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As some know I try to keep this post to a minimum.
The first two photos are parts that I had done before the weekend as can be seen the rocker arm and support are now made as well as the pivot pins, the centre one can be seen in the picture the others are smaller than that

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The second is of the con rod which needs some material machining out of the sided to lighten it.

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Then onto today. I should really complete the con rod but as I was away the weekend I thought something small before resuming on that. So I found the oilers for the crank shaft bearings and started on the first of the two, made from brass. I still need to drill out the larger hole in the top but that will wait until I have got the second one to this stage before I drill and tap a piece of metal on the lathe to screw these into to do that operation.

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They do not show any caps for these but I may make a couple of them later on.

I did have a go at grinding my first form tool for the outside shape and pleased the way that and the oiler looks.

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<blockquote data-quote="Dalboy" data-source="post: 365283" data-attributes="member: 449">As some know I try to keep this post to a minimum.The first two photos are parts that I had done before the weekend as can be seen the rocker arm and support are now made as well as the pivot pins, the centre one can be seen in the picture the others are smaller than that[ATTACH]50520[/ATTACH]The second is of the con rod which needs some material machining out of the sided to lighten it.[ATTACH]50521[/ATTACH]Then onto today. I should really complete the con rod but as I was away the weekend I thought something small before resuming on that. So I found the oilers for the crank shaft bearings and started on the first of the two, made from brass. I still need to drill out the larger hole in the top but that will wait until I have got the second one to this stage before I drill and tap a piece of metal on the lathe to screw these into to do that operation.[ATTACH]50522[/ATTACH]They do not show any caps for these but I may make a couple of them later on.I did have a go at grinding my first form tool for the outside shape and pleased the way that and the oiler looks.[ATTACH]50523[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dalboy, post: 365283, member: 449"] As some know I try to keep this post to a minimum. The first two photos are parts that I had done before the weekend as can be seen the rocker arm and support are now made as well as the pivot pins, the centre one can be seen in the picture the others are smaller than that [ATTACH alt="rocker arm suppot in place (1).jpg"]50520[/ATTACH] The second is of the con rod which needs some material machining out of the sided to lighten it. [ATTACH alt="con rod (1).jpg"]50521[/ATTACH] Then onto today. I should really complete the con rod but as I was away the weekend I thought something small before resuming on that. So I found the oilers for the crank shaft bearings and started on the first of the two, made from brass. I still need to drill out the larger hole in the top but that will wait until I have got the second one to this stage before I drill and tap a piece of metal on the lathe to screw these into to do that operation. [ATTACH alt="Crank oiler (12).jpg"]50522[/ATTACH] They do not show any caps for these but I may make a couple of them later on. I did have a go at grinding my first form tool for the outside shape and pleased the way that and the oiler looks. [ATTACH alt="Crank oiler (13).jpg"]50523[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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