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Its bolted to the body. I took a pic of it the other day in horizontal mode where you can see the holes the head bolts into

Very nice work ! .

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I'm finishing up the distributor for my radial engine and had to make the boots for the wires so I thought while doing that I would make...

The Wach port face cleanup in progress. Hopefully I can get it flat enough to run. I don't really have a tool that can reach in and...

My dad's hoist engine (one cylinder of an old hoist engine). The port looks pretty bad, and it is definitely not horizontal like is...

Looking through my photos, I think perhaps worn port faces and port irregularities are not really a big problem. Here is a partial view...

If the ports are as irregular as the trace below seems to indicate, then measuring them accurately will not be possible, because it will...

My form cutter is still not cutting enough even after using my mill instead of just a hacksaw, file and sharpening stones. Only thing I...

I have seen a number of functional compound launch engines, but the model engine compounds at shows that run on air may be more for for...

Anything goes with model engine design, and so there is no way to compare apples to apples. If one wants to make an accurate model...

Here is the Stanley. Looks like the interior of my valve layout needs to be a bit larger if it is going to adhere to a Stanley or the...

From what I got from Martin when I purchased the castings has some differences from what I got from Mike Remus. Like you I went through...

It is hard to say if the original designer/builder adhered to typical steam engine norms, or did their own thing. Could be either. We...

So it just occurred to me, if OP took measured the valve travel without his Stephenson's link being in the full gear position, then it...