One quick look at the blog posting dates shows why the naysayers think that my grand-kids will be lucky to see this engine come to life. Although higher priorities have conspired to dramatically slow the already snail-like construction pace, all is not lost. Measurable progress has been made......
The guides have been shimmed into alignment, the pistons have been made twice, the crosshead is nestled into its guide, and the entire piston assembly has been bolted into place! Shimming and aligning everything was definitely an exercise in patience but once completed, allowed everything to move back and forth with no binding. "Woot Woot!" (with a fist pump) as my eldest child would say.
So it's on to the valve gear. First up are the links:
Ed's 1970's era CNC mill decided after 3 1/2 decades of use it finally had enough and gave up the ghost for the final time. When the standard rebuilding efforts kept running into roadblocks Ed took the opportunity to ditch the ancient electronics and rebuild the CNC with new drivers and such and bring the mill at least into the 90's. With Mach 3 now acting as our user interface, even a CNC illiterate clod such as myself can now operate the mill. Yes, I pushed the buttons and clicked the mouse that made this piece.
