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I made a 1/6, and in the long run, changed it over to spark plug. The ignitor trip would wear out, in about 6 hours, of run time. Mine were brass, steel one ,may last longer. The coil, needed to put out a hot spark. Tried three coils. Two would not run the engine. An old MjN coil, no longer...

Joe also had a water pump kit. No one seams to making one anymore.Any plans to make any them. Ken K

If you want this kit, need to call Lone Star. Muary is closing it down! Ken K

I am looking for someone, that is, using a Sherline, CNC mill with Linux operating system, to find out how long, is the learning curve, and how they like the system. Some Background: In 2002, I bought a Taig, 4 axis, CNC mill, and BobCad/Cam 17 software . At the time the machine control...

20 years ago, I was at your skill level, and this is what I did: No machining background, so went to the local junior college, and took lathe, and mill class. After you completed these class, you could take a "Special Project class", that let you work on your own projects. I built, hit-miss...

Bar stock engines, may be the way, to go, as the as less kits, are for sell, today, compared, to 10-15 years ago. I have purchased 43 different kits, over the years, and looking at the list, found 19, of the kits are no longer made. I have made some of Jerry Howell kits, and found they have very...

When you get around to building, a casting kit, you may want to check out the following: E & J Winter. 18 Kirrang Drive Medowie. NSW. 2318 Australia. Ph: 02 4981 7999 Website: www.ejwinter.com.au Buzzacott gas engine casting kits. See Reg Ingolds website on my links page for photo. Ken K

I agree with Johan. Philip Duclos plans in the Vllage Press Publications are a good place to start, building hit miss engines. There are 5-6 different ones. All the plans were good, if you made the part, the size called for, they fit, and worked. made them all, before I started doing caasting...

I made a model VJ Monitor engine, and thought it would be nice, to also make the pump, for it. The plans list Iowa Miniature Engines, for the pump kit supplier. No one answers the phone number listed in "Supplier Listing" for them. Does anyone know if they are still, in business, or have a pump...

Some pictures of the ignitor would be very helpful. If you could include a 6" scale in the picture, it would help to determine the scale. Ken K

The plans say it is a 1/3 scale, of a 1 HP engine. Ken K

I have this kit, which said in web, was made in 1986, and need some help: 1. The ignitor casting is not usable, and there are very few dimensions, on the hand drawn drawings. Does any one, have any pictures of the ignitor, they can share, so I can use them, to make one. 2. There are a lot of...

Has anyone used the Linux CNC software, to run their CNC mill? If you have, does it work well for you?

Thanks for the picture. Cam looks like a standard type cam, just like the one used in Bob Shores Silver Angel. Have build all of Shellys kits, but this one, and as normal his drawings leave some room for improvement. Ken K

I am building Shelly's kits for this model, and am having a problem tring to determine how to make the exhaust cam. The front view, on the plans has some lines, that look like they have been added in by hand, but the side view does not show any thing, to help determine should be area added, be...

I have built all three of Randys engines. Here is how it went with me: 5/16 of 4 HP horizontal - Governor took a lot of time to get right, was tricky for me. 5/16 of 4HP vertical - Could not get it to run with liquid fuel, fuel outlet is lower then needle valve. Runs fine on propane. ½ of 1HP...

Looking at the casting kits Bishop Repair is selling, then look like kits made by other people. The Perkins is made by some one in Canada, and several of the kits were made by Blackberry. You may want to email Bishop, and ask, about the makers of the kits. Ken K.

I have built the 3 Galloways, the 1/3 was a little big for me, with weight of about 70 pounds, Kits had good castings, but the drawings for the 1/6, were a mess. Built the Hooper Cooled Domestic, castings/drawings were OK. Getting the spark saver/ignitor trip set right, was a little hard, but...