Today I managed to finish turning the second camshaft as can be seen in the photo below although I have yet to complete cleaning up the camshaft. It is only held in the chuck to allow it to be filed and sanded. It is not unsupported for turning, just using the Myford as a very expensive vice!

The second camshaft took a lot less time than the first, but I did annoyingly catch one of the lobes with a nick. I blame SWMBO who came in at a very inopportune time! I managed to keep my muttering under my breath until she left. Then I said a loud tut tut. Fortunately most of the mark was removed with further cutting but part of it is still there, and I know its still there!

Hopefully tomorrow will see an end to cam cutting for a little while, although I still have one more to make. At least I now have a pair of camshafts and that should allow me to tackle the main castingsnext , namely the cylinder blocks. Anyway here is the photo of the latest camshaft, half way through tidying up.

 

Seal camshaft