Eh, it looks about the same. Sadly, I haven't had any time to really work on this. I'm too busy working on everyone else's bikes.
I made my fixture last year, and forgot to post up photos of it! Somewhere I've got a photo of the completed fixture with the cylinder on the lathe...
I'm getting ready to cut the base of the cylinder, then I'll ship it out to have the plating removed. From there, I'll port the cylinder, then send it back for new plating.
I'm looking forward to this!
Nardini 1640 at the school. I'm currently looking at a 1680, but I don't have anywhere to put it yet... Shop needs to be bigger. This is my favorite lathe so far.
The instructor seemed pleased that I was interested in doing some outside work. My goal with my education in machining tech is to lean enough so that when I bring in my own machines I will be educated enough about them to move the machines in and get right to work.
The instructor sometimes takes extra care to make sure I know some of the things that they don't have on the curriculum at the college - grinding my own form tools, laying out parts, and things like that. Everything's moving to CNC so they don't require all that. Most of the guys can't even run a machine without a DRO!
The brass was expensive, but it's all they had in the size I needed. If I make another on, I'd like it to be a little wider OD than that. I was even thinking about putting some locating pins on the next fixture that would fit where the cylinder stud holes are - just an extra precaution against the cylinder turning on the fixture.
Here is what the engine looks like now:
The bushings that I painted over will be replaced.
~Josh
