The kit comes as a heavy box of castings and metal parts. No engineering is pre-done and all parts are supplied in a rough cast or cut state, vacuum sealed on to a card backing. The quality of Stuart castings is extremely high and the more difficult small shapes are … Continue reading…
The pedestal set up on the mill for surfacing the top registers. The base underside has already had a light milling to clean up the casting and give a firm clamping surface. Only the minimum amount of material needs to be removed and it was all done in one pass. … Continue reading…
The column was setup in the lathe for the inner surfaces of the top and bottom plates and the outer surface of the bottom plate to be machined. The spigot in centre of the base plate was left on as there is a large hole in the main base for … Continue reading…
The flywheel in the 4-jaw having it’s outer surface machined. The center hole has already been bored and the front face cleaned up, all at the same setting so that the surface runs true when finished. It’s very messy stuff cast iron, and I forgot to cover the lathe bed … Continue reading…
The beam on the faceplate being bored. The edges were finished by hand filing, pilot holes for the shafts were drilled on the mill using the table feed dials for measurement. A couple of bearing blocks with the flywheel. Final cleaning up still needs doing and the bearing caps need … Continue reading…
The cylinder block being bored. The end face has already been turned at this setup so that it is true to the bore when finished, this will be the piston rod end of the cylinder. The ugly lump of metal in the left foreground is a counterweight to balance … Continue reading…