I'll follow your progress with interest.
Just started on the same engine. But I do it on a manual lathe and mill and on a slow tempo.
I like your cylinder design.
Hello,
I have a emco 5 compact lathe. I bought it second hand. Not all the change gears are with the lathe. Some off the gears included are plastic and some are steel.
I want to make extra change gears. Some time ago i made a nice deal and have some gearcutters available.
Now the...
Hallo Barry,
welcome from another belgium member.
Just like you stepped into the adventure of building small engine's.
Building one of Jan Ridders engines is also on my wishlist. But I started with the EZ engine.
Good luck wiht the builds.
Wouter (uit de buurt van Eeklo)
I have already made some parts.
The base, flywheel and some small parts are ready.
Now I'm working on the cilinder.
There is a story for the "special" design flywheel
I pilotdrilled 6 holes, then I drilled some bigger. I made the first hole 8mm, following my calculations (inch to metric)...
I showed the pic of the captive nut to my colleague. He wondered how i made it.
Tomorrow is his birthday so I made him this little present. It is M6 on the outside and M3 inside.
I've never made thread on the lathe. This was a fun way to learn.
The inside thread was made with a tap. All outside thread with the lathe.
M6 inside an M10 outside.