Keith, you’re sounding a bit tired, or maybe you’ve caught some kind of bug? I hope it’s not the cancer therapy getting you down. I too am going through the same therapy, so I am with you my friend. Stay well.
All videos go on Patreon first and the public videos are posted up to two months later. This video was made during the time that I was having Radiotherapy, and had to be up at 5am each day to get to Leeds in time for the appointment. I found the process to be quite draining ......... no wonder I sounded a bit tired really {:-)))
They are technically better than slide valves (causing less stress on the valve gear components), but Piston Valves wear out - Slide Valves wear in }:-)))
In the project I'm doing, I directly threaded the iron block, so that it is possible to adjust the distribution during assembly, then later, when it is adjusted and everything is assembled, the rod that moves it forwards and backwards will no longer be able to rotate given that there will be a control rod that will make it move forward and backward but will not make it rotate. did I do well in your opinion?
the idea was born while watching one of your videos, exactly this one at minute 0.50: th-cam.com/video/YyIZQb-t9mc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=A2QNblo4ULJKlarm but I didn't like the nuts that way, I wanted to be able to avoid having to dismantle the "drawer" cover if it was necessary to make a small adjustment when assembled. then I decided to thread the block that moves the distributor so as to be able to rotate the control rod to be able to screw and unscrew, and therefore move the distributor further forward or backwards. the result is what you always see in one of your videos, exactly the at minute 8.18: th-cam.com/video/zd3-6iR7QdQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1rbFIQLwP8zNkGq0 I hope it works well 😅 now it just needs to be built 😊
The Iron Block as you call it is the slide Valve Casing. Do not thread the block as the valve needs to float on the Valve rod as it is the pressure of steam that holds the valve onto the port face. What you are attempting may not work out well.
Great information, thanks.
You also stay safe and extremely healthy!
Keith, you’re sounding a bit tired, or maybe you’ve caught some kind of bug? I hope it’s not the cancer therapy getting you down. I too am going through the same therapy, so I am with you my friend. Stay well.
All videos go on Patreon first and the public videos are posted up to two months later. This video was made during the time that I was having Radiotherapy, and had to be up at 5am each day to get to Leeds in time for the appointment. I found the process to be quite draining ......... no wonder I sounded a bit tired really {:-)))
What yr thoughts on piston valves ?
They are technically better than slide valves (causing less stress on the valve gear components), but Piston Valves wear out - Slide Valves wear in }:-)))
@@keithappleton makes sense 🙂
In the project I'm doing, I directly threaded the iron block, so that it is possible to adjust the distribution during assembly, then later, when it is adjusted and everything is assembled, the rod that moves it forwards and backwards will no longer be able to rotate given that there will be a control rod that will make it move forward and backward but will not make it rotate. did I do well in your opinion?
the idea was born while watching one of your videos, exactly this one at minute 0.50:
th-cam.com/video/YyIZQb-t9mc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=A2QNblo4ULJKlarm
but I didn't like the nuts that way, I wanted to be able to avoid having to dismantle the "drawer" cover if it was necessary to make a small adjustment when assembled. then I decided to thread the block that moves the distributor so as to be able to rotate the control rod to be able to screw and unscrew, and therefore move the distributor further forward or backwards. the result is what you always see in one of your videos, exactly the at minute 8.18:
th-cam.com/video/zd3-6iR7QdQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1rbFIQLwP8zNkGq0
I hope it works well 😅
now it just needs to be built 😊
Which part is the Iron Block that you mention ???
The Iron Block as you call it is the slide Valve Casing. Do not thread the block as the valve needs to float on the Valve rod as it is the pressure of steam that holds the valve onto the port face. What you are attempting may not work out well.