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Hello all, Have not had a lot of time lately to do much on Poppin. I had an old large bronze bushing laying around that had some inclusions in the cast and was given to me as scrap. I took that and cut it in strips to be able to machine some round stock for the tiny rocker shaft bushings. I...

Necchiom, Thank you for the compliment and thank you for watching, J.

Howdy folks, I'm still here but haven't been able to do much on Poppin as I have been busy working and have had no time to do anything meaningful in a while. When I got home this time I was beat and felt sick so I took a day to relax and regroup. Today I got into playing with the lathes to...

Purpleknif, I think that's excellent advice! I do it out of habit on the lathe as I have worn out ways on the compound. I caught myself doing it without realizing on the mill to, and found later that forgetting to adjust the gib screws on different types of work will inadvertantly get you to...

Thats a neat story Brian, Back home, I was told many times by my dad, who worked as a streetcar mechanic, never ever to exit the streetcar after lightning has hit it as he was afraid I would become the human "fuse" between the car and the ground and would be killed instantly. Needless to...

Well said! And Amen! But I do use it a lot regardless. :) Regards, J.

Good question, I like the 4 jaw for the ability to let you offset for a shaft with a crank pin, or drill off center holes in a work piece on a lathe I think they are as much a part of your regular use in building gizmos, and now lately, miniature engine making as a 3jaw chuck is. Once you...

Howdy, I had a few visitors today, and alcoholic beverages were consumed. Not complaining and feeling great. I keep some safety standards for myself so I did not do anything further with machining other than to tap some holes, and I messed around with socket head screws I had in a drawer left...

Brian.., Money, and lots of reloads. ;D Cheers, J.

Good theory and good thinking Brian, It makes me think also, as I wanted to build my own mini micro carb some time in the near future. I am playing with thoughts of a primary and secondary equipped throttle system where you use the secondary supply to partly control the primary supply...

Greetings my friends, I wanted to deal with the out of balance issue on the crank shaft flanges but keep the look of the way I made them. I went back and set up the RT again and mounted the flanges two high, just the same as I did before with the flywheels so I could machine the webs out in...

Jeez swifty, I always wanted to come out there and see for myself what nice country you have back there (or down under there, lol) I love desert and wide open spaces, lizards, snakes and scorpions, and wildlife in general including wild women, but I only like to shoot the animals and...

Ouch Zimma, I know Europe is expensive compared to here but that's quite the price! Didn't realize the UK was up that much. I have at present a 1 ton dually GMC and because of the way I live I get to drive to work and back once in about 10 days, and the odd little run here and there, so...

Ok, just off subject for a minute, I will now try picture placing within the conversation. The first picture is a bottle engine I want to re-make to lay down like a factory driving engine. Wonderful! I did it once before but forgot how to do that. Pic number two is the same engine...

G'day Paul, That price here may be a come-on, The average price we pay pretty much across Canada is around $1.24-$1.29 for gasoline/petrol (and it varies), so not quite as bad of a difference really. I am not up on your cost of living or economy situation, but your average could be higher than...

Thank you Paul.., Weeze, Compliments will only get you everywhere, I am a doubter and therefore a tinkerer (on top of being a Dutchman!) so eventually things will come to life, but probably after quite some hammering and bending! I have never been a true "machinist" other than having run...

I'm with you on that one Brian lol, don't look for a minute and prrrt, you've gone fat! I'm still at Jack Benny's age though! (in my mind!):rolleyes: Cheers, J.

Just my luck Brian, Finally have something really interesting to follow but now I wonder. I hope everything is OK B40. Cheers, J.

Howdy folks I'm reading this and liking it too. I'll follow along behind the scenes, and I agree with Gail's statement to like things out of the ordinairy or just plain done my way! It sure looks interesting sofar, Regards, J.

Hello werowance, I just read the thread.., pretty cool build, I already learned a few things just browsing through the posts. I'm rooting for your engine to run fist try, and when it does I'd like to ask you what fuel and aditives you'll be using. I have an old russian diesel engine and...