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Darracq 25HP 1/4 Scale Model
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After the boring operation and the interior cavities were finished with the dremel, needle and riffler files and emery cloth, work...
Thursday at 11:55 PM
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Thoughts on Welding
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FWIW, and not suggesting anyone else do it, but when I was younger and at least thought I knew more, I used to braze automotive fuel...
Monday at 9:39 AM
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Injected Diesel 56cc 2 Stroke, Will it ever work?"
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The Ruston-Hornsby single cylinder diesel in the grain elevator my father managed had the same paper glow plug, from memory, it was a...
Sep 3, 2023
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My next build--A cross beam vacuum engine
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Methylated spirits 'denatures' ethyl alcohol by adding 10% methyl hydrate/methanol to it. Methanol/methyl hydrate, available at most...
Aug 31, 2023
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Lawrence Merlin V12
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To anneal A2 it is heated in a controlled atmosphere furnace at a rate not exceeding 400°F per hour (222°C per hour) to 1550°F (843°C)...
Aug 17, 2023
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Hi, I finished Stewart Harts (Potty Engineering) design of the Simpson & Shipton steam engine. It was built from all bar stock, except...
Aug 11, 2023
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V-TWIN---MAYBE V-4
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FWIW, taps come in different sizes, there is an 'GH' tolerance designation on ground thread taps that designates the oversize in 0.0005...
Aug 10, 2023
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Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940
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Thank you for sharing the build. That's quite an achievement.
Aug 9, 2023
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Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940
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I tried glow plugs on a single cylinder engine, but it was too short to reach the combustion chamber Hi All ! A short video when the...
Aug 9, 2023
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Quieting a Noisey Bench Top Lathe. How ??
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Admittedly they were different but I've rebuilt Bridgeport, my Excello 602 and a 15 horsepower, 8000 rpm spindle, all had angular...
Aug 3, 2023
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Wanted
4" milling machine vise
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Fashionable or not, you get what you pay for!
Jul 13, 2023
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Shop built sparkplugs for model engines
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If it's Macor, I'm pretty sure it is, it can be machined with HSS, it does wear the tool but not so bad as to be unworkable. Here is...
Jul 12, 2023
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Along the way two fixture blocks need to be made. One for the chuck end and one for the tailstock end. Both blocks need to be the same...
Jul 11, 2023
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The next series of pictures show the tailstock end of the crank blank. This fixture block is as I mentioned earlier the same width and...
Jul 11, 2023
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After the first throw is finished the crank blank is removed from the chuck fixture and put back in the mill. The second throw is...
Jul 11, 2023
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