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    Webster gas engine

    Single cylinder gas engine
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    Tiny IC gear question

    I purchased two 48dp gear cutters from Travers for the Powerhouse IC engine I was building. They worked fine. There was a time when Wholesale Tool had 48dp cutters for cheap, but they are gone. The price of cutters has gone up probably more than most tooling so that Travers now has about the...
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    Cheap tools?

    For the home shop machinist...buy the cheap ones. Especially such measuring tools as micrometers, DIs, calipers are a great bargain and measure just as well as the more expensive tools. If it doesn't then replace it with another. I have any number of measuring instruments purchased from Harbor...
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    Simple IC engine plans for a beginner.

    Try this one from Jerry Howell http://www.jerry-howell.com/P-House.html I am currently working on this very model. It is Jerry's beginner IC engine. For an experienced machinist like yourself it should not be too difficult. For me, who is not so experienced, it is challenging, but doable. I am...
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    end mill material

    I have not seen M2Al referred to as M57 before, but it could be the same alloy. If so, M57 (or M2Al) is composed of just about the same amounts of Mn, W, Mo, Cr and V as regular old M2 HSS with a little more carbon and 0.8-1.20% aluminum. This alloy has similar properties to M42: good wear...
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    cutting pully

    I replaced the motor on my HF 33686 mill several years ago and was faced with either replacing the motor pulley or adapting the stock pulley. I chose the later which required boring out the pulley then sleeving. On my HF 12 x 36 lathe I chose to made a new pulley. I started by measuring the...
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