mikemott
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Hi to all, I am new to this site but not new to building models of all sorts.
I came to this site through a link to the Tiny Engine, After reading through half the thread about that tiny engine I realized I needed to register.
I am retired live by a big lake and am building model boats and a live steam locomotive 3 1/2 inch gauge. the model boats are varied a Bristol pilot Cutter that is 7 feet overall displaces 100 lbs
The boat that drew me here has a 3 hp Buffalo marine engine that I intend making. the boat was built in 1909 and is preserved and runs well it is called Skipjack and is out and about in Muskoka.
The last IC engine that I built was made from all sorts of scrap and odds and ends when I was 17 The valves were nails and it had a crankshaft made of motorcycle chain parts, had a full size set of points from an old car and ran on lighter fuel being squirted into the inlet port.
I have learned a bit since then about tools and machining, I have a Myford ML7 lathe, a Jet Mill-drill, a Do-all die filing machine, and a metal cut off saw , plus all the assorted drills end mill, Uni saw table saw, 20 inch bandsaw plus too many other tools that i have acquired over the last 45 years.
This link will show some of the work I have done.
The scale of the Buffalo engine is 1:8 and it has twin cylinders and the bore is 3 inches by 4 stroke which works out to the same dimensions as the bore and stroke of the tiny engine, which i found looking for miniature spark plug building.
I shall have a look around the site now that I am here.
Michael
I came to this site through a link to the Tiny Engine, After reading through half the thread about that tiny engine I realized I needed to register.
I am retired live by a big lake and am building model boats and a live steam locomotive 3 1/2 inch gauge. the model boats are varied a Bristol pilot Cutter that is 7 feet overall displaces 100 lbs
The boat that drew me here has a 3 hp Buffalo marine engine that I intend making. the boat was built in 1909 and is preserved and runs well it is called Skipjack and is out and about in Muskoka.
The last IC engine that I built was made from all sorts of scrap and odds and ends when I was 17 The valves were nails and it had a crankshaft made of motorcycle chain parts, had a full size set of points from an old car and ran on lighter fuel being squirted into the inlet port.
I have learned a bit since then about tools and machining, I have a Myford ML7 lathe, a Jet Mill-drill, a Do-all die filing machine, and a metal cut off saw , plus all the assorted drills end mill, Uni saw table saw, 20 inch bandsaw plus too many other tools that i have acquired over the last 45 years.
This link will show some of the work I have done.
The scale of the Buffalo engine is 1:8 and it has twin cylinders and the bore is 3 inches by 4 stroke which works out to the same dimensions as the bore and stroke of the tiny engine, which i found looking for miniature spark plug building.
I shall have a look around the site now that I am here.
Michael