Danni build - February 12: Turning the cylinder
Time in the shop: 3 hours
Worked on: cylinder (4), partly complete.
Today I started on the cylinder. I centred the supplied material in the lathe and cut off the two pieces that would become the cylinder covers.
After a cleaning pass on the outside, I turned the outside contours, then used a drill and boring bar to make the centre bore.
The cylinder held in the lathe chuck.
The cylinder beside the frame at the stopping point for this session.
Where I stopped
The cylinder still needed its mounting holes and the flat for the steam chest. Those jobs were left for another day.