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1869 12 HP Gibbs & Sterrett photo gallery 3

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Steel blanks being turned on lathe and made into washers.

Stan Ellerbeck

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Squaring faces on connecting rod in milling machine.

Stan Ellerbeck

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Repairing connecting rod bearing housing.

Stan Ellerbeck

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Facing sides of connecting rod bearing housing.

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First step in machining of brass wrist pin bearing.

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Both sides of bearing bolted together and ready for machining.

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A view of the adjuster plate, which centers the bearing on rotary table for further machining.

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Rough machining the wrist pin hole in bearing.

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Boring hole to finish size.

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Machining the side bosses on wrist pin bearing.

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Cutting the slot to fit into rear bearing housing.

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Squaring sides to correct size on wrist end bearing.

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Completed connecting rod assembly.

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Completed wrist pin bushing.

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Milling pockets in crosshead assembly to accept brass slides.

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Brass slides on table with crosshead assembly.

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Machining brass slides.

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Completed pockets on crosshead assembly.

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The pockets and their corresponding slides were different sizes from one another requiring Stan to number them.

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Slides machined and ready for installation into pockets on crosshead assembly.

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Machining brass slides to correct height on crosshead assembly.

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Finished oil slots in brass slides of crosshead assembly. Back to the photo gallery menu

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Machining oil slots in brass slides of crosshead assembly.

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Final machine work on brass slides of crosshead assembly.

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Stan machines the wrist pin bearings and various pieces of the crosshead assembly. Click here to view the gallery.

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Published on Jan 27, 2009

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