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Made a vid about the Super 11 DRO installs:

Sugden sounds:

Got a simple display stand done for the Antares.

What is the view of more experienced readers on having a cnc tabletop milling machine in a hobby shop vs having a manual milling machine, when you get a cnc machine going and are familiar with the usage does the old manual mill come obsolete? What I am after here is that will I still need the...

Got the last part of the Antares build videos out. Check it out here:

Antares 2cc popping on ether

Conrod is now done aswell as the wristpin. Started lapping the piston. Not much left before the final assembly.

Thanks K2! I think your numbers are very close as I did infact take only 0.05mm passes and a double pass every here and there because of the very light PH Horn tool I used. It did cut this soft EN1A steel very nicely. I started to work with the conrod and drilling the bronze bushing really gave...

Finally done with the compression screw. Finished the contour with an angle grinder, rotary tool and assortment of files. Still needs some final touches but I will leave it as is for now.

Thanks Andrew, Mitutoyo is always a mituotoyo 😉 I have Carl-Zeiss Jena comparator for 10-18mm and CCCP one fpr 6-10mm. I did end up with around 0.0003 (7ish micron) taper above the ports and tried to open the bottom a little more than with the earlier cylinders. It seems to have now about...

The cooling jacket is done. Had to use some artistic freedom as I still dont have ability nor skill to grind tools and had only 1.5mm wide parting/grooving tool and the plan calls for 1.25mm. So I adjusted the width of the fins accordingly and calculated the needed angles. First straight grooves...

Adventures with the cylinder. A lot of work fitting it properly to the case. Also had lot of trouble with the cyl thread but managed to produce a satisfactory thread at the end. Had to chase the thread twice and reposition the cylinder in the chuck etc 🙈 Not the best accomplishement but it...

Thanks for sharing, it looks just fine, too bad it hasn' ran yet. Have you seen this article on making the piston fit to cylinder? If you are not familiar with this one I recommend to take a look and try it out! AdriansModelAeroEngines.com :: Piston/cylinder finishing

Spinner and fuel line out of the works today.

Milled the inlet port to the carb and installed the carburetor body to the case. Took quite a bit of fiddling again to get the needle working nicely but I think in the end it seems now fine. Produced my first scrap pieces of this build aswell as I needed a second needle and third needle seat...

Thank you Johnny! The 3D model of the case looks great, I would definately like to have a copy of the files if possible aswell when you get that far with the design. I have been assigned for some garden work lately and haven’t had that much time to work with the Antares but I have started the...

Tappo serbatolo.

Some file work for the tank.

Antares has progressed again and I did finish the crankshaft by drilling the oil channel and machining cutouts for counterweight. Hard stuff to machine this 42CrMo4 steel that I have used for shafts and liners mostly. I did also machine the tank and that was a great success as my new friend...

Made the propdriver and tank hold down flange.