Recent content by naijin

Thanks to all who replied, after reading all the posts I have decided to go with cast iron, I have found a couple of places that sell the blanks, I will be purchasing one very soon..... once again thank you to all who replied. Nick

Hi there, long time since I last posted here, I am about to purchase a new chuck for my grizzly metal lathe, I will be making a new back plate for it and was wondering if aluminium would be a good material to use rather than cast or steel? the reason for this is I have a good supply of aluminium...

Hi there, does anyone out there have any diagrams or plans to build a buzz coil ignition system similar to Henry Ford's model? I am thinking of making one, any ideas or help will be greatly appreciated. Regards Nick :)

Hi there, I have no idea, I cut mine off and it still works fine. Regards Nick

Hi there, a couple of coats of Heritage Green will look great, a lot of the Vintage Engines are painted with it.

Thanks P.J I have found some on e-bay and ordered them, should be here in a week or so, I will give them a try as soon as I work out how to mount them. Nick

Thanks for the info Cogsy , I will try them all out. Regards Nick

Thanks David, I just found the thread, will look them up Nick

Hi there, I remember reading somewhere about a bearing that was used to operate the kick start on the Hoglet V Twin engine, but I can,t remember the supplier or the type of bearing used, if any one can remember the posting or the supplier I would greatly appreciate it. Regards Nick

Best thing that I have bought, I have it running my 4 cycle home made engine ( for the last two years... ) and it never missed a beat, well worth the money Regards Nick

Hi there, I am new to this model engineering, and only built one engine so far, can't help but wonder if the size of the thread and the type of thread on a small spark plug really affect it's performance ?? Regards Nick

Hi Jim, what is the exact problem with the motor, mine used to start to turn and then it would throw the circuit breaker, one of the capacitors, I think it was the 20uf 400 volt one was the problem, but was advised to replace both as they are about the same age therefore it would probably crap...

Hi Jim, is the motor a 2 HP, I have a two Hp motor that looks very similar to yours but mine is on the smaller version of the mill ( I think it is the HM30) my motor played up and after some investigation, I replaced one of the capacitors and it is working fine now, did not have to remove the...

Hi Dugg, we have a Surdex Steel store, and they will cut to any size, if the material is more than 50mm in diameter, not sure what postage is to Perth, not sure if Surdex is in Perth, there a a number of stores in Vic, Regards Nick

Hi there, can someone please help me with the ins and outs of building a vapour fuel tank for an engine I am building, heard about them but have no knowledge of how to make one, I am sure it is not too difficult, but being new to this hobby, any help will be greatly appreciated. :) Regards Nick