Shed Matters 3

[Stanley]

This morning I marked the gland and drilled the clearance holes for the 5BA studs. I put a witness mark on the gland and repeated it on the front lid. Then I drilled and tapped for the studs, fitted them and I had everything exactly right, the gland dropped on the studs and entered the socket in the lid with no adjustment at all needed. Only a baby step but done well and accurately. Now for my reward, breakfast!

[Stanley]

More work on the front lid. There are two different sizes of fastening, 4BA for the studs and 5BA for the two countersunk screws that secure the kid where there is no access at the front size for a stud. I have made more mistakes in the past at this stage that any other part of the engine so everything was triple checked! As you can see I am all right so far, now I need to drill and tap the cylinder for the 4BA studs. No rush, that's for tomorrow. Now for breakfast!

[Stanley]

Another baby step but done accurately. The remaining four tappings for the 4BA studs in the cylinder for the front lid. Marked, drilled and tapped and the lid dropped on with no adjustments needed. That will do for this morning. Now I am chasing my breakfast!

[Stanley]

This morning I made the valve rod gland, fitted it and marked it for orientation and the PCD of the stud holes. These are drilled and the valve chamber boss has been marked for drilling and tapping but that's for tomorrow. The job now is breakfast!

[Stanley]

I started the morning by drilling and tapping for the 5BA suds that hold the valve rod gland in place. Once they were fitted I marked the cylinder for orientation on the target end of the bed with the valve face vertical. I marked and drilled the position of the four 4BA studs and adjusted the holes until I had a good fit. The valve face is not quite vertical so tomorrow I shall adjust the holes in the target end until that fault is rectified. That was a good 50 minutes so I have knocked off for breakfast.

[Stanley]

This morning I massaged the holes in the target end until I had got the cylinder rotated until the valve face was perpendicular to the bed. Then I marked and drilled the clearance holes in the back lid. I am ready now to mark the orientation of the hole pattern, dismantle the cylinder and mark, drill and tap the 4BA stud holes in the cylinder. But at the moment I am focussed on my breakfast.....

[Stanley]

This morning was a catalogue of small things. First I marked the back lid with a witness mark and then marked the back of the cylinder for drilling and tapping 4 BA for the six studs. To do this I had to dismantle the cylinder and while doing this I refined and improved the fit of some of the parts to make it easier to rebuild after painting. Then I drilled and tapped the cylinder for the studs that will hold the back lid on. These are all done and are now ready for fitting tomorrow. I deserve my breakfast.....

[Stanley]

We are continuing with the job of finishing all the tasks that need to be done to finish the cylinder and It's ancillary parts. The first job this morning was to fit the studs to the back end and make sure the lid fitted the stud locations. It was perfect as far as orientation was concerned but I will have to increase the amount of thread to ensure the nuts can tighten down on the lid. Next I cut the exhaust port in the valve face and then drilled and tapped for the exhaust pipe which I then fitted. Tomorrow I shall address the studs.... Now the job is breakfast!

[Stanley]

Just one exciting task this morning. Increase the amount of thread on all six 4BA studs for the back lid, refit them and test that all the threads are good. This completes the work needed on the cylinder. I don't need to drill any more holes in it! Now I want my breakfast.

[Stanley]

Almost a day off! All I wanted to do this morning was to dismantle the castings and get them ready for painting. So that's what we have here and painting is a job best done in daylight..... So That's it, less than half an hour and now I want my breakfast!