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Hi All, After info on some castings that was given to me this morning, some have been worked, missing bottom crankcase?, or it could be a flat twin, 2 stroke engine, only one rod, looks like in bronze. Any one know the engine name would be helpful. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, I looked into making a Mills 1.3 engine as they are getting very hard to get. Found a web site with plans Oz : Mills 1.3 plan - free download Printed the plans out and studied for a few hours. Have found many mistakes in downloaded plans in the past. Found a mistake, width of the...

Hi All, May the Fourth be with you always Cheers

We will remember them Cheers Andrew

Hi All, I have plans for a gear reduction unit, but they do not list the DP for the gear cutters. they list the number of teeth and the OD of the gears, but not the DP. Question, How do you work out the DP. The small gear is 20 tooth, with a listed OD of 1", the large gear is 30 tooth and a...

Hi All, I came across this engine in a set of Popular Science mags from 1946. Looked like a nice little engine Made a start on the cylinder. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, I came across this site while looking for something else, quite a good little program to use for all the four stroke engine builders. https://www.blocklayer.com/degree-wheel.aspx Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Came across this when looking for another engine, look good, so with all the lockdows, it went quick. Got running at just over 11,000rpm, still has more in it as it is still tight. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Made a start on a V Twin today, first I scanned the plans into comp, and converted to pdf's so I can print working sheets with out damaging the originals, I need to order more material, as I don't have enough for the cylinders/ heads/ crankcase, machined the twin rods, Complete, still...

Hi All, These plans arrived this morning, a couple more to make while still in lock down, already made the single Cheers Andrew

Hi All, I have had the plans for a while, and have finally made a start on it. Delivery from the metal munger arrived. Started with the rear plate. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, I am going to replace the main shaft bearings, anyone done this, anything to look out for, Any help would be appreciated. Looking at fitting taper bearings. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, I am in the process of fitting a VFD and motor to my lathe, what type of wire is required for the VFD to motor connection? I have been told that you require special VFD wire for it, is this correct. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Just received a copy of The Engineers Black Book. Well worth the coin to buy(around$60). It is the 3rd Edition and has a lot of updated material. I have several older reference books(shown) on missing is an Engineers Pocket handbook from the 80's that is in the shop somewhere. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, A bucket of scrap and a new starter pulley for one of my boat engines. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Been building a new drive system for a new boat I will be building, the dogs are machined out of 316 SS bar, and the bone is hiding in the m12 316 SS bolt behind the bones. The one shown in the boat is one I machined up several years ago, it has a 3" spacing, the new one will only be 1"...

Hi All, It's been nearly 20 years since I had use of a lathe to turn a thread. My home lathes had no option for thread turning. This is my first go at it after all this time on my new lathe. It's a 25 x 1 mm thread for an oil tank filler. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, My new lathe arrived, only took two months, but for a freebee that my daughter and son in law found for me, I am not complaining Fitted the scales to the lathe, had to make up a spacer to fit the compound slide scale. Only have the chuck to clean up and then fit it where my old lathe...

Hi All, Picked up this 4 jaw chuck on the weekend for a Dollar. It was covered in grime and dirt, the chuck key had seen better days. It took nearly a day to clean up the chuck, and then I made up a new chuck key and even reused the "T" bar from the old chuck key. The chuck is a COOTE &...

Hi All, After looking around, I have started making my own grinder. Power is a 500watt brushless motor, the shaft is a 20C ER20 150L collet shaft. Bearings 20mm x 32mm x 7mm, I used 4 to support the shaft, used a toothed belt with a 2-1 ratio. The brushes motor max speed is 12000rpm, so can get...