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i just received my $30 ign. from hobby king. no papers at all came with it. as i found out with a search here, a hall sensor and magnet is required is there any way to get it to fire with a set of points or a micro switch? if i had known it was not complete i could have ordered what ever it...

is it posible to anodize a second time for a 2 tone color scheme? I engraved my name on a new flashlight tonight. it is anodized aluminum. I was wondering after engraving through the anodizing it could be placed back in a tank and the bottom of the engraving be colored to contrast. the chemicals...

I am in the process of building a Henry Ford First engine but with over head valves. I have made the valve stems out of 1/8" hardened dowel rod. What I have in mind for a keeper is grooving the end of stem to take a wire wrapped around once like a piston ring and a brass keeper with a tapered...

I just got a flywheel off my lathe and moved it to the mill for spokes. For some time I have had to watch how heavy a cut in my micro mill as the over load would trip out. It gets worse as it heats up and I can not even drill a 3/16 hole any more. I went to gerling labs page to find out repair...

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Last night while at walmart I noticed they had an ignition for a barbecue. It was not the old style piezoelectric but used a small battery. I got thinking about it and would have gone back today with $17 and bought it except I am now trapped here with the new snow. Has any one messed with one of...

I know this has been around a few times but,....I found plans for a 1964 popular mechanics power hacksaw recently. I have done some checking and found I have a pulley set from a washing machine most of the other parts, a friend with some auto con rods and also the motor for the washing machine...

I have committed to building a henry ford plumbing parts engine. I am baffled as to the size of the combustion chamber. I know what I like is about 6 to one ratio. I am thinking that the pounds per square inch would work out to atmospheric pressure X 6. am I correct in assuming that I would...

a long time ago i remember seeing a right angle gear set from the middle ages that used pegs instead of gear teeth. Don't remember what they were called. Used in clocks and winches I am wondering if a person could use a similar set up with ground dowel pins for the cam gear in a primitive engine...

After over a year of wishing I bid and got a rotary table coming for my micro mill. a 4" with probably a 36 to 1 ratio. I also ordered a 1/2" piece of 6061 to make the backing plate for a 3" 4 jaw I can dedicate to it. I recently bought a 4" 4 jaw for my 7x12 lathe. I have made some pellet guns...

I have started with construction. made the displacer piston, "don't use air to blow out the tomato paste!" took top off the 7 3/4" paint can. plans specify using a 1" power piston. What I have is a hard copper 1/2" tube for cyl that is actually closer to .6 ID with a sliding fit brass tube to...

name is john and am 68 and retired. have small chinese mill and lathe and enjoy making chips. hope to build some engines. this looks to be a good place to get started from. just found it tonight. would like to try a stirling engine first. john