Back to work...
Apologies if any of this is too basic. I'm also posting to a model site where machine tools are not so common so trying to catch a photo of something from each step of the process.
A member here kindly donated a chunk of brass for the flywheel.
Another first, this is biggest thing I've turned so far. I finally had to reverse the jaws on the chuck.
I was getting some crazy chips. It sounds like the brass might actually be bronze.
Got it faced and turned, then the spotter drill for the shaft.
The shaft will be 5/16" so I went a 64th undersize so I can try and get a snug fit. The Cheap HF 115 bit drill set is working out, I didn't expect much for $30 and it is far exceeding those low expectations, so yay!
Added some face detail and polished up the outer rim. The instructions are fairly vague here, so I just kind of worked it until I liked the look. I made the center that will face the engine extend 0.002" beyond the rim to provide some clearance. I don't know if it needs it but thought it cant hurt.
I'm going to paint the center disk and leave the rim bare metal.
Flywheel and whistle with bottle cap for scale.
and got to work on the supports. Started with some hotroll steel bar stock, cleaned up the surface and squared the parts.
A lot more work to go on these, but the basic shape is there now, also a chunk of the bar they came from.
and that is where I'm at.