Member postings for ian j

Tom.

I have sent you a private message.

Ian

Hi Tom.

You are corect the box contains oil and 3 pipes go from the bottom and go to the crank bearings, if I remember correctly I put string in the pipes to act as wicks.

This how I made my suction/discharge hoses:

I length of plastic tube ( car windscreen washer type)

slide a rod of steel/brass down the bore.

mounted on the lathe, one end in chuck other supported by a tailstock centre

then set the lathe to say 8 tpi screw cutting

then as if winding a spring wrap a thin wire along the length of the tube

remove from the lathe cover with white heat shrink sleeving and heat using a hot air gun.

The end result looks really good with the wire looking like the ribs of the hoses.

Hope that makes sense?

If not I will try again.

Do you have a copy of the build article from Model Engineer mag?

If not I have scans of them & could put them on disc for you.

There are some photos's of mine in my album

Ian

Edited By ian j on 28/05/2017 19:16:03

Mike.

I have copies of all the articles covering the build. Which one's are you missing? I could scan them for you.

Ian

Anson Engine museum[- **LINK**

Avro heritage museum:- **LINK**

Ian

JasonB.

Thanks for that , you calling one a "curved cylinder" allowed me to search on that & came up with M' A de Polignac's curved cylinder engine , the plans & castings were available from Poly Engineering & was featured in EIM June 1995-Dec 1995. ( any one prepared to scan this article? ) I think the one I have is just built from the plans as the frames are brass not steel as provided by Polly

Mick.

You are correct, it was the beam engine I wanted.

Hi.

I recently purchased these four stationary engine models, I had to buy all four to get the one I wanted.

They are all extremely well built by the same person. There are no names on them & apear to be built from bar stock apart from the fly wheels.

They all ran first time on air with no attention to them apart from oiling..

I'm hoping you can identify them.

There are more photo's in my stationary engine Album.

Thank you

Tailstock drill chuck

"I doubt if I email John he would just send me the plans though"

I emailed John last year and he sent me the plans,

My finished grinder is the last photograph on his web site.

Ian

GWR fasteners have 6BA csk. & cheese head in SS.

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Not sure which thread  it was someone was asking about the hard rubber bushes for the head stock belt guard. I new I had seen them some where.

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May be an Administer could move this to the relevant thread.

Edited By ian j on 30/01/2017 20:13:38

I've used this type for several years, there are two types , one for raised nipples & one for flat/concave nipples.

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The seller has none listed at the moment

They are also available from here

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Andrew.

You can buy a new leadscrew from Myfords , £120 for the 5/8" diam or £134 for he 3/4" diam.

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Your correct Bill, I received an email from Cromwell tools

"We are very sorry, but we made a mistake with our pricing updates over the weekend which has impacted your order"

I just need to cancel the order and get a refund now!!

mmm, they were here but looks like the offer has finished !

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Maybe worth calling in to their shop to see if they have any as this was a online offer.

I wonder if I will get mine?

Edited By ian j on 23/01/2017 20:52:16

Jeff.

A fine looking Shand Mason.. I know what you mean about about building it, mine very nearly got put under the bench on several occasions !! ( some photo's in my Album.)

I made the hoses out off plastic tube ( car screen washer type) by putting a length of mild steel bar down the centre, put it in the lathe chuck, set screw cutting to 8 tpi & wrap thin wire around the outside & then remove from lathe, cover with white heat shrink sleeving and shrink it down with hot air gun. Gives a very good effect of the ribbed hoses. Not my idea just what I found on the internet.

Edited By ian j on 23/01/2017 08:36:31

Just a heads up. Cromwell tools have 14mm & 18mm short (25mm) rota broach cutters for sale at 78p & 89p respectively, inclusive of vat. Free postage on orders of £20. Their silver steel is a good price as well.

Ian

Looks very good,

What make/model is the vice on the milling table? How do rate it?

Ian

Peter.

I have a set of taps you could borrow. Where are you? I'm in Stoke On Trent..

Ian

Having replaced the four 4 foot double florescent light fittings in my workshop with LED fittings I'm very impressed with the difference in brightness. BUT the down side of them is there's no heat from them, with the old fittings after a couple of hours in the work shop it got quite snug.So the electricity I'm saving on lighting goes on heating !!

White Aluminum oxide cleaning sticks for diamond wheels are available eg.**LINK**