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Carbuilder replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.Are you using a course enough blade? I have a chunk of 3" thick aluminum of unknown grade that I had trouble cutting; blade drifting a... -
Carbuilder replied to the thread Painting aluminum castings problems and questions..I started making custom car badges a few years ago. I machined them from thin aluminum plate and TRIED to get paint to adhere. I tried...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread 1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po.Amazing work as always! So you use a 4 flute cutter on aluminum. I use a 2 flute 1/16" cutter when I really need detail machining, but...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).The short block is assembled and I ran it with the lathe to break in the piston rings. I assumed that would be a good idea. It was...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).Starting assembly of this little engine. Not that everything is made yet, but the major rotating components are done. So I thought it...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).There is a little more info on it in post #57. It is a piece of blade from one of these: I just snapped off one of the sections and...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).Gudgeon pin? Reminds me of the manuals for my first car, 1969 MGB. Bonnet, boot, dynamo, petrol, spanner.... :) But I digress. It is a...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).Got the rings installed, only breaking 1. I had a good look at the block before installing the pistons to make sure there was no more...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).Thank you Michael. I'm not really happy with the rockers I've made, and still need some operations on them to finish; mainly figuring...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread For Sale 270 offy plans by Ron collona."Conversation" sent.
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).The piston rings. I did a lot of research on how to make these. There are many ways to do it, with the most popular needing a heat...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).With the cylinder liners done and installed, time for the pistons. The CNC lathe did the turning, the bore in the bottom (with a 5/16"...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread How I made my piston rings. No heat.So you would have to machine them to just under the bore size to install them. Can't machine them larger than the bore size since you...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread Little Demon V8 - helpful hints (hopefully).Cylinder liners done. I started making them as I described, cutting the material to length to get 2 liners. Drilled them with a 14.5mm...
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Carbuilder replied to the thread First Original Design..Looks like a futuristic steam engine........if that makes any sense. Beautiful!
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