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    Les Chenery's Monosoupape

    I keep them in a bin with the other drawings I found. I've also transfered most of them into CAD model. I have a Kinner K5 to finish building and then decide what comes next. A car project as well. Plenty of years left to make this happen.
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    Les Chenery's Monosoupape

    Not a problem Andrew. I would like to add my name to the next batch if it happens. I have a set of original plans I found in my grandfather's stash when he passed. It's on my list of engines to build when I get a moment.
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    Les Chenery's Monosoupape

    I'm interested. I emailed but never got a response.
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    Roy SHOLL CDI

    Just bought a system from him. Wasn't a snow, but as I understand, what's on the website is still available. Anything not there anymore will no longer be available. Email will get all your questions answered and it's the only way to get an order placed anyway. Greg
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    My Kinner K5

    It's pretty worn out, as old as it is (1943). It is still far better than anything I could have bought for the cost. It's definitely nice to work with and can take fairly aggressive cuts without complaint and work to fairly close tolerances especially with the DRO installed.
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    My Kinner K5

    I have been working on the intake manifold since the beginning. It's two split halves assembled and then finish machined for the flanges for the intake pipes and carburetor. I had been putting off finishing because I could not decide how I wanted to do the pipe interface. I finally decided on a...
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    Finishing crankshaft Journals

    A VCGT type insert is probably best if you're looking for sharp grades. There are various types available. I have used the C shaped variants for finishing stainless without trouble. Like you mentioned, light depth of cut. They are like razors and should be treated delicately.
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    My Kinner K5

    Forgot to post this last week. I finished off the cylinder heads. Turned the valve seats, then pressed them into the heads after pressing in the guides. I decided to ream the guides and turn the seat angles in line by mounting onto a fixture chucked in the lathe. Did 30°, 44°, 60° with 45° on...
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    My Kinner K5

    The rockers were made of 4140 pre-hard, which is around RC30.
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    My Kinner K5

    It's been a while. I have had some other projects including mounting a DRO on my lathe. .0002“ resolution on both X/Z. It was really helpful in making bronze bushings for the rockers. I pushed a set in and checked the compressed ID and adjusted my boring to get it right. Will be working on...
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    Build pictures of GB 4 cylinder overhead value engine

    That's a cool little engine. Very nice work! Are there plans available for George's work? I couldn't readily find them with Google. This looks like something up my alley in the future.
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    My Kinner K5

    Thanks for the praise, but I owe the photo quality mostly to my Galaxy S10 and the LED lights I installed in the workshop. I do work to get the focus right and a decent background, but it's still mostly the phone. The lighting is excellent day or night.
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    My Kinner K5

    It was a lot of work, but I finally finished a set of 10 valves!! Machined from 303 in stepped fashion. Also finished a set of wrist pin and master rod pins to complete the crank assembly!
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    My Kinner K5

    Made a little progress. Made the oil pump housing, cover and some of the fittings. Quite a bit of work went into the oil pump, setup wise. In particular a very hairy offset turning setup.
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    Kinner 5 cylinder radial

    Well that will be a bummer. I just finished the oil pump with the spacing as spec'd. I'll check the supplier for the gears. Thanks
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