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So true, Most talented woodworkers don't enjoy working with steel. At high school I was always frustrated in woodworking class. Especially on the lathe, as everything looked nice and polished until it stopped turning :p But recently have found carving wooden fishing lures rather relaxing! (...

Thanks For your help jwcnc1911! :) Ill try that and post a new set of plans soon.

It never ceases to amaze me what people can do without a lathe. This guy builds wooden air engines. http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=relmfu&v=IHJDU181K80 His mini V8 is a little basic but considering his tools it's pretty good. Imagine what he could come up with if given a metal lathe...

Sorry everyone just relised, I misspelled the title as storke engine instead of 4 stroke engine. Gotta love having the flu. I wonder how many people looked at the thread to finde out what a storke engine is. Does anyone know how to change the title after its posted? Mayby a storke engine is...

Hi Steve, Its going to be a lil water cooled 4 stroke. Mainly for the visual it will have the camshaft mounted on the side of the block in a camshaft case with view port. Thanks Jamie

Here are the latest engine block plans. Sorry about the faded drawing. I had to print screen from my free autocad. When I get some more paper I will print and scan them so they come up better.

Hi Just starting a new thread to share progress on my engine plans. The upside of the yearly dose of the flu is that I have finaly have a good reason not to do everything else. I originally started this build on the "Unimat Classic 4 stroke single" thread. While I wait to retool (Taig...

Hi Friends Am looking for a mini lathe. Preferably Taig or Sherline. Will consider watchmaker lathes etc... Live on the Gold Coast in Australia...

Sorry friends for not replying sooner.... Had a crazy busy few months and a few unexpected work trips etc.... So a quick update on the Chinamat misadventure..... Received the little pearler and excitedly but carefully assembled it. The first minus was the spindle which was bent and had...

Heres the revised cylinder head. It should not be to hard to machine. The coolant transfer ports will be machined using a custom made swing table under the mini mill.(Fingers crossed.). Looks good in theory reality may be slightly different ... Ha Ha.:D Any suggestions, comments and/or...

Got around to thinking again (Oh No its a dangerouse thing!) and decided that the coolant passages were to small on my previouse block design. Also I was worried that they may cause the cylinder to warp due to the large gaps between them. Also the previouse design limited the length of the head...

Hi Everyone. Just a quick image of the cylinder block showing all the cooling passages and bolt holes. Trying to keep the machining side as simple as possible. Must remember though to measure, measure and then measure again before drilling;) I will have some more detailed info up shortly..

Thanks Tin Falcon I Agree. The time and effort spent on basic decisions such as bearings, piston sizes etc... Far out ways the end product. I would not recommend it.The chrome dome is losing more hair as we speak from frustration.:cool: I am thinking of running a standard design project...

Was not as bad as I first thought it would be. Blamed the program several times only to find out it was the operator :rolleyes:. I have tried to keep the water jackets simple by them being basic drill holes. I plane to plug these from the outside similar to welch plugs or use bolt/washer...

My wife agrees with that!:cool: Been toiling away on a revised set of plans. Have found that the 3d modelling is very helpful in locating things in getting the placement of components right. The cylinder head is starting to look like it has a bad case of metal borer worm. Maybe it was not...

Thanks Swifty. I surely messed that up:D. (It made sense at the time ..Hmmm now I know why I failed year 10 maths.. 44/30 does not equal 2. I also have the big pulley and the small pulley around the wrong way.. (Sheesh my wife picked that one up and she's never seen an engine before..) What a...

A little more progress.. Heres a sectioned front veiw just to get a sense of the layout. Comments, Suggestions and critisism are more than welcome! Already noticed one error. The piston has grown to 25mm to get a reasonable compression ratio, but the Chinamat1 lathe only has a 20mm max...

Great job mate. I have always found that wood is a lot harder to work with thean metal. Especially when it involves moving parts...... I am speechless 2.

Spent the arvo drawing up a CAD plan. Had the 3d model coming along aswell till the free 3d converter spat the dummie:mad: Ah well I suppose that's why it was free. I'll put the more detailed plan up soon. Oh and it's now been bored out to 14.6cc with a shorter stroke. Was Thinking of...

Just had a thought. I wonder if fuel mix would have to be different?:confused::confused: