Recent content by Swarf Rat

The more I see of this, the more I like it.

Congratulations Nick!!! Nicely done and a bandsaw repair to boot

I think this is a good example of superior problem solving skills :D

It sounds to me like the circuit breaker is doing its job of protecting the system, something is causing the breaker to trip. Your technician should be able to sort it out quickly with a volt meter. I hope the repair turns out to be quick and easy.

Nice progress on your build, it's looking good. Now, I'm starting to wonder if you may have one of the phase drivers dead in your speed controller (either opened or shorted would be likely to make a motor run hotter). I think you may have one phase always energised instead of being cycled at...

Perhaps another option would be to drill and ream through and then fasten an endcap.

Does that motor have a centrifugal switch to disengage the starting coils?

Nicely done!! I'd like to see a few more photos.

Thanks Skeeter and Zee. One of the good things about an engine like this is that improvement for the next engine comes pretty easily.

Its coming along nicely. Why is it that we can do our best work in the wrong chunk of metal????

yeah, I think there's something special about see through engines. I'm getting ready to start one myself.

First, I want to say, this forum is an impressive collective of practical experience and the noteworthy generosity to share with the inexperienced. The moderators do an outstanding job of keeping the signal to noise ratio in the desirable range. Mark Twain once said he wouldn't want to be a part...

WOW!! I think that's impressive!

Chuck, I really like those big-headed gib adjustment screws. I wonder if they'll need some kind of lock to keep them from vibrating out of position. Cool idea to shim the apron to fix the pinion clearance. Does that not affect the half-nut allignment or pinion engagement?

This is looking great!! I've been reading this thread since back when I was a lurker here. So, what solution did you settle on for machining the boiler end caps. I think too much good brass got turned into swarf. Since it's a brass boiler anyway, I think I might have fabricated the end caps...