Burrell Traction Engine- Door Hinge and other work.

 Burrell Traction Engine - Door Hinge and other bits

It has been a while since I posted an update but work carries on, I didn't have much to show still faffing with the door and names.
However, the door hinge was easier than I thought, after cutting it out and careful filling I simply bent it around a length of silver steel as used for the hinge pin.

I did have problems with the angle of the door on the outer edge, as any angle causes the hinge to not sit flat at the ends. This has been rectified partly by machining the outer edge to 4 degrees but it is still working progress.

Other Works.

In the shed is an oxyacetylene set I bought years ago from a car boot sale and hardly used.

I was informed that bronze brazing is one way of welding cast iron parts and so with this in mind, I'm going to renew the perished rubber hoses and use this in anger for the first time.

The first job is to potentially weld (Braze) the towing bracket onto the perch casting with perhaps just 1 fixing screw to hold it whilst I weld it. (Photo to follow) When I have practiced a lot and have the technique under my belt.

  

Some of the tricky castings

Some of the castings are really troublesome to hold but a flash of inspiration I found this picture on the internet and this is how I intend machining the fork. At least next week I feel I can hopefully manage a bit more progress finally!.
  

Next week here and I managed to replicate the above machining and get a good setup.

 I intend making the bronze bush the fork runs in so the shaft has been left 1mm oversized for the time being until the other machining has been completed.

 Some of the other castings in various stages of just cleaned up or part machined.
Work continues next week on the front fork then I plan to start the yoke axle and cross-pin...