Gus's Rupnow Hit and Miss Engine.

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Having posted into the wrong category,I am taking the pains to repost into W.I.P.Gus still struggling in the world of IT.
1. Have ample stock of material leftover from the Webster Engine Project.
See foto.
2. The Makita Portable Bandsaw made permanent with a vertical Stand and
proved to be a valuable must have equipment w/o which Gus(going 70)
would be left breathless sawing this pile of cut blanks.
3. As I said, new jigs and fixtures would be required to get a proper job done.
The mini mill was stretched to its very limit.

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Been a productive day.Took my sweet time to perform a very "boring" job to get bearing fit on to the side plates.
The Poor Man's Boring Head aka B.H. performed well today.Bearing was borderline on the slightly tighter fit.Some hand fitting not ruled out.
Was difficult to measure I.D. due to limited vertical slide travel. In fact just barely have enough slide travel to finish bore depth. For some unknow reasons,Permanent Markers did not perform today and was forced to use back up dye which end up very well.This aerosol Engineer's Blue cost me a bomb. Dye did not mess my fingers and hands.Since it is so good ,will buy a backup.

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Off to a great start Gus, layout blue in an aerosol is great. When I was an apprentice, the blue came in a glass bottle, and you cannot imagine the mess when the bottle got dropped. The reminder was always there on the concrete floor.

Been busy lately with other things, so work on my engine has slowed a bit, but not for long.

Paul.
 
Swifty said:
Off to a great start Gus, layout blue in an aerosol is great. When I was an apprentice, the blue came in a glass bottle, and you cannot imagine the mess when the bottle got dropped. The reminder was always there on the concrete floor.

Been busy lately with other things, so work on my engine has slowed a bit, but not for long.

Paul.
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Hi Paul,

The Engineer's Blue cost me a bomb. Bought some in the 90s and they flaked.But this USA product is good. The outerhead will be worked on tomorrow.
Weekend fishing. Sunday wreck fishing for giant groupers.My mates are spending too much $$$$ buying gear to fight the big ones.
Last Sat'd was good.Mate took home fish to feed him a week. Sun'd was bad. Self caught fish is so fresh and good eating. Good reason why I still maintain this hobby. Made enough in August to pay for diesel,boat storage and repairs and model engine building.
Taking Darling Boss to Yokohama in October.She is happily reading Japan Travel Books. Oh.TokyoHands Yokohama.Must see and no buy.

Looks like the Rupnow engine might be spinning by mid or end Sept since gaining good experience from building Webbie.

Take care.

Best Regards,

from Gus Teng.
 
Looks like a good start Gus. Will be checking in now and then.. Good luck fishing

Cheers,
Phil
 
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Hi Gus ,
I like the engine. But I do not have a lathe.
I'll be watching your progress.
Ask let successfully.
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John.
 
Left the gates running Gus, good to see and will have to drop in from time to time, see how you are going.

Maybe you could build a V8 powered reel for your mates and these monster Groper Gus, now there is a project for you (wink). These Groper must pull like a wild bull to start with, how deep you pulling them from on average?

Eddie
 
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Left the gates running Gus, good to see and will have to drop in from time to time, see how you are going.

Maybe you could build a V8 powered reel for your mates and these monster Groper Gus, now there is a project for you (wink). These Groper must pull like a wild bull to start with, how deep you pulling them from on average?

Eddie
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Hi Eddie.

V-8 is in my vision but my spirit is willing and my flesh is weak.
Gus the devil quoting Scripture.
Honestly, the V-8 is too big for my stomach to digest.
Since buidling the Webster and now the Rupnow Engine,I am losing weight
and sleep. Shed 5 lbs and the snack belly shrunk.Plan to build an IC Engine with o/head valves featured in the Model Engineer Magazine. Bought the book and plans.

However if Brian Rupnow would build one, Gus & Company would follow blindly. If we ever fall into deep waters,Brian will throw in life buoy to save us. Brian is my Guru/Sensei.
 
Not been a productive day.Too many goofs but no serious contribution to the scrap bin. But the engine frame takes shape. For now ,an ugly duckling.Hopefully next week will see good progress.

Tomorrow is fishing day .No engines. Just fish. Will post.

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I love your work.
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John.
 
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Great job already. I'am jealous. Have a happy fishing day tomorrow Gus. Too bad that Singapore is so far away. I like once too fish with you & talking about making modelengines.

Barry
 
Going well Gus, making the frame first allows you to see something coming together in a short time. Enjoy your fishing, and then back to work on the engine.

Paul.
 
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hi gus

Can I have your email address?

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John.
 
Gus---where are you??? I hope one of those giant groupers didn't get ya!!!--Check out Swifty's build. I think he may have the world's second running Rupnow Engine, and the very first air cooled version!!!---Brian
 
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Hi Folks,
Relax. Gussy is plodding along at quality space/speed/no rush/no haste.:cool:
Put finishing touches to the main bearing cover. Very handy to have a slitter saw on hand.:)
Cut up profiles of both bearing covers.And good finishing too with minimal cleanup.:cool:
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Hi Folks,
Been a productive morning. Drilled baseplate and bolted/aligned side plates with bearings running smoothly.
Outerhead was done yesterday.Complete except for the valve guide holes which will require the same guides done and used to fit in.
Tomorrow will start machining and complete the aircooled cylinder.
The following days will see to machining cylinder,piston and hopefully con-rod.

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