking engine in there .
  It is just hiding waiting for you to uncover it
  
  Cheers
  Dennis
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by yozhek on 14 Jun, 2020 12:58
• The uncovering has begun 
  
  Had a shot at the water jacket and liner on Saturday, figured this was the easiest place to start.
  
  This is the first time i have worked with really wobbly castings, and trying to average out the wobble to find a centre and get both ends perpendicular to the average of the wonky outside took quite some time, ha! and this is the easy parts 
  
  Anyhow i think i got a good average so it doesn't look crooked like a dogs leg once assembled.
  
  
  
  The liner was comparativly easy, all went well there, i left it 0.5mm undersize with the hope of honing out the cut marks, but the mini hone i bought for the last job wore out without making any impression on the finish or size and the proper hones for car engines are too big, oh well get the credit card out...
  
  
  
  While on the subject of buying stuff, i got my milling attachment for the Warco lathe, not too bad for the price but way to much flex    ended up making a steady bracket to support the head from the worshop wall, not ideal but it does the job.
  
  
  
  Had to buy a collet tool holder for the mill, really struggled to find any compromise between affordable Asian products and decent quality kit.  I ended up ordering a collet set that looked ok, but when it arrived it was in 'one of those wooden boxes'  you know the kind of rustic boxes nailed together by a blind person working as slave labour.  I guess the same person made the chuck too, what a pile of crap, the tightening collar hit the inner housing before it even touched the collet!  Anyway a bit of bodgery with a ginder sorted that and i subsequently managed to find a Vertex collet/chuck set for about the same money for the future, here's hoping...
  
  Suprisingly the mill worked pretty well on the base casting, so at least i have one flat surface to work from 
  
  
  
  Thanks for watching 
  Ade
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by Scorpion2nz on 14 Jun, 2020 13:38
• Well you have managed to uncover a couple,of,pieces . Well done .
  Need more tools ?? A never ending quest .
  
  The ridges on your base from the passes with the mill how deep are they ?
  Looking from here it would suggest you need to undo your anchor bolts on wall bracket and shim out a bit as it appears
  your mill colounm is leaning backwards from your lathe.
  
  Wet/dry sandpaper and a sheet of glass will smooth out the base now .
  
  Any way we will be watching
  
  Cheers
  Dennis
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• #4 Reply
  Posted by yozhek on 15 Jun, 2020 00:32
• Hi Dennis,
  
  I did not feel any ridging on the base, but you got me thinking, i get what you mean, if the column is leaning back or forward then it will create a saw tooth effect.  I was real careful not to apply and directional force to the column when adding the support plate but this is a great tip, many thanks Dennis and something i will double check.
  
  Each pass was in opposing directions so maybe the stripey effect in the pic is because of this, probabaly the wrong way to mill?
  
  Many thanks
  Ade
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• #5 Reply
  Posted by yozhek on 15 Jun, 2020 01:17
• Guess what Dennis?  You are dead right, there are very slight ridges from each pass of the mill.  I did not even notice when i finished the job but i can feel the ridging now you brought it to my attention.  Thank you very much for highlighting this 
  
  Cheers
  Ade
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 15 Jun, 2020 07:15
• Hi Ade, I am not seeing any pictures in this thread.
  The pictures have a space between or below the text while they try to load and when they can't load after a brief attempt, the spaces for the pictures disappear.
  
  
  Is anyone else having this issue.?
  
  Gil
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• #7 Reply
  Posted by Hero on 15 Jun, 2020 08:04
• What pictures?
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• #8 Reply
  Posted by Nick on 15 Jun, 2020 08:07
• Pictures were here yesterday and 3 hours ago. Now I just have a box with a blue question mark in the center...
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• #9 Reply
  Posted by yozhek on 15 Jun, 2020 10:12
• Hi Guys,
  
  The pictures are hosted on VGY and all seems to be fine from my side, the site is up and i can reach the images via URL.  Does the Office of steam web server download and hold the images or just link to the 3rd party image hosting site?
  
  Example URL:    https://i.vgy.me/mD6C1U.jpg
  
  Kind regards
  Ade
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• #10 Reply
  Posted by Nick on 15 Jun, 2020 11:17
• Pictures are back 
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• #11 Reply
  Posted by yozhek on 15 Jun, 2020 12:51
• Great, thank you all for sorting it 
  
  Ade
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• #12 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 15 Jun, 2020 16:42
• Hi Ade, When you post just look below the posting where it says "attach".
  
  Then "choose file".
  
  
  Then select to the right "in line full size image"
  
  
  Thanks for asking!
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• #13 Reply
  Posted by yozhek on 16 Jun, 2020 02:41
• Thanks for the advice Gil, i will use this method in future :-)
  
  Kind regards
  Ade
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• #14 Reply
  Posted by txlabman on 16 Jun, 2020 21:09
• You have made a good start and I am looking forward to following your build Ade.
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