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Molybendum Disulphite. my not be the right spelling but it works. its like a silvery dry powder

Go to ageless engines site. Lee Hodgson is the guy with the 9 cyl radial plans. He also has plans for the engine room and paddle wheel for a steamboat.

Sorry Rich am not set up for pictures on this forum. Its the Hodgson 9 cyl Radial and there are lots of pictures out there if you do a web search. Once again sorry I cant help.

Try and find chicago model engineers online. Not sure if they have a website or not. President name of Ed Smurz i believe. Very active group and all in all a nice bunch. I am in michigan City and currently working on my tenth engine a 9 cyl radial

Just have to add start with a solid block. turn outside to fit. Then cut in half and solder back together. drill and bore starting on the soldered seam. Un solder and done

cut it first then solder together then turn it. un solder and you have it.

One piece at a time. Surely you can do or figure out one piece. Then move on to the next. I am in the process of building a 9 cyl radial. One piece at a time. Been one piecing it for 2 1/2 years now. If you are over this way and I can help get in touch

possibly a palmer marine engine? they had a cross flow design like that with two cams and two gears. it is called a T head design. there were plans available for this engine from Dick Upshur from Chester Pa. I am pretty sure he is dead now and the plans may not be available. I built this engine...

If you are looking for aluminum the best price I have found is at aluminumyard.com. depending on the shape it is $3.00 a pound or less. Call and ask for Darrell. they are in Wichita Kansas and will ship ups or usps. Just bought two 3 foot pieces of 1/2" aluminum rod and it was $12.00 including...

OK welded for forty years using all the methods discussed. have made 9 engines and am working on the 9 cylinder radial now. Mostly I dont weld on the engines because the heat causes to much distortion. I have made two boilers and welded them with a 250 amp stick welder. Anything real small you...

Hawks Nest State park. On route 60 south east of Charleston West Virginia. A very scenic road and a cool view of the Gauley River and bridge. The bridge is the one they bungee jump off of and is very tall. The best part is you park and its about a 50 foot walk to the view so no huge time commitment

I built a gas engine and doubled the size bigger. I also had trouble with carb and found that it was too big. It would run with my finger partially covering the intake of carb but not without the restriction. I found that when you double the diameter of a pipe the volume increases something like...

So what is the rule of thumb on the mill cut? Slightly more than half the diameter or slightly less than half the diameter?

to start with try to set up a starter using a fast electric drill. mine is 3000 rpm. then pull off the head and make up a test plate to bolt on the head that you can pressurize with a compressor to check the seal on the valves. relap the valves as much as you have to to get them to seal. a...

Like I said check PM RESEARCH web site. the have straight model pipe threads that use sealant to seal. They also have RECENTLY started offering tapered fittings and taps and dies.