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27th Aug 2015, 06:02 AM #841
Hi Phil,
http://www.albany-pumps.co.uk/
Could this be the company that you are looking for ?
I couldn't find anything on "Albany Lubricators" but these people have been around a very long time.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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27th Aug 2015, 07:10 AM #842Most Valued Member
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28th Aug 2015, 06:15 AM #844Most Valued Member
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No worrries, thanks anyway Baron.
This is a tough one to get any information on and I only really needed a pic to see what the handle on the air valve looked like.
We have two, well one with the name still readable, the other has the same features but has the name and any info rubbed off from years of polishing so it would have been good to get a bit of history.
Thanks again.
Phil
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28th Sep 2015, 10:33 PM #845Most Valued Member
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Small update on the Vacuum OIL Co., thats right, OIL, I put my glasses on and it said oil on the side, not lubricator Co.
You wouldn't think an idiot could mess up those two words but here I am.
I have installed the lubricator on the Ruston engine and wow does it work well. I'm all enthused again
as an aside this engine developed a nasty 'knock' at either end of the stroke so after a quick inspection of the piston rings we have decided new ones are a must. More on that later.
Phil
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17th Jan 2016, 05:39 PM #846Most Valued Member
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Due to some minor computer problems that slowed it down enough that it would take nearly an hour to post a like, I thought it was time to find out what was wrong.
It seems that 18,000 photos is just a tad too much. Many thanks to my son for pointing out that they have been saved to the internal hard drive instead of the external one I thought they were going to.
A bit of catching up to do
The lubricator on the Ruston is doing fine, just a bit of a lap of the metering valve seat and the boys will be happy.
I had to replace the main throttling valve spindle on the large Phoenix tandem compound engine as it had 'coke bottled' where the gland had been rubbing.
Got to use the cylindrical grinder.
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18th Jan 2016, 07:20 AM #847Member
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Welcome return
Pleased to see this thread going again. One of the most interesting for me on this site.
Regards,
Gerry
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18th Jan 2016, 11:21 PM #848Most Valued Member
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Thanks Gerry, nice to hear.
I have a bit of catching up to do while the computer is operating at blistering speed.
One pic I forgot was the new and old together. Here 'tis
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After getting the spindle finished, it was a good time to do some repairs to the valve seat to stop it from continually passing steam into the engine.
It had got to the point where it was getting harder to stop even though it was driving the battery and not 'freewheeling'.
The whole job went well and consequently we now have a new start up procedure as the engine is not constantly being warmed through by itself.
We have to do it instead
Phil
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19th Jan 2016, 06:48 AM #849Philomath in training
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Nice one Phil. The valve sealing material is brass/ copper?
Interested to know how you worked out your counterweighting as that is a large lump of stuff - low speed runs, static tests or just bolt stuff on and hope for the best?
Michael
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Hi Michael and Vann
Sorry Vann, not gunmetal, just plain old brass. All the gunmetal was probably still tied up in making ships cannons at around that time .
Counterbalancing was done using the standard procedure which I was lucky enough to use as the chuck runs freely.
The weight naturally falls to the bottom as the chuck freewheels. Then do a rough estimate and attach the weights at the top of the chuck, then spin the chuck and see where it falls.
Repeat until the chuck stops in any position.
With a chuck that size I don't need too many revs for it reach 'I'm officially scared now' speed. It ran as smooth as silk. (It took longer to find weights than it did to do the job)
For fine tuning it was just a matter of moving some of the weights further out on the diameter of the chuck by tapping them with a hammer then making doubly, no tripley (if that's a word) sure that they are tight. It's awfully embarrassing when they come loose, and noisy.
Phil
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Hi Baron
Nice to see you back. The design of this handle prevents bending by a wheel spanner as it passes through quite a large threaded section that has the handle attached to it.
Which brings me to something else I had to do.
This particular design lends itself to failure and of course it failed on me.
The large threaded section is a square thread that has been machined. This section is a part of the valve handle casting.
Where this thread joins the handle, it is relatively thin and prone to break...and it did
Super welder Raymond wasn't at work that day so I had to have a crack at brazing the two bits back together.
Lets just say that its been a while.
Phil
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20th Jan 2016, 06:48 AM #854Most Valued Member
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I noticed the 'Y' axis on the Jones and Shipman surface grinder was becoming increasingly difficult to turn so decided to investigate.
It seems someone had made a new fitting for the oil to reach the nut but had neglected to drill the path for the oil right through the new fitting.
All fixed now and the screw turns beautifully in the nut.
There was also no zerk fitting on the outside of the machine which was duly replaced. This helps a lot when trying to oil the machine
Phil
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20th Jan 2016, 07:38 AM #855
Repairing spokes
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Hi Phil. Did you attempt a repair to the broken spokes?
The reason I ask is I have a similar problem with a flywheel for an old post drill.
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Although I've never made a pattern, I remember from the first year of my apprenticeship being told that spokes should always have a curve to them, in order to avoid fractures from casting stresses and from knocks while in use. I think I remember this because, at the time I thought curved spokes looked just so old fashion - why would anyone make them that way (funny how tastes change).
Anyway, I've hesitated to attempt a repair because I'm worried that with straight spokes, each repair might result in so much stress that another fracture could occur elsewhere on the spokes or rim .
Sorry to hijack your thread,
Cheers, Vann.Gatherer of rustyplanestools...