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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...

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...

Recently I have read somwhere that some small model aircraft engines do not run piston rings. I had not thought that this was possible. Do they run due to extremly low tolerence between bore and piston? Would have thought that heat expansion would cause the piston to bind? Must be missing...

Hi Everyone.... Just new to this site and machining in general. (Apart from metalwork in highschool/) I have been for a while been planning a small v8. Decided to take a small step first and test the design as a single cylinder then go from there. Only problem is that that my workshop is...