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Edward Westbury designed the SeaLion engine sometime after WW2, it is a 30 CC water cooled 4 cylinder gasoline model boat engine. Elmer Wall designed the Wizard sometime before WW2, it is a two cylinder air cooled gasoline engine. I am a Wall and Westbury model engine enthusiast. Wall is...

Cogsy, You are absolutely correct Cogsy and I see less and less respect for the copyrights these days.... However, in the case of some of the stuff that has been around forever, there is an accepted use permitted for most "in domain" artwork know as the "Creative Commons" wherin a work may be...

I am interested in Westbury's SEALION and Wall's Wizard engines if you have drawings for them. I would also appreciate a listing of what you do have and what $ you expect for these drawings... Per one of your other posts, you can simply reply to my message, if someone snipes off the...

I am beginning to clear out some stuff in my shop and have a Dalton 6 lathe that I acquired some years back, it appears to be in good to better condition, has original 1920's electric motor, jack shaft, 3 & 4 jaw chucks, change gears and tool post and tool holders plus a good assortment of...

Looking to buy a set of castings and drawings for an Elmer Wall "Wizard" two cylinder engine, anybody have such?

I take the photos as a functional pressure gage, what kind of a movement did you put in it? That would be a neat concept to share!

Hello, I posted that I needed info on the whereabouts of the construction articles on the Seal engine, I found them on line this evening.

John, my email is [email protected], how much will I owe you for the set of plans, Thank You Rod

Can anyone tell me where in the 1947 series of Model Engineer magazine the construction article for E T Westbury's "Seal" 15 CC petrol engine started and ended?

Looking for a set of drawings for the Wall 30 cc four stroke air cooled single and or a set of drawings for the Wall two cylinder four stroke air cooled Wizard engine. I could be interested in complete engine or castings set depending on price. I have to trade the 36cc wall single two stroke...

Contact me direct, [email protected] rod

Just a further comment about 12L14, it was originally designed for screw machine production for the automotive industry. It is in the 100% machinability index for steels, most others are compared to it! I buy for my shop from FRY steel corp in California... They generally only sell in...

Hello, The shop I worked for bought it from "McMaster Carr" corporation in Santa Anna California, they ship worldwide and carry all sorts of things, find them at Mcmastercarr.com . We made big pump rings out of it, the pumps were working in a steel mill in Kingman, AZ. The PEEK rings outwore...

Has anyone out there tried PEEK plastic as a material for making piston rings for steam engines? This is an interesting plastic, machines like brass and when burned the chip more resembles glass chips than ash. Wear qualities are off the scale for plastic and it is good with the heat in steam...

My favored screw machine stock is 12L14 and I do my own centerless grinding when necessary, I operate 3 Brown & Sharpe screw machines and a Royal Master centerless grinder in my shop. I also like 1045 stress proof.