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Dear All,
Since I am new on this site let me introduce myself for a moment. My name is Jeroen, I am 38 years old, I am from Holland and have an electronic background. Mechanics always had my interest, so in 2007 I bought my first machines and started to build a 17cc one cylinder IC engine. Since then I have added a lot of machines and tools, I spend the last 2 years in getting my things organized and converted some machines to CNC (mach3). Further I did a project with some friends on using hobby CNC machines to make a IC engine, the OTTO from Jan Ridders. The article series has been published in model-engineering magazines here in Holland. In March this year I started a big project, a 1to8 scale Stanley steamer. I am making some progress on this one, but not as much as I would like, my hobby time is limited. Well, enough about me.
Before starting the Stuart Lathe story I would like to compliment all of you for putting so much effort in this site! It has been a real source of information and inspiration for me. I know better how much time it takes to take photos during machining. Most of the times you are having fun machining and then in the end you realize that you forgot to take pictures. As said before, my hobby time is limited, so this will be a long tread. But that's why its called a hobby if you ask me. Since I learn and enjoy a lot from this site I feel its my obligation to share some project with you and let you learn from my mistakes and bloopers (and trust me, I am an expert in this!).
Well, here we go. I could not longer resist to purchase the casting kit for the Stuart engineering lathe. Below whats in the box:
I never worked with castings before, so where to start ??? I choose the machine bed, that part did not looked too complicated. First step is convert all the dimensions to millimeters, I really cannot work with inches! Next step is to face mill all sides of the casting to get it square and somehow near the correct dimensions.
1st the top is faced
Then the bottom
Next will be the sides of the machine bed, I hope to post this soon!
Regards Jeroen
Since I am new on this site let me introduce myself for a moment. My name is Jeroen, I am 38 years old, I am from Holland and have an electronic background. Mechanics always had my interest, so in 2007 I bought my first machines and started to build a 17cc one cylinder IC engine. Since then I have added a lot of machines and tools, I spend the last 2 years in getting my things organized and converted some machines to CNC (mach3). Further I did a project with some friends on using hobby CNC machines to make a IC engine, the OTTO from Jan Ridders. The article series has been published in model-engineering magazines here in Holland. In March this year I started a big project, a 1to8 scale Stanley steamer. I am making some progress on this one, but not as much as I would like, my hobby time is limited. Well, enough about me.
Before starting the Stuart Lathe story I would like to compliment all of you for putting so much effort in this site! It has been a real source of information and inspiration for me. I know better how much time it takes to take photos during machining. Most of the times you are having fun machining and then in the end you realize that you forgot to take pictures. As said before, my hobby time is limited, so this will be a long tread. But that's why its called a hobby if you ask me. Since I learn and enjoy a lot from this site I feel its my obligation to share some project with you and let you learn from my mistakes and bloopers (and trust me, I am an expert in this!).
Well, here we go. I could not longer resist to purchase the casting kit for the Stuart engineering lathe. Below whats in the box:
I never worked with castings before, so where to start ??? I choose the machine bed, that part did not looked too complicated. First step is convert all the dimensions to millimeters, I really cannot work with inches! Next step is to face mill all sides of the casting to get it square and somehow near the correct dimensions.
1st the top is faced
Then the bottom
Next will be the sides of the machine bed, I hope to post this soon!
Regards Jeroen