Workshop night

After spending two nights pondering the mis-alignment of the frames/cylinders/motion structure support brackets, without much success, we set that aside and started on the axle water pump assembly. I cut the 2"x2"x3" bar of gold (really brass, but priced like gold) and we prepared to bore the twin piston holes using the lathe.

To insure a straight bore, we leveled the lathe all around using the master precision level. After a half-hour of tightening, loosening and adjusting each of the four feet, we got most of the twist out of the bed and succeeded in getting it true within 0.0005 of an inch front to back and side to side. We spend the remaining time creating a clamping system to hold the bar to the faceplate.