Finishing a Falk A rookie builder finishes a small steam engine

Set up for cylinder head work

1 inch aluminum rod with 1/4 stub to fit in collet. The 1 inch bar is a slip fit in the 1.002 inch cylinder bore.

The rod in the MT1 collet.

The collet mounted in the rotary table.

The cylinder is fit over the rod and bolted down. The rear cylinder head is super-glued to the cylinder for the next machining steps.

The photo in the title of this page is a Jesse Livingston photo of a Falk completed by Jesse Livingston.

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