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Hi, in Q & A i've published som photos of my actual project http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=11906.0 but its a project in progress and should localized here :-) the motor (cylinder) block - made of a block of alu 100 x 100 x 200: roughing: (sorry for bad quality of...

Hi, i'm just building a V10: Formula One like :-) (10x 10ccm / 24mm bore and 22mm stroke) my questions: has anyone experiences with DIY spark plugs ? Rimfire V1 should be suited size :-) but the price is at 10 cyl out of the question :-( what materials can i use for isolator and electrode ...

Hi, yesterday i have taken a closer look to my magazine archive and - oh no - i'm missing 3 sheets of the plans: Issue number 8 (august/september 2006) the drawing pages 7/8 and 15/16 (sheet 4 and sheet 8 ) Issue number 11 (march/april 2007) the drawing page 1/2 (sheet 1) Has anyone these...

Hi HMEMs :-) a friend of me is restoring an old Stuart Major Beam but he has no plans and the engine wasn't complete has anyone a plan of it ? it would be great :-) Frank

Hi to all the entusiasts :-) i'm not sure it is the right area for this post - but don't know to ask anywhere else: several years ago there was an offer from a swedish engineer for a set of plans and some castings for the Wright J-5 radial engine. his name is Carl-Eric Carlsson But since 2...

hi, i'm looking for a plan of any 4-Valve-Head with double overhead camshaft mostly the plans are for 2-valve engines - mostly with one cam, some with 2 - but never seen a plan of 4-valve the offy-plan is known to me - but maybe anyone knew a plan of another engine. i want to redisign a plan...

Hi, now my next machine will grow. normally i take some time until next build - but i got 2 flywheels - they have to be used .-) and: some people want to see how i made such parts like cylinders - even without rotary or index table first the difficult and long-machining part: the cylinder a...

Hi, i just started a new project: a two cylinder diagonal for a sidewheeler - free build with the plans of E.T. Westbury some pictures say more than a long letter with lot of words. but before i post the pics a question: i need small valves to keep the water out of the cylinder when they...

Hi, a boring weekend (is whitsuntide right ?) and i need a fixed steady (turning a taper and a thread on a spindle) in the WWW found 2 simple DIY steady (or fixed rest) but they don't give a right feeling of "WOOW" to me so i draw a little bit and start my mill: my last big rest of cast iron...

hi i'm looking for a book - not any - especially: "The EDM Handbook" by E. Bud Guitrau in Gardner Publications (November 1997) ISBN-10: 1569902429 ISBN-13: 978-1569902424 if anyone would like to sell or knew a bookshop where to get: let me know please Regards Frank

Hi, on wednesday i got my new mill - a very old Maho MH400E a lot of difficulties have to be rounded - but now its at home and at place: (click on image for larger view) the photo is taken on the lorry just before unloading (without any crane - only manual and elevating truck platform)...

Hi, when anyone is interested in a full featured CAD and CAM take a look on www.bobcad.com i got it (BobCAD - CAM V21 and BobWire V19) on very great deal for hobbiest use maybe that anyone is looking for a CAD (and CAM) (my contact was Mr. Dan Netto) Frank

Hi, i'm new here - but sorry - thats not my first post :-( my name is frank, build in late '66 and livin' in northern part of germany, in the middle of Hannover and Bremen. my hobby is everything which go along with technical stuff :-) so after first contact to NC-stuff i planned to build an...

Hi, here some Pictures of my machines. I've described it here and will update it in several weeks ... my first mill - over 22 years old - but got several revisions: ball screw, driven by stepper, powered by RTA Stepper-drives spindle Isel MA 2.05 on vfd, controlled by Mach3, max 60.000rpm...

Hi, i'm planning some things where a cyl. grinder would be a great advantage. buying an old one isn't a problem of price - old machines are not very expensive most common problem is the groung and the weight - finally i need only a grinding length below 6 or 8" principial composition is known...

hi, i'm very new to the section of machinist and my idea is maybe not very usual: i want to build an engine - V8 or V12 i've sight several plans - mostly designed by a german engineer named H. Schillings. but i've never seen the plan for a 4 valve-head :-( the man named up is dead as i can't...

Hi, i'm very new to engines at all but done lot of metal work in my small home shop. now i'ld like to present my very first steam engine the whole engine is done in roundabout 350 hours, made of cast iron (no castings), brass, steel, few gun metal and little stainless here some pictures of...