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hey Gus no my host was not offended at all -- I see the pricing in shanghai is very high ... compared to Wuxi, or hunan or other outlying provinces... thanks for the info - I have read half way through the book now, not interested in the other gears for now. Just want to get the spur gears...

back from china - received my gear cutting book by ivan law. 1/3rd of the way through it already, and can already see it was a good buy!! ill be ordering my tools from ctctools shortly and will probably get some more machining in this holiday. at least complete the block and cylinders...

HAHA thanks Phil -- im going to do it - just need to get the dividing head and ill be spitting the mistakes out.... :-)

Thanks Gus, ordered the book from Amazon.com and now looking for an indexing head.... will also order the cutters from CTC -- good pricing. I am leaving for china tomorrow - going to Shanghai, any good places you know of for shopping for electronics and machine tools by any chance?

Thanks Gus -- guess what im buying on Monday!! Ill have to get additional material, practise some first .... anyway, getting new tools, is like jewelery for men .... :-)

Thank you sir -- no i want to complete the finisging cuts on the crankcase and then bore the cylinders -- im thinking of going oversizes -- the stock bore is 1 inch -- i want to go 28mm ... next will be crank indeed -- and then conrods. I am dreading the gears ... will probablycall in a...

Hey all, just finished hollowing out the crank case -- rough cut. pics below

XKS hahahahaha im sure you guys have the perfect wheel by now ;D;D im happy to help/share anythng that people want, just shout. no further progress on the engine, thinking of finishing off more on the block tomorrow, then clean up all the roughing afterwards.

Hahaha the kangaroos must be having a ball in your back yard!! The haas is a fantastic machine but I use Victor machines for Mill work and I have an okuma cnc lathe on route to me with chip extractor etc - tooling is going to cost a small fortune again!! Regards the metric to imperial issue it...

Yeah Gus -- one thing i can say is that i have been to many countries around the world and NONE compare to our meat. That it s given! Shops here are VERY WELL stocked! Food is cheap, clothes are too and property for what you get cannot be matched anywhere on the planet!! But hey -- the engine...

Hey Gus, Johannesburg is nice -- contrary to popular belief, we are a 1st world country, with some amenities better than US and EU countries -- and no there arent elephants and lions in the streets.:o The imperial is difficult when you are used to the Metric - i wish the world had a...

pic of the Engine block

pic of the Engine block

hey Gus -- thanks for the post - i only began today witht the engine, and so far you have seen the pics of the clinders, and i have just completed the sizing of the block, and chamfers on the edges on all eight corners on both blocks -- im making two of everything.... dont know why yet...

Hi all, Im also from S.A -- love the web page too, started my own project which is the Jerry howel V-twin - its my first project, but im not scared, i own CNC equipment and know my basic way around these machines. I got the materials for the engine last week, and started and almost...