More building blocks

I am still basking in the afterglow of the unveiling and all of a sudden can't wait to get more parts completed. Through all of the starts, stops, re-starts and hiccups on this project I have kind of tried to maintain a even level of enthusiasm. But now that I have finally reached a major milestone in having a rolling chassis, I am just dying to get more done! Patience grasshopper, patience.....

So, its back to the block. The bronze liners were mashed into the valve chambers and the cast iron rings that will be used on the valve fit perfect. (I'll skip the gory details of the "oops" moment of boring the bushing in the valve chamber oversize and needing to pound it out of the chamber and making a new correct size bushing.) I drilled and tapped all of the holes for the front and rear heads on the valve chambers without a "oops". Maybe that should be more of milestone that I should be celebrating! Now we just need to construct the front (easy) and rear (a pain) heads for them.

Ed continued welding on the block. The valve chamber is now permanently attached (welded) to the piston cylinders and we are working on building up the steam passages between the two.