USS MONITOR

ENGINE BUILD

Part 15 by Vince Cutajar

For the eccentric sheaves.  I chucked a piece of stainless and turned the shoulder where the eccentric strap sits.



Then using various slot drills and the lathe on its slowest speed, I cut a 14mm hole.


Then using a boring bar I opened up the hole to 19mm and 3mm deep.  The rear part I did yesterday will fit into this hole.


Eccentric strap used for a trial fit.



And the rear part also inserted.


Drilled and reamed the 10mm hole with a 4mm offset from the centre.


More work on the eccentric sheaves.

With the help of a 10 mm rod in the tailstock I put the sheave in the 4 jaw chuck and carefully tightened the jaws.


Made a quick check on runout.  Showing 0.1mm.  Good enough for me as the next operation does not require lots of accuracy.


Started machining the shoulder around the 10mm hole.


I took the dividing head out to drill the holes for the grub screws.  Drilled the first one and started tapping the holes.  The taps were not cutting too well.  I guess the material got work hardened when drilling and the taps are not sharp anymore because on the last hole I broke a tap.  Disaster, as I could not get the broken part out.

After a siesta I went back to have another look at the situation.  I could make a new part or use the one I had with two grub screws.

Eventually I found I had a small carbide burr with a taper shape.  Let's give it a try.  It actually worked as it started breaking up the broken tap in the hole.  With a little patience and a hardened 2mm pin punch I managed to chip it all out.

With a new tap, did the three tapped holes on the second eccentric sheave.  No problems encountered.


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