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Sprocket
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1/3 Scale Ford 289 Hi-Po
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After some sketchy band sawing, the 2"x4"x10" starting workpieces for the manifolds wound up being the last of the large chunks of my 25...
Yesterday at 6:03 PM
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I found a nice piece of poplar and cut it 9" X 15" the maximum size I wanted. I brushed on a dark stain and added four rubber feet. The...
Monday at 9:40 PM
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On the lathe I removed the threads from one end of the 3/4" tee and as much added material that I dared. I turned a new cylinder...
Sunday at 7:33 PM
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You are so right Gordon he had a mountain to climb. I am sure you did and I think most everyone else who has built this engine felt...
Saturday at 7:27 PM
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Hi Jon, I built the quarter scale Galloway from Richard Shelly castings and prints. This has been some time ago, but all I recall was...
Friday at 10:42 PM
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Next step was the cylinders. These are a simple cylindrical shape with a mounting flange and a boss to mate with the copper...
Friday at 8:25 PM
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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...
Friday at 8:24 PM
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My research for the Anzani Fan Type engine model exposed a lot of prospects for other engine models that have not been built by anyone...
Friday at 8:23 PM
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I have that casting set also. Haven't built it yet. I'll look at the plans I have and see if there were corrections, but mine is...
Friday at 8:20 PM
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I became interested in the Ford engine years back but never really got the bug to make one until after building the Benz engine. The...
Thursday at 6:45 PM
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Thanks packrat, this build is going well. Time to get started on the engine standard. The rough casting is absolutely fabulous. It...
Sep 27, 2023
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The rods used to fixture the fitting were then used to keep the wall from compressing when it was put in the vise to profile the flange...
Sep 25, 2023
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Gentlemen, I made this fixture years ago and have had to use it to make an elbow fitting for the radial engine I'm building. I thought...
Sep 25, 2023
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I turned the flywheel for this engine a few years ago. Then we moved, so the shop got packed up. Unfortunately, there are no pictures of...
Sep 23, 2023
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Olli-Matti, I have a 2 axis DRO for my South Bend 10K. I got it this summer, haven't wanted to stop what I'm working on to take the...
Sep 21, 2023
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