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Burrell Traction Engine, Gears Part 5.... And finally the box.

 Gears Part 5.... And finally the Box.


Hello, if you have been following so far, thankyou. I must however apologise for my occasional bad English and grammar. It's easier to drill 80 holes than to talk about it. However we have made it thus far and a pinnacle stage has been reached. The horn plates and shaft tubes have been mated together (THE BOX) and also the bearing housings. This seems like a result because most of the other parts either fix onto this, or are associated with the horn plates.

There are some other holes perhaps required, like the 200 or so dummy rivets, but these are just visual and will be completed when necessary.

The coming weeks I will be considering - 
  • The large gear for the 2nd shaft, as the dividing plate is ready for cutting the teeth.
  • Bronze bearings to go into the bearing housings.
  • The crank shaft. (Or a length of silver steel for alignment). 
  • The eccentrics for mounting on the crank.
  • The steering gear brackets (Small bronze castings I have) + Steering wheel (Aluminium casting).



Also recently I have completed the last few holes on the dividing plate so this plate will do all the Burrell gears and there is no need to get the rotary table out again this year !!.

Also worth spending the extra pennies on decent 8% Cobalt drills, as the outer ring was done using just 1 drill the inner ring I broke a cheap drill, luckily the broken bit fell out. 



Hopefully and fingers crossed, the setup I used for the smaller 2nd shaft gear will also, at a push, just be acceptable to machine the teeth on the larger 2nd shaft gear. We will see, once the blank has been prepared to size in the lathe, and mounted onto the other gear. Otherwise I might have to make a kind of faceplate standoff ring or mini faceplate to hold the large gear.

Short and sweet update, as time is required to do these posts, and as holiday season is approaching progress normally slows a little during summer months.

For now stay safe ...  Make swarf ...  Have Fun.

Stephen.  

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