BOB BLACKSHAW | 06/03/2021 16:44:34 |
501 forum posts 132 photos |
I'm making a Stuart 10v from bar stock and need a flywheel, I've made a few in the past from fabrication to cutting out on the rotary table. Looking in the shed I found two cast iron weights and made one out of it, I thought that it would be difficult cutting through the skin but it cut with ease. I thought I would mention this as I think they look quite good for a flywheel with the lettering and they don't cost a lot to make. Bob |
old mart | 06/03/2021 17:07:36 |
4655 forum posts 304 photos | Careful, you may incur the wrath of the OCIWA. |
Alfie Peacock | 07/03/2021 10:15:52 |
55 forum posts 1 photos | Who are OCIWA, looking on Google something to do with alcoholism. Looks good Bob, just shows a bit of junk and a flywheel appears. Alfie. |
old mart | 07/03/2021 20:49:27 |
4655 forum posts 304 photos | Old Cast Iron Weights Association. |
Nigel Graham 2 | 07/03/2021 21:27:03 |
3293 forum posts 112 photos | Ingenious! You were lucky Avery used a decent foundry (perhaps their own). I once tried machining a piston out of a bit of architectural cast-iron, and inside, it looked as if attacked by woodworm with anaemia. It wasn't wasted though as I needed to make a weight for a small, lift-off cover, and it was fine for that. My OCIWs are safe though. I need 'em as I bake the occasional cake. |
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