Finished My Beam Engine

[TuxMan]

I am calling my beam engine finished.

The build log for this engine is located here http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=10691.0

I picked Gerry's Beam Engine because it would require working at a smaller scale than my first engine. Overall I am pleased with the results of my efforts.

First a few photos of the completed engine.

And a short video of the engine in operation

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELS4lJpt7co[/youtube]

Some of the things that I learned / re-learned on this project.

-- Double check before cutting anything
-- Loss of concentration = scrapped parts
-- Holding small parts is 80% of making small parts
-- Remove small parts from the parent stock late in the machining
-- Ultra thin parallels are VERY useful for milling small parts.
-- You can never have too many tools

Thanks for watching

Eric

 

[TuxMan]

Sorry about the lack of video in the first post. Lets see if this works.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELS4lJpt7co[/ame]

Eric

 

[dgjessing]

Looks great! So much stuff going on there

 

[robwilk]

Very nice :bow: A lot better than my second engine. ;D

Rob........

 

[4156df]

Eric,
A very nicely executed engine. Congratulations!
Dennis

P.S. I like the "Lessons Learned" ending.

 

[imagineering]

Inspires me to get back down into the Workshop and do more work on mine.

1 Karma point coming your way.

Murray.

 

[Maryak]

Eric,

Very nice beam engine. :bow:

There's one somewhere in my future :

Best Regards
Bob

 

[agmachado]

Hi Eric,

Very cool your job... the look is great !

:bow:

Cheers,

Alexandre

 

[TuxMan]

Thanks to everyone for their comments and support. It makes the effort of posting worth while.

Now on to the next project!

Eric

 

[acfoundry]

It's really very nice

Lee

 

[lazylathe]

Congratulations Eric!!!

An awesome beam engine!!
And a good runner too!!! ;D

Andrew

 

[don-tucker]

That's very nice Eric.Well done
Don

 

[kvom]

Great job.

 

[Gedeon Spilett]

Hi
Nicely done,
I fully agree with you for holding small parts, can be very difficult sometimes. Finding small lost parts in swarfs too!

Zephyrin

 

[Blogwitch]

Eric,

People used to scoff at me when I showed them this little 1" (25mm) gem of a vice when they visited my shop, but once I explained to them how handy they were for holding small items for machining in my big vice, they rushed out to buy one for themselves.

BTW, if your very nicely made beam engine won't run any slower, even at low pressure, clamp the exhaust and forget about trying to get the input pressure any lower.
You will find that people who use pneumatic equipment or circuitry always restrict the exhaust , not the input pressure, for precision speed control.


John

 

[danstir]

Very nice engine. Congratualtions.

 

[metalmad]

congrats tuxman
great job :bow:
Pete

 

[peatoluser]

What a superbly made engine. Those frames really set it off.
I thoughly enjoyed reading the build log.