Thought I would share some pictures of me building my Stuart twin launch steam engine. I started this project earlier this year but haven't done very much progress because I'm studying out of town, so I'm only able to work on it when I visit home when I have my holidays.
I will update this thread when more progress is done.
For the ones interested in more pictures I have an album at flickr with more details on the different steps.
Here's the link to my set on the Twin Launch on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccccie/sets/72157625823817062/with/5354747677/
This is how it looked when i lifted the lid:
Lifting the lid by Iccccie, on Flickr
Some of the castings:
IMG_5522 by Iccccie, on Flickr
Rest of the castings:
IMG_5520 by Iccccie, on Flickr
Castings packed up:
Castings overview by Iccccie, on Flickr
Material that's NOT included in the kit and needed to be ordered separetly:
Material by Iccccie, on Flickr
The soleplate is the bottom bearing half and was milled with a ballnose mill, will be reamed later on:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Boring the cylinderblock:
Boring by Iccccie, on Flickr
Milling the side of the block in the same setting so I got the valve surface parallel and square to the bores:
Portface by Iccccie, on Flickr
Honing the cylinders:
Honing by Iccccie, on Flickr
Then face milled the cylinder block down to size on each side to avoid a bell-mouthed hole:
Face milling by Iccccie, on Flickr
A test fit:
IMG_0318 by Iccccie, on Flickr
Valve chests. One machined and one unmachined:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Cylinder top covers:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Milling top cover:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Test fit:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Bottom cylinder cover in 4-jaw:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Bottom covers, there's two misstakes on the cover to the left....
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Test fit:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
These two are the crosshead bracket. Had to order a spare part. The drill took a plunge when drilling the last hole.
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Steam chest covers:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Transfering the holes:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
And to the cylinderblock:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Mounted:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Progress so far:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
I hope I haven't bored you out with the pictures...
At flickr there is also a set of my stuart D10 if your interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccccie/sets/72157625802175207/
I will update this thread when more progress is done.
For the ones interested in more pictures I have an album at flickr with more details on the different steps.
Here's the link to my set on the Twin Launch on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccccie/sets/72157625823817062/with/5354747677/
This is how it looked when i lifted the lid:
Lifting the lid by Iccccie, on Flickr
Some of the castings:
IMG_5522 by Iccccie, on Flickr
Rest of the castings:
IMG_5520 by Iccccie, on Flickr
Castings packed up:
Castings overview by Iccccie, on Flickr
Material that's NOT included in the kit and needed to be ordered separetly:
Material by Iccccie, on Flickr
The soleplate is the bottom bearing half and was milled with a ballnose mill, will be reamed later on:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Boring the cylinderblock:
Boring by Iccccie, on Flickr
Milling the side of the block in the same setting so I got the valve surface parallel and square to the bores:
Portface by Iccccie, on Flickr
Honing the cylinders:
Honing by Iccccie, on Flickr
Then face milled the cylinder block down to size on each side to avoid a bell-mouthed hole:
Face milling by Iccccie, on Flickr
A test fit:
IMG_0318 by Iccccie, on Flickr
Valve chests. One machined and one unmachined:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Cylinder top covers:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Milling top cover:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Test fit:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Bottom cylinder cover in 4-jaw:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Bottom covers, there's two misstakes on the cover to the left....
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Test fit:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
These two are the crosshead bracket. Had to order a spare part. The drill took a plunge when drilling the last hole.
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Steam chest covers:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Transfering the holes:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
And to the cylinderblock:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Mounted:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
Progress so far:
Untitled by Iccccie, on Flickr
I hope I haven't bored you out with the pictures...
At flickr there is also a set of my stuart D10 if your interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccccie/sets/72157625802175207/