Finished this engine.

[BCRider]

Stunning.... Absolutely stunning.

The railings and dogging notches are particularly nice touches. And is the steam controlled by the floor valve? If it is then you get today's "Crazy Cool Detail Award" ! ! !

My mind boggles at how many hours you must have in that.

[J Tiers]

Drilled, then milled square with a 1/16 EM if I recall.
They are .125 dp.
E indexing head.

Sid

Thanks. I guess the engine is bigger than I thought, 'cuz the radius is not obvious

[sid pileski]

Stunning.... Absolutely stunning.

The railings and dogging notches are particularly nice touches. And is the steam controlled by the floor valve? If it is then you get today's "Crazy Cool Detail Award" ! ! !

My mind boggles at how many hours you must have in that.

Yes, that's what the hand wheel does for this model.

[sid pileski]

Thanks. I guess the engine is bigger than I thought, 'cuz the radius is not obvious

I probably should have put something in the pictures for scale.
The base is 15 x 8.375.
Flywheel is 6" dia.

Sid

[old mart]

Wonderful engine, and probably a record number of responses in the short time since you started the thread.
How did you produce those square holes in the flywheel?

[chipmaker4130]

. . .How did you produce those square holes in the flywheel?

See post 43

[old mart]

Thanks, I missed that post.

[BCRider]

Yes, that's what the hand wheel does for this model.

Consider me slayed. Super nice detail among all the other things

I've been watching a number of videos from various makers on setting up the engines to run from proper steam. Any thoughts on adding a steam oiler and cylinder drain cocks later on for running from live steam?

[bborr01]

Color me impressed. Every single project that I've ever seen you post is immaculate and it gives the rest of us something to shoot for.

[ChazzC]

It certainly is beautiful, as expected from you.
I'll ask... does it run? Is there any way we can see it run?

It runs as beautifully as it looks. Very nice work sid pileski !

[sid pileski]

Thank you!
thanks for posting the video!

[darryl]

Once again, a beautiful piece of work!

Something that strikes me about a lot of these engines is where the parts are separately bolted to the floor. That has to put a lot of stress on the floor to resist the pressures and twisting motions. In a sense, the floor IS the block. I wonder if there are any incidents where the floor 'broke' under the stresses? Even a concreted floor could crack and shift-

[RB211]

Amazing work Sid! The flywheel runs true, and I'm sure every part that makes a Corliss a Corliss is there and functional.

[reggie_obe]

The engine bedplate might be bolted to anchors 10 or more feet below the floor of the engine. These engines http://www.marcreed.com/default.aspx...=19&ssitem=333 were similarly anchored. Inspection of the other edge of the anchor was via a narrow alley that ran under each engine, accessible through the buildings basement.

[Paul Alciatore]

Whatever you did, you had me fooled. I would have sworn it was built up from individual pieces.

And overall a terrific job. Beautiful!

I lasered the individual planks and end butts by decreasing the power to only penetrate ~ .025".
Then, I cut out all the interior islands and then the outer shape that fits into the base plate.
Finally, a semi gloss urethane.

Sid