Brass cover pressing for 3" foden fly wheel

[thehomeengineer]

Hi All
This is another press tool I made to produce a decretive dome cover which fits the flywheel on my 3” scale Foden steam wagon from 16-gauge brass. The brass was annealed before pressing and once finished machined hand polished to clean up. The press tool also doubled up as a pressure pad to turn the Outer diameter and a drilling jig for the 4 holes. I will post a video on how I produced the radius on the press tool on my manual lathe.

Press tool,drilling jig and pressure pad turning.


Thank you for taking the time to view
The Home Engineer

[DIYer]

Thanks thehomeengineer! We've added your Press Tool to our Model Making category,
as well as to your builder page: thehomeengineer's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Press Tool by thehomeengineer

tags: press

[blkadder]

I am looking forward to seeing the video.

[Scrounga]

Me too. I’m very impressed

[thehomeengineer]

Here is the link to the radius method I used to create the press tool