VICKERS MK6B's resto

[colin jones]

Howard/Lynn, I wouldn't go dipping the old lid yet as it might turn out to be a very time consuming anchor
Today I machined up the bearing aligning plates and rods.

[colin jones]

I will make a self aligning spacer for the two rods so all the gears will be pretty spot on if all goes well.

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Colin,

This may have some relevance/be an option to your gear-casing problem.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-2...ix-car/8310958

Mike

[David Dunlop]

Interesting post, Mike.

I was wondering the same thing. A Technical College nearby had an open house a few years ago and showed off a brand new CNC Machine they had, along with a Lasar Scanner. The scanner could only handle objects about shoe box sized, but very detailed and the data was fed directly to a milling machine that cut a perfect clone of the original object scanned.

Using the scan data for a plastic sand mold of engine block size is brilliant!

David

[colin jones]

Interesting Idea Mike, I have already had a company called Castech at my place to see what they thought. It was very interesting to say the least. The inside would need to be replicated to get a full scan. The inside bottom of my block is very badly pitted and laminated quite a ways up and that would need to be removed and replaced with a scannable material. Not to mention the price to get one done with no guarantee was very scary. I have already started my machining today and then my mill decided to play electrical silly buggers but I now have my plan off attack and more than confident i'll be able to make one. Thanks for your input though.
Colin.

[Petr Brezina]

Good luck Colin, incredible work!

[Russ Gregg]

What an incredible project, I think you have crossed the line between restoration and forensic reconstruction. Thanks for the detailed pictures, I will be following this with great interest.