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Category Archives: General engineering posts
Valves made successfully 3 – ruined 2 so its progress of sorts!
Well today’s session I should have made at least 4 valves. In the end silly errors resulted in two being scrapped before finishing. On the plus side the work I did whilst laid down yesterday afternoon, in writing up an … Continue reading
Posted in General engineering posts, IC model engines, seal engine build
Tagged seal, valves
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Wooden toy puzzle and spinning top keep me amused…..
Spent the last couple of days working on a couple of wood (Grrrrr!!!!) projects for my first granddaughter. The first was a wooden type puzzle freely available for a few pounds. However I decided to make one more individual instead. … Continue reading
Posted in General engineering posts, General posts, One off projects
Tagged children's projects, wood
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Bent valve! Back to the drawing board….
Yesterday was a difficult day. I was really pleased with my first valve and took a lot of time over it! Yesterday I ruined it. Ok, it was always going to be a test piece to sort out the machining … Continue reading
Posted in General engineering posts, IC model engines, seal engine build
Tagged seal engine build, valve
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Machining 1″long stainless steel valves for Seal engine’s
Well this morning I made a start on the valves for the pair of Edgar T Westbury’s Seal engines I am building. Its been a while since my last work on this pair for various reasons but at least I … Continue reading
Posted in General engineering posts, IC model engines, seal engine build
Tagged seal engine build
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Red layout fluid – at last!
Compares red layout fluid with blue layout fluid for use in model engineering Continue reading
Alibre 3D Cad proves valuable for my first ‘commission’!
Its been a while since I have been able to do any ‘proper’ machining due to health, refit for our fishing boat, making some pens (my only indulgence…honest), and trying to become a silversmith! My task today however was to fulfil … Continue reading
Small crucible holder for Silversmiths
How to make a crucible holder for use in melting silver and gold. Continue reading
New letters for furnace pattern -hopefully they will work this time
Another attempt to see if I can cast letters onto a pattern after failing the first time. Continue reading
Posted in General engineering posts, home foundry and furnace, patterns and castings
Tagged castings, pattern
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