My Naked V8

[Steve_Withnell]

Just a few more bits to make...

 

[stevehuckss396]

Just a few more bits to make...

I cant see the picture

 

[ChooChooMike]

Just a few more bits to make...

Steve,

Your picture is not showing up. The link that you are using for the image

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/albums/member_photo.asp?a=16205&p=288072

won't work here, you need to post the actual link to the .jpg image file. Edit your message and change the line to:

[img]http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/sites/7/images/member_albums/44620/p1020517.jpg[/img]

and your image will show up correctly !

Cruel to taunt us with that title too

Mike

 

[dsquire]

Steve

Fixed your link for you as per Mikes suggestion.

Cheers

Don

 

[stevehuckss396]

Fixed your link for you as per Mikes suggestion.

He moderated it!!

Looks great! Love the see thru crankcase and oil pan!

 

[metalmad]

Great job Steve :bow:
I love the Whittle
But I recon that such a nice Crank deserves a wood prop !!
Keep it coming Mate
Pete

 

[Lakc]

That kinda looks like a Cirrus on steroids.

 

[steamer]

Damn Sexy Steve!

I like it! Nicely done ....smooth...no machining marks.....not looking like a pretzel..... ;D...I've made several that looked like pretzels......

Dave

 

[ChooChooMike]

It's sporting the latest in "air" bearings too !! Very low friction

 

[Steve_Withnell]

Thanks to Don for fixing the link, apologies for the oops on that one.

I have a blog running to capture the build - http://whittlev8.wordpress.com/author/stevewithnell/

Once I get some momentum going (and get the hang of inserting photos!), I'll start a thread in the appropriate section.

Steve

 

[Maryak]

For all of you who were, (like me), attracted by the idea

Best Regards
Bob

 

[robcas631]

Outstanding! Is the driveshaft made from one piece?

 

[Steve_Withnell]

It started life as a six inch length of one inch diameter bar. The crank throws are 1/2 inch.

The crankshaft build is here:

http://whittlev8.wordpress.com/

The main thing here (I'm not a time served machinist, just a hobbyist) is loads of patience, you have to turn the value of time right down to zero. I reckon it took me about 40hours to get this done (and I scrapped the first attempt). There is a x2 version in Model Engineer just now, and that crank took around 18, 6 hour days IIRC.

As a newbie I built the Nemett 15s. After that this V8!