With the rear heads now completed, our efforts are refocusing on completing the cylinder block. The exhaust lines have been plumbed from the cylinders to a center collector ring where the exhaust nozzle will be bolted to the ring. I kind of like this setup as it allows the nozzle portion of the exhaust assembly to be easily removed to allow us to try different sized nozzles.
Two of the plumbing joints on one side of the cylinder have been left unsoldered to allow us to continue to dissasemble the block into the individual components. But, Ed will soon begin to weld more of the block together and it will eventually become one big permanent piece. I need to start cutting out all of the little pieces that will be used to fabricate the steam passages between the valve cylinder and the piston cylinder.
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