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Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:58 pm
by DetroiTug
Jon mentioned a few days ago that I was building a couple pumps for he and I. Just thought I'd share a few pics on the progress.
Someone asked how the castings were. So far, so good. I will post updates as it goes.
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:41 pm
by fredrosse
Beautiful metal, beautifully worked!
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:33 am
by S. Weaver
Oh! That pump is worth it just for the bling ...
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:43 pm
by DetroiTug
Was able to work a little more on these this weekend. Just the endplates of the pump body shown have to be machined yet. Then the assembly starts. This should be a pretty good pump.
The castings are still running very nice, no voids etc.
-Ron
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:12 am
by Rainer
This is how your pump will look like after assembly and some years of operation...
Picture taken on my friends boat Lagavulin from Germany.
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:08 pm
by JonRiley56
Looking good ron !!!!!
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Rainer,
Do you know who makes the little displacement oiler that is on your friends pump ? I like the design.
jon
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:31 pm
by Rainer
JonRiley56 wrote:Do you know who makes the little displacement oiler ...
Will ask
Maybe it is this one:
http://www.bengs-modellbau.de/zubehoert ... linder.php
No big secrets in this design.
Century's ago I have build this KISS version - less parts - less trouble.
I bought the glass tubes - cut for my needs - in the shop for chemistry supply of the local university for some DM...
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:51 pm
by marinesteam
: -P~ <- Drooling
Must have.
Refering to the pump as Rainer slipped in a post while I was typing, but the oiler is very nice too.
Ken
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:18 am
by DetroiTug
Making 8 water valves - 4 for each pump. These seem to work really well, they seal up very tight.
-Ron
Re: Southworth 12" Vertical pumps
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:47 am
by Mike Rometer
I'm impressed with all this Ron, it looks fabulous, but I cannot get my head round what size it is. Please could you add something to your next pic to get an idea of scale from?