Eureka Project

jessebanning · Post by **jessebanning** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:27 am

I got the porting machined this morning. The saddle is machined. Now I need to drill the steam passages, drill and tap faces for covers. Then I'll make the valve chests.

Dwight Ennis · Post by **Dwight Ennis** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:31 pm

Looking good bud! Nice to see it coming together.

jessebanning · Post by **jessebanning** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:22 pm

I got the steam ways machined. I had to do some math and calculate the area per hole size in regards to the steam ports to ensure adequate exhausting and not to build up a ton of back pressure.

Loco112 · Post by **Loco112** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:28 pm

Time for the dremel tool.

It will flow close to twice as much if you clean up the rough stuff and radius all the edges.

jessebanning · Post by **jessebanning** » Wed May 09, 2012 9:39 am

Here are a few pictures of the rear cylinder covers coming to life. The blanks were cut from 1.25" plate and machined. Still have to drill and tap crosshead guide holes, decorative cover holes and tap the major bore for the packing gland.

Ray Cadd · Post by **Ray Cadd** » Wed May 09, 2012 2:07 pm

Looking super-nice, Jesse!

tburzio · Post by **tburzio** » Wed May 09, 2012 10:07 pm

I know this sounds silly, but I'd love to have holes in the center of the leading pilot axle to mount a metal rod with a flag attached to the end, sticking out far enough for the flag to be seen from the cab. One glance and you'd know if the pilot was off or skating. Sure would come in handy on tracks where the pilot may be running on ballast instead of metal. I've even seen a steamer with mounts for small mirrors on the pilot deck, but that's hard to see from a distance...

Lost my engine brakes on one particularly hard derailment. Tore the rod clean off the leading "6 horse rig". Almost made the weeds, and that was three feet from the switch!