My steam engine work log

[JFettig]

Hey guys, I have been working on my own wobbler, similar to the brassy babe but I just got the ideas on how it works to design mine.
All I have pictures of now is the crankshaft counterweight I milled. Ill get pics of the rest soon.



I was very impressesd with what my mill did for me in the making of that, I left .001" on the bottom and just pushed it out the bottom

Jon

[Rekd]

How big is that EM?

[JOE65]

Looks great so far!
Keep the pics coming and show us your mill.

[Swede]

Yay, engine pics! Keep them coming! Looks like a little guy. I bet that EM is 1/4" or 3/8". Do you have drawings that you can post?

If you're interested in small steamers, look for Elmer Verburg's book called "Elmer's Engines". It is greatness.

[Bloy2004]

Also check out Dan Kautz at http://www.tedatum.com/thms/index.html . He's got a good start on a steamer locomotive and posts ongoing updates of his progress

[JFettig]

thanx, its a 1/4" EM, Ill get some pics of the other parts I have so far later, Ill post cad files too fi you guys want.

that counterweight isnt by any calculations, its just 'close' and looks good afterall its only a steam engine

theres pics of my mill in the mini mill section(was homier/harborfrieht/grizzly section)


Jon

[NeoMoses]

Looks good, Jon. Like you said, it's just a steam engine, the counter-balance won't really matter. Glad to see some of your stuff with the new mill, it looks great!

[JFettig]

Heres a pic of the parts so far, thats a delrin cylinder that I have for the piston, the piston is .2" in diameter and same with the cylinder(just a tad bigger)

I still need to drill a hole through the piston, and machine the main body along with a flywheel(still trying to figure out what I am doing for that.)

Yes, thats a ball bearing
-edit- woops! I forgot the pic

Jon

[Swede]

We demand MORE pics! Thanks for sharing!

[JFettig]

Thats as far as I am, sorry

Ill have the cnc back up soon and will be making more parts for it.


Jon