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brotherbear
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The water neck returns coolant to the radiator and is part of the thermostat housing bolted to the front of the intake manifold. Its...
Sep 9, 2023
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The insanely high temperatures and daily warnings about our shaky (Texas) power grid limited my shop time to a handful of midnight hours...
Sep 1, 2023
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Houston, we have a problem ... The first photo shows the highest outdoor temperature I've experienced in my entire 75 years, and that...
Aug 28, 2023
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Before starting on the main bearings, a few loose ends need to be tied up on the block including the machining of the cylinder liners...
Aug 20, 2023
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Wrapping up the crankshaft ... The sections were clamped horizontally in the vise so the alignment flats on each end could be machined...
Aug 9, 2023
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As mentioned earlier, I'm probably trading one set of problems for another ... The distortion left in the workpieces by the rod journal...
Jul 30, 2023
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Continuing on with the pieced-together crankshaft ... The first step was to bandsaw four workpieces from a length of Stressproof...
Jul 23, 2023
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I recently got interested in building pistols. Here is my first one. It is a .17 cal blackpowder muzzle loading derringer.
Jul 12, 2023
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Terry, I'm wondering what the downside is of a simple pressed construction, as per motorcycle crankshafts? You could easily make all...
Jul 11, 2023
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Although it may be a swap of one set of problems for another, the current plan is to machine the 289's crankshaft as four separate...
Jul 11, 2023
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