Recent content by wheelwright

I own and operate a commercial machine shop specializing in heavy engines, also restore old engines as a hobby. it would be a real shame to hack lumps off the original crank, plus there is the unknown quantity of how much the crank would be affected. In this case my first reaction would be to...

For anyone interested in blast injection engines, and following this thread. There is a working engine museum near Cardigan, Wales, UK, and they have a very early engine of a similar design, built by Sulzer in Switzerland. This engine is in working condition, can be seen at the website...

Ksor, my wife is a long time wool spinner and knitter. I am surrounded by everything to do with spinning and knitting. She has several commercial wool winders similar to the pictures on your website. Her response is that wool is normally plied anti clockwise, in which case the ball of wool will...