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jb_castagnos
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Post Number: 1227
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 10:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bob sent his crank to me for repairs. The mains had been welded once before, both ends were bad, no centers. I decided to make a new one, cut it out of 1 1/4" plate, put centers on it and started making it round. I worked between the lathe and grinder, have it roughed out. To be continued.

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richarddurgee
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Post Number: 3903
Registered: 11-2001
Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 11:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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JB

It looks great !

To bad hand a made crank this pretty has to
get covered with a crankcase !


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david_doyle
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Post Number: 97
Registered: 03-2013
Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 01:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

JB,

Really appreciate seeing your work.

Much thanks for sharing.
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kayak
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Post Number: 40
Registered: 06-2016
Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 01:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

amazing! what type of steel is that? was the notch cut out with a band saw? were the ends of the thick center piece drilled to accept the end shafts?
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johnoxley
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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 02:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Built one like this for a 3" stroke two cylinder steam engine. Roughed out from 1.25" slab and heat twisted centre of shaft in big lathe to get 90 degree crank offset, then finish machined at low speed with broad faced tool (Water finish). Hate to have to pay for this sort of work.
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jb_castagnos
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Post Number: 1228
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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 06:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It was cut with a torch from a piece of 1 1/4" steel, part of an in ground auto lift I saved for the steel. I usually get the steel from my son, they manufacture dredges, he gets the better grade of steel, don't remember the #. This is a small crank, I put the coarse narrow wheel on the grinder and ground the throw out, swung the crank back and forth by hand until it was close then let it rotate. My son brought a piece of 2" steel, making a new crank for the Buffalo, going to cheat on this one, a friend is going to water jet it for me, will save a lot of work. John, here's a link to the 3 cylinder crank I twisted.

http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/2/259117.html
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david_doyle
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Post Number: 98
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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 01:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"you're twisting them while they're square, you're setting up a stress. Turn them round, twist them, finish turning"

Exaclty how much is a piece of knowledge like that worth! Priceless.

I feel like a bandit everytime you guys share these gems. }
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jb_castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 1229
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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 01:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Went in this morning before work, milled the cheeks of the throws to proper width and finished in the grinder, still oversize. A picture of the plate I cut it from, don't know what it is, machines well, better than cold rolled.


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jb_castagnos
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Post Number: 1231
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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 - 09:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I went in tonight and I put a fine wheel on the grinder, dressed it and roughed in the mains .030. The Arnold gauge will read from here, allows you to measure while you're grinding. The gauge reads a minimum of 1", OK for the mains, won't read the rod or the ends of the crank. While roughing it in I used the dial stop and it's fairly close, will have to watch it.
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billschaller
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Username: billschaller

Post Number: 655
Registered: 12-2003


Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 04:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Great work. I bet your new one is a bit stronger than the original. It would be interesting to know whether the original company made their own, or source it out.

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kayak
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Post Number: 42
Registered: 06-2016
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 03:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Found this quick little video showing a production forged crankshaft being made including the visit to the twisting machine.

EDIT:youtube seems to have switched the video or there is an error. I still have the original up in a window and will try to save it now. It's pretty good, concise and shows the steps.

OK, re-saved it to my own channel.


https://youtu.be/Sth7tULPwHQ
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kayak
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Post Number: 43
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Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 03:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This is the correct forging crankshaft video:

https://youtu.be/Sth7tULPwHQ
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jb_castagnos
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Post Number: 1232
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 10:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bill, my guess is the subbed it out, there were companies like the one in your ad that specialized in this expensive equipment if you didn't keep it busy. The original crank was forged, St. Lawrence cranks were some of the ones I've seen cut from plate.
I went in tonight and finished the crank. Bob will take it from here, cut to length and re center, bevel the throws at the rod journal end, key it, and radius the sharp edges on the throw. The first picture shows grinding the end with the live center I adapted to the machine, second is the finished crank.

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jb_castagnos
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Post Number: 1233
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Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 10:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kayak, thanks fir the video. I didn't realize until I did the 3 cylinder crank that automotive cranks were twisted, top of the line race car cranks are forged 90 degrees, a lot more $.
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jb_castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos

Post Number: 1234
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 10:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Richard, I agree, hate to put it in a crankcase, at least you've gotten me taking pictures.
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richarddurgee
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Post Number: 3905
Registered: 11-2001
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 08:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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JB

Most of us on this site appreciate your work and the photos bring it to us and keeps us in the loop!

For years I have said that these old engines are an art form, the hand made pieces are in a category of their own.

I saw this definition and thought it most applicable here.


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Most sculpture as we know it sits on a pedestal or hangs on the wall, we are fortunate to add the dimension of sound when its put together and running.

In the above Definition its usage in verb form
Says " the choir stalls were each carefully sculptured " I think that crankshaft you made was carefully SCULPTURED !

Good Stuff !!


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david_doyle
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Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

wow, tres bon!
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jb_castagnos
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Post Number: 1236
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Merci beaucoup, "Da veed".

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