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I'm very embarressed about this because it happened to me, two days ago. Maybe my posting it might help prevent another such accident. I was preparing my camper for the trip to Cabin Fever this coming Friday. Getting the propane gas systems purged of air and test firing the stove, furnace and...

I've been experiencing this problem for quite a while now. I upload my pictures to Photobucket in an album specific to that build, as my build progresses, but they never appear in the correct order numerically. As I'm sure most of the cameras we use, mine included, assign those numbers in the...

I get no sound from youtube, but the sound works good for other vids and music. Any suggestions ?????? GUS

I'm thinking I would like to reduce the compression ratio on my Wyvern engine. My original thought was to simply dish the top of the piston a bit, but the engine recently had a serious crash. The timing wheel for the Hall sensor worked loose and the engine came to a violent halt when it fired...

I've just realized I have a wee :rolleyes: bit of a problem with my Lil' Henry build. When picking the timing gears from a bunch that were given to me by a friend, I miscounted teeth on the pinion gear, and now have a 16T and 30T combination, not real good for an engine. I didn't notice this...

I'm not at all sure why I started building this engine. Machine work on my Wyvern project is complete and all I have remaining to do is reassemble it and spin the flywheel. If the new carb works it would pretty much complete the project. And then the doubt thing starts to gear up. What if...

When I built my half scale H Ford engine I had a heck of a time trying to indicate and hold the 1/8 NPT fittings I used for the valves, and ended up using the square machined type fittings. This time around, I'm going for a 1/3 scale using the 1/4" MTP cast fittings from PM Research, for a more...

Maybe a bit late for this question as I've already started making parts for a 1/3 scale Henry Fords engine. Rough scaled down from my 1/2 scale, which runs pretty good, I'm now thinking maybe I got lucky the last time. Because I've gathered that smaller is more difficult, before I start the...

The casting trees. I know I've seen it here, but my searches don't come back with any results. Thanks GUS

I'm building a new carb for my Wyvern engine using my own version of George Britnell's air bleed carb plans. I'm hoping to successfully make a usable carb that will look similar in size and shape to the original Wyvern carb. I have it almost completed. The original is brass, but I was inspired...

Does anyone know what's going on??:confused: Niether of Rays Scholl's websites work. GUS

Does anyone know yet if the winter get-together sceduled for tomorrow 2/9 is cancelled because of the weather. 2 1/2 hrs drive to see a closed sign, not desireable. GUS

I can't seem to find anything. The wheels of progress are turning in my head.:o Crowned pulleys, flywheels, belts??? GUS

I've been "playing" around with model engines for a couple of years now, and have come to the realization that I have no idea how to do basic layouts, My version is to put some Dykem on the piece and scratch lines on with a scriber using basic drafting techniques, which I'm quite familiar with...

I recently listed acouple items on Craigslist. One item I listed imediately got quite a few responders and I sold it and cancelled the ad the next morning. Still getting responces, I would just open the email responce and reply Item has been sold. One of them had two attached pictures of cute...

I bought these castings at the Blue Mountain Engine Show, here in Eastern PA, last summer. I didn’t know what they were at the time but at $25 I figured I couldn’t even buy a flywheel casting for that much. The cylinder casting is pretty rough looking with some sand breakouts and air...

About 4 years ago I was inspired to try my hand at building the Henry Ford engine, my first try at an IC engine. “Pretty simple looking, ought to be a breeze.”, I thought. I had some years of static model making and later little running electric engine models. As it turns out, this “simple”...

:rant::wall::mad: After this post, http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f29/itunes-16863/?highlight=ipod and trying many different solutions from the Itunes help, I just gave up on my Ipod in total frustration. Recently I tried the Apple geek squad phone help. I was informed that since...

After making about half dozen 1/4-32 spark plugs and having difficulty turning the teflon core because of lack of rigidity, I tried drilling and inserting a length of the .032 electrode before turning to fit the core. The extra stiffness makes the chore a lot simpler. GUS

It was a steep learning curve, a bunch of oopsies, a bunch of new tools, a bunch of time and a bunch of hours pouring thru this website. But most of all a bunch of fun and a sense of accomplishment. You guys, whether you know it or not, helped me over the rough spots. Thanks Dave and thank...