Well here goes my start on Brian's ic engine. And my first ever engine build. Gotta say I'm excited and nervous at the same time haha.
First off ive not done any machining yet I've just been collecting materials, studying drawings and generally getting myself sorted.
My lathe isn't anything fancy it's a Clarke cl500m that I quite literally brought for scrap money, the guy I got it off had stripped it down and had lost most of the parts, so the milling head has been removed it hadn't got no pulley on the motor and hasn't got any power feed yet but I'm working on that gonna look at making my own gears for it. It didn't have any chucks or tool post and some bearings were missing out the headstock. But now it's up and running apart from power feed and a decent quick change tool post. I've also got a pillar drill and plan on turning the milling head of the lathe into its own independent machine. :hDe:.
But I'm divulging I work in a machine shop so I do machining and fabrication work for a living and I have a great workshop gaffer who's the bosses son and hes let me have my material from work so that helps a lot. Ive got some cast for the cylinder and some brass for the various small parts (should be interesting with my sausage fingers hahaha.) and I got some steel rectangle bar aswell hopefully if everything goes to plan I'll have my first parts by the weekend .
Got a question though Brian would cast be alright for the flywheels? And would I be ok using metric bearing instead of imperial?
Can't upload pics at mo so will try later.
Cheers guys also any hints, tips, or advice is muchly appreciated haha.
All the best James.
First off ive not done any machining yet I've just been collecting materials, studying drawings and generally getting myself sorted.
My lathe isn't anything fancy it's a Clarke cl500m that I quite literally brought for scrap money, the guy I got it off had stripped it down and had lost most of the parts, so the milling head has been removed it hadn't got no pulley on the motor and hasn't got any power feed yet but I'm working on that gonna look at making my own gears for it. It didn't have any chucks or tool post and some bearings were missing out the headstock. But now it's up and running apart from power feed and a decent quick change tool post. I've also got a pillar drill and plan on turning the milling head of the lathe into its own independent machine. :hDe:.
But I'm divulging I work in a machine shop so I do machining and fabrication work for a living and I have a great workshop gaffer who's the bosses son and hes let me have my material from work so that helps a lot. Ive got some cast for the cylinder and some brass for the various small parts (should be interesting with my sausage fingers hahaha.) and I got some steel rectangle bar aswell hopefully if everything goes to plan I'll have my first parts by the weekend .
Got a question though Brian would cast be alright for the flywheels? And would I be ok using metric bearing instead of imperial?
Can't upload pics at mo so will try later.
Cheers guys also any hints, tips, or advice is muchly appreciated haha.
All the best James.