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I got a smokin deal on these castings, now if I only knew what it was....the cylinder, head, flywheel, and base are cast iron, the crankcase is cast aluminium. The cylinder and head have water jackets in them. The cylinder also has what appears to transfer ports that go from the crankcase to the...

The following was brought up in a post and I hadn't thought about it before..... Gail brought up a topic related issue that should be considered when building, BUT more often when operating model engines. Upper cylinder corrosion is quite common in model IC engines using ferrous cylinders...

Whooo Hooo!!!! I think I scored another bargain....at an auction, for the low price of $17.50, I obtained a box with: A Dorman 2-56 to 3/8-16 tapping head. A Drill Doctor 750sp bit sharpener A 3" vise I think I have been smiled on!! If there is anyone who has one of these Dorman tappers, I do...

Hi all, haven't posted in a while, but I wasn't completely idle this summer. I finished up a small cannon, from prints in an (I think) old popular mechanics magazine. Brass barrel, hickory carriage, made all the hardware except for the chain. 50 cal. Hope you enjoy the pics and video. The time...

Hi all, ran into this little Dumore High speed (17,000 rpm), sensitive drill today, and thought I would take a chance on it. It did run, so a little haggling, I dropped 28 bucks and took it home. Needs a good cleaning, but I will probably do a complete redo, ----sandblast, paint, check brushes...

I have the plans for Rudy's engine and have gathered some materials so I've looking around at some of the Traction engine builds. I've noticed that the European engines, especially the road engines seem to have shorter boilers than American engines, is this true and if so can I shorten up the...

Good news, I have a new runner in the family, made from Jan Ridders plans, thank you Jan. And a video, however this is the best quality I can get with my camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMdr0INnT-s Now for the bad news---this little feller has 3 friends that won't do anything...

Good day everyone. I have some I.C. engine ideas percolating in the old noggin, and I need a little input. If you have a 5/8 to 1 inch piston, how thick does the cylinder liner need to be? How much clearance around the liner for water flow do you need? thanks for now, I'm sure I'll have more...

So everyone has an oops box---er I mean a "prototype" box. Here's mine, I've only built five engines, and the box only contains the parts that were placed in the box. Some parts, after being air mailed to some other part of the shop may not have been retrieved. I was this far along on the...

Hi everyone, Here are some pics of my latest project. I'd like to thank Jan Ridders for his plans, they were great as usual. The sterling turned out being a little tougher than I thought it would, when I finally submersed the cylinders under water I found the leak that had been keeping it from...

Hi all, I am sure this has been beat around a lot, but I couldn't find info in one thread, so I'm posting this. How do you finish out your aluminum and brass parts to keep them shiny after you buff them out? I have been using clear polyurethane, with mixed results. It seems to tolerate the fuel...

Hey everyone, I didn't want to highjack a build thread so I am posting here. I am thinking about the V8 builds, which has prompted several questions. 1. With the valve covers on, how are the rocker arms, pushrods, and lifters being oiled? 2. When you scale down an engine, do the cam specs...

I'm building Jan Ridders Bas Sterling (great plans) which uses a brass flywheel, since these engines are low power, could you substitute aluminum for the flywheel and not effect the engines performance? John

Hi guys, when reading a post and it has a youtube attached video, sometimes it works fine, other times I get the audio, but the video is still------however if I roll the cursor around inside the youtube video box, the video moves, stop rolling the cursor and the video pauses. Any help would be...

I couldn't wait any longer, this November I would be a 2 year lurker. I visit this site almost daily, it's a great site with excellent participation, (no thanks to me). You have been a wealth of knowledge and ideas, and for that I thank you all. I've always enjoyed models of most sorts, but have...