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Hello all...I have put my engine on hold for now... I feel it is nearly imposable to build this engine without a mill... I am saving up for one... Everyones work looks great!!!

My first experience with a radial engine was at McCord AFB Tacoma, Washington around 1960... My Father was in the USAF and he used to take me out to the flight line to see the C-124's that he worked on... He was a Recip mechanic...A&P I can still hear it today and will always be with me... There...

Thanks kvom... I do have a DI and a cheap-O magnetic base I use for centering... The base is not so good as with the adjustments tight it still has a tendency to move around... I had planed on beefing it up to hold a firm position. I will attempt to fix it and try this... Thinks for the...

Here are the pictures of my cylinders... The 1st. one is useless but for the second, I started cutting the cooling fins at the full 2" diameter. I still have enough "meat" to re-cut the fins on that one. I too have a small taper in the cylinders where the liner will slide in. I will tackle...

Very nice work Michael! I did make the flycutter that Brian posted but these past few days have been a bust!:wall: Cindy printed out the cam cover for me and the measurements were misprinted...:mad: Instead of the undercut of 0.200 depth of the cut it came out as 0.400!:fan: Also I had the...

Brian... As I mentioned earlier I attempted to make a 2 piece crank which was a bust:wall: I have ordered a 3/4" x 2" x 12" (4140 steel annealed) I was up most of the morning thinking about it...:o:o:o Using my drill press drill out the rough "H" pattern and finish cutting with a hack saw...

Well thought I would post a picture of my progress... Cheap-O cameraand on dial-up::rant: Crank case and rear cover are finished (with exception of taping for the 4-40 cylinder screws) along with the oil pump. Cam housing, Waiting on the keyway cutter to arrive. Once I cut for the lifters I...

Very nice Brian!!!Thm:Thm:Thm:Thm:

Brian... I found my bearing on ebay and was listed as a IKO BHA57... I received a no name bearing evidently made in China! It is an SCH 57 and the 5/16" dowel pin is too loose in the bearings... I may have to buy another bearing directly from Boca... 8MM shaft has just a slight amount of...

:confused::confused::confused: FYI... The rod needle bearing JH57-oh-40 was replaced with SCH57 from Boca Bearing and states .312 ID... It is not! It is 8MM. A 5/16" dowel pin fits too loosely into the bearing. I had some 8MM stainless rod left over from another project and it fits perfectly...

Excellent work Brian! Beautiful!!!th_wav

That is very nice work Michael! I tried out my pump yesterday to see if it would pump with some caster oil and it did like a charm! Just wish I had a decent camera to take pictures with... I have a piece of 4140 on the lathe right now and turning down for the cam. So far I have the crankcase...

Hello Brian... I just finished the crankcase and working on the cam... Oli pump is finished...Waiting on a 1/8" keyway cutter to finish up the cear case... Please post pictures for all to see please... Steve

It just so happens that I am building one at this time also... I tore into an old hot water heater we replaced after going all electric... This one was lined with the expanding foam and will take some effort to remove. It was for propane and may use parts of the burner. I drew up a simple...

Co did you ever finish this engine? Would like to see the finished engine... I am gathering parts to build one and may buy the Harbor Freight 2 speed mini mil as it's on sale right now... Steve

I went ahead and purchased the CDI box and Hall sensor which they call a stator trigger pick-up coil... I'll experiment with this set-up but for my Webster I bought the right coil and will make a nice oak box to house the components and mount the engine on top as I have seen on others... GREAT...

Thanks Jordan... I did a search on types of coils and found this out... Live and learn! I plan on building several engines as I am hooked on this hobby! I'll set up a CDI system at a later date... Steve

Hello all... I am new to your group and presently building the Webster... I have purchased a Chinese ATV coil from ebay and have points, condenser, and a 1/4-32 spark plug... I wired everything up to test the spark and it works... I placed a piece of wood between the points as not to short...