[Steam-engine] Reworking Governor

[Andre' Blanchard]

I would not worry about the brass wearing out.  With the way these engines 
get run now days it will take a long time to put as many hours on that 
governor as was likely put on it in its first year of use.
But if you want cast iron, turn down the spool say 0.250" small on dia. and 
braze some iron rings on.  Then finish turn the rings.
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Andre' B.  Clear Lake, Wi.


At 03:39 PM 3/1/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Brice, I never was to concerned about the
>differences in expansion.  We use brazing all of the
>time to repair cracked and broken cast iron.  I've
>never heard about it popping off.  I was worried about
>the wear characteristics of the brass.  If it wears
>out quickly I need to find a different material.  If
>need be I can probably get it built up with Inconel at
>work.  Jeff Detwiler wrote and told me that his spool
>had been brazed and is working well.  I will probably
>procede with brazing.  As for machining a new one from
>billet.  That would be much easier said than done
>there is a reason that it was cast instead of
>machined.  If I were to start over I would probably
>fabricate it from steel then machine.  I'll try to
>find a spot to post a picture.  My MSN photo sharing
>space is full.
>--- badams at tractors.bloomington.in.us wrote: