swarf

I should have done that in the first place. Seriously thou, thanks for pointing out the obvious. Live and learn.

Put it in the middle and make any adjustments to the crosshead/rod/piston assembly length Probably a combination of having the reamed...

I picked a mill/drill practically brand new for 500$ Canadian six yrs ago. It has its short comings, but it does what I ask of it. If...

I use a rotary table for bolt circles. mike

So gents here it is. New connecting rod, big end machined to spec. This obviously is the top half of the rod. The spec from center of...

I recall the words "hydrodynamic wedge" being used explaining the film of oil between bearing and pins.

Lol I'm no machinist either. I'm good at taking perfectly good material and turning it into scrap in a very short period of time. I can...

That's what I pictured. In any case I purchased a new rod forging and will start over. Good practice for me.

2 things. 1: Brass shim can happily run against the big-end journal. 2: leave the shim short of the bearing area, so it does not...

Not quite so simple when the two pieces of shim will be 0.100" thick as they will form the majority of the bearing surface, hole is...

I opted out for two more connecting rods, as they are reasonably priced and readily available.

Some purists insist on the correct sizes that were "original" to the design. I think I would go with the "whatever is handy" (aka...

Hi Richard and Swarf, I agree about Gimp it reallis an excellent free open source app. Richard you can't do a 'save as' to convert a...

Hi Andrew, As a matter of fact, I'm watching most of your videos to build this engine. The vid of the con rod is what I've looked at...

Hi Swarf I encountered a similar problem with the conrod. I think it's probably down to the fact that these are brass extrusions. I...