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The problem with even the smallest weed eater carb is they are quite large and complex to recreate particularly if scaled down The rev...

You could use a couple of 1-2-3 blocks as "angle plates" clamp one each end vertically to the mill table or even bolt right through. You...

You could put a note that holes are symmetrical about the ctr line and that would do away with the other 0.281". Often a note is not...

My only comment on your PDF would be to put the 9/32" above the ctr line for consistency that way all the fractions are above and the...

I'm the opposite and quite like a slow reving engine rather than one that buzzes it's nuts off. Though I have been known to make the odd...

Yes that is why I said "gears changed to 1:2 ratio" I class 1:2 as a reduction and 2:1 as an increase as one equals 1/2 (reduction) and...

I use a liquid gasket rather than paper. Should be able to get it from a motor factors

Ron says there was an error in the castings so they don't match the drawing. Sounds like he picked the out of place pipe boss as his...

It has been a while since I posted a build thread here but thought I may as well show one. It all started when I said in another thread...

Make it from rectangular section material, either off the shelf bar or machined down from something larger. Do the holes first while it...

Pocketing the plate keeps the outside looking the same, this is a larger engine so there was room for screws, and like many fill size...

Mill a shallow pocket and J B Weld in a plate that has had the slots cut into it. I'd make the plate from a slice cut off some cast iron...

Try these people which is where I get mine they go down to 1/4" in imperial or 6mm in metriv. Page 88...

The other option is to change the aluminium pistons for iron and then you don't really have to bother to fit any rings. 1000s of glow...

You really want a finely lapped surface to the bore, even a brake cylinder hone leaves things too rough. I would also avoid using most...