Recent content by hakuna

Wow! Thanks guys for all the great information...there's a wealth of stuff in the last few posts. Steamer Dave I do have a dial indicator, but didn't know how to use it to square the table. I see now how it's done thanks! This morning I went up a took my first piece (the one with the fairly...

ahhh. I could be that the drill bit isn't sharp enough....I just got a new set, I'll try those. What is the correct order of operations? 1) spot/center drill for start 2) Drill a through hole (but with what percentage of the final hole size?) 3) Drill final diameter. Is that right?

Ok, seriously newbie question here: How do I drill/machine a perfectly perpendicular hole? I'm putting a 3/8" hole in some 3/8" aluminum. I used a 1/4" drill, followed by a 3/8" drill. The vise is a machining vise that I used on my drill press, which checks out to be square. The first time...

I found some nice brass stock this week. I got about 6 inches of 2.5" brass round and about 7 inches of 1.5" brass round. $4 a pound. I chucked up the huge piece (huge for a Sherline) of brass round, faced it and turned it down to 2.2 inches (max diameter for my frame). I cut the piece off in...

Thanks for the help DOC123. My first attempt at CNC cutting the crank failed miserably. I made the depth cuts too deep and pushed the piece off it's clamping. Oh well...I'll try again soon. Ok, next problem: I made a bushing for the crankshaft, my first one and it came out really nice I think...

Ok, THANKS guys. I went back into the shop this evening and looked at the frame. It started to seem like a lot more work to remake it from scratch than just to tap out the mistaken holes to 6-32 and see if there was enough "meat" on the valve block. I checked and sure enough it appears to be...

Hi Guys, Thanks for the comments! When I drilled the holes too large, the first thing I did was look at my tapping guide hoping I could just put in bigger screws. 6-32 would work fine I think. I have about 8 of those 1/2 salvage plates though, so I'll just do it right. I need to use one to...

Started my first engine....it's and EZ-Engine! I began a topic: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=11047.0

I managed to wreck my first attempt at the Engine frame. Well, not wreck, but I have a few of those salvaged blocks so I'll try again. What happened was that the air pass-through hole is 0.125. The other four holes are for tapping 4-40. Guess what? I drilled them all 0.125!!! I could "fix" it...

I used my milling attachment to mill the flat on the valve...I did the piston with a file. I wish I had a reamer for the cylinder and valve holes...I just used a drill. Seems smooth enough though.

Here are the basic components I have so far. The Cylinder and Valve Block I have done. I faced the mating surface but didn't bother with the others. The Piston is done. The Valve is done.....WRONG! But I think it will work. I think the last bit is too small...0.125 instead of 0.250 in width...

Hi All, This is my first post! First let me say thanks to black85vette for putting together these plans! I needed a simple project and found these. I didn't realize it was such a recent creation (just a year ago). I wonder how many of these are out there now? I'm learning to use my first...