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    PYRTE 8: Cylinder Assembly
    PYRTE 8: Cylinder Assembly
    PYRTE 8: Cylinder Assembly
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    PYRTE 8: Cylinder Assembly

    By George Hughes

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    A full constructional guide on producing the cylinder assembly for PYRTE the Pull You Round Traction Engine, complete with drawings and pictures to build this 1 and 1/2 inch plus scale traction engine.

    This covers the cylinder itself, the valve and regulator, along with the trunk guide.

    It's the most inexpensive pull you round you can build and is aimed at the first-timer with its simplicity.

    Requires the use of a lathe, drill and heating torches/blow lamps.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorge Hughes
    Release dateJul 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301819607
    PYRTE 8: Cylinder Assembly
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    George Hughes

    I'm an everyday English fellow in his late 60's who has a passion for model engineering in steam and writing.

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      PYRTE 8 - George Hughes

      PYRTE 8 - The Cylinder and Assembly

      Published By George Hughes At Smashwords

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      Copyright © 2013 by George Hughes

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      Contents:

      Cover plate

      Cylinder block construction

      Materials and tools needed

      Cylinder liner

      Trunk guide

      Exhaust

      Steam chests

      Slide valve

      Regulator

      Piston, rod and trunk piston

      Links

      Contact me

      CYLINDER ASSEMBLY

      Just to make life easy, the cylinder, crankshaft and motion work of this model both sit directly on top of a flat cover plate for the firebox and this plate is bolted to the front and rear of the firebox through the top two 3/8 square firebox brass crossways reinforcing rods, so the obvious beginning point for the creation of this cylinder assembly is the production of the cover plate.

      You can reckon on about two or three hours, maybe four with any doubts you may have, for the production of the plate and cylinder assembly, although the valves and boxes will also add a further hour to the build.

      If you take a 10 and 3/4 x 6 inch steel plate at 1/8 thick (make a point of using this thickness as this is governed by the height of the crankshaft bearings in the side plates - the centre height of your crankshaft must match the centre height of your cylinder bore - plus you will have the plate flexing up and down as the piston moves to and fro if you use thinner steel) and mark a centreline along its length.

      What’s needed now is a second line in place at a 1/2 inch over to the left hand side of this line (from the driver’s perspective). This is the centre line of your cylinder bore and the centre line between the webs on your crankshaft, so obviously needs to be for the whole length of the plate.

      (What this has done is to show where the cylinder centre line sits at the front end, as it is offset to the left of the centre line by a half inch to allow for the 1/2 inch valve chest and cover and the extra thickness on the right hand side of the cylinder block owing to the transfer ports, so that once installed the power unit looks almost central to your boiler barrel and spreads the weight evenly over your front wheels).

      A third line sits in at 1 and 1/2 inches in from the left hand side at the front end and shows where the edge of the cylinder block sits for marking out the bolt holes in the plate. Make this one about 3 inches long running from the front, with a fourth for the same length at 1 and 11/16 from the left hand

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