Swifty
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone, have started building Brian's engine, the only minor changes that I am making is to use metric fasteners, bearings and gears. I will be cutting both the spur gears and mitre gears myself.
I had a piece of material that I could make the head out of, so I made that first. I picked up some more aluminium offcuts a couple of days ago, and some bearings yesterday, so this morning I cut up the plates to enable me to start machining. I don't have a bandsaw yet, so using a combination of a slitting saw in the mill and a 120mm dia circular saw fitted with a blade for aluminium, I managed to prepare everything.
Now, back to the workshop.
Paul.
I had a piece of material that I could make the head out of, so I made that first. I picked up some more aluminium offcuts a couple of days ago, and some bearings yesterday, so this morning I cut up the plates to enable me to start machining. I don't have a bandsaw yet, so using a combination of a slitting saw in the mill and a 120mm dia circular saw fitted with a blade for aluminium, I managed to prepare everything.
Now, back to the workshop.
Paul.