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[davidyat]

Minh,
I feel your pain on the crankshaft. I "learned" 2 times on HOW NOT TO DO IT! Then on the third try, using advice from this forum, I succeeded. When doing cranks from a solid round, make biscuits to snugly fit between the webs. Then when you push the live tailstock center in to hold it, the biscuits take up the pressure and you shouldn't have problems.
Grasshopper

 

[minh-thanh]

Grasshopper !
Thanks !
I have a question - just curious : are you doing V8 ? What is the engine type (internal combustion, steam ..) ?

 

[davidyat]

Minh,
I hope this comes through for you. Bazmak made a Chuck Fellows compressed air at twice the size of the measurements and I did the same. I wasn't making gears at that time and I adapted a cogged belt drive system with an idler for tension. Hope the plans open up for you. I hope another attachment opens and shows the V8 running.

Grasshopper

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :

 

[BaronJ]

I found the price of the long taps to be " not worth it" so I took a piece of drill rod/silver steel and drilled and reamed a hole in it in the lathe. I put the tap in the tailstock of the lathe in a chuck and gave it a good push to press it in. Think you call that a good sliding fit. Haha!! Then I turned down the diameter of the rod on the tap end to .1875 or something like that to clear the wall next to the hole. I now have a 4-40 tap about a foot long. At least until i need that piece of rod more than i need a foot long tap.

Actually Steve, that is exactly what I would have done ! Only one thing different, I would have tinned and then filled the hole with solder and pressed the tap home into it whilst molten. It won't come loose after that.

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :

 

[Longboy]

Is your engine block in steel Minh? What does it weigh as is?

 

[Cogsy]

That is looking really nice.

 

[minh-thanh]

Longboy !
My engine block is aluminium.

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A update :
After a moment of thinking, I decided to make a valve seat the way I used to do .

 

[Cogsy]

I've never seen that method but it looks interesting. Nice idea.

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :
I did the camshaft, and assembled it to test ... it seemed to be alright

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :

 

[CFLBob]

Added this to my watch list.

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :
Today, I clean and assemble the parts together, and do the key to adjust the valves

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
A little update :
I just tested my engine,It runs but it does not run well
A good signal

 

[CFLBob]

Congratulations!

I'm sure you'll figure out how smooth it out and keep it running.

 

[BaronJ]

Thanks for the video !

It does sound a little splashy, almost as if its missing a spark occasionally, or a valve sticking.

Anyway it looks very good and much much better than anything I could achieve.

 

[minh-thanh]

CFLBob !

I'm sure you'll figure out how smooth it out and keep it running.

You seem to trust me to be able to solve the problem too much
Thanks .

BaronJ !

It does sound a little splashy, almost as if its missing a spark occasionally, or a valve sticking.

You are correct, a spark is sometimes lost
I'm checking the spark, the time and something,,,,,
Thanks .