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Jeff, from the looks of your wobbler, (I prefer the label "oscillator" as wobbler sounds like someone drunk!) you are way ahead of me. Every one of the forum here is WAY ahead of me. This was made on an EMCO compact 5 with its little vertical mill. I do have all the attachments they have for it and certainly came in handy. Works nice for soft material and my limited skills. This motor would certainly not be a challenge for someone of your capabilities. My idea of tolerance on parts is get withing 10 thousands, you guys are a whole lot better. The motor is fairly forgiving other than getting the intake/exhaust ports close to perfect. The worse part for me, the part that really stopped me and turned to an electric motor for my tug was the dang piping. This is 1/8 brass tubing and need some complex bends that are precise to avoid obstacles along the way and align perfectly to the holes they are silver soldered into. It took several hours for each one (8) to get them right with a lot of reheating to soften and careful bending. Not a lot of fun.
If you really wish to build one, let me know and I will mail you the book. I only ask that you return it when you have copied the plans (20 pages). Just easier for me to mail it to you than scan the pages.
Will leave that up to you. The book is copyrighted. Just starting on a 1931 Philco radio project and when finished, I would like to go back to the little lathe and see if I can find plans for a single cylinder reciprocating walking beam engine. Might be fun. Maybe I can drive a ferris wheel with it?
Jerry
If you really wish to build one, let me know and I will mail you the book. I only ask that you return it when you have copied the plans (20 pages). Just easier for me to mail it to you than scan the pages.
Will leave that up to you. The book is copyrighted. Just starting on a 1931 Philco radio project and when finished, I would like to go back to the little lathe and see if I can find plans for a single cylinder reciprocating walking beam engine. Might be fun. Maybe I can drive a ferris wheel with it?
Jerry