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Late to the party here, LOL. Yes, this is an old guy's hobby, but times change and that is inevitable. You have to change the bait or...

A Holley carburetor is an impressive assemblage of 'kludges' (only from a fuel injection perspective, of course) that supplies fuel to...

Actually insurance is a big part of the problem. Folks don't care what the doctor/dentist/audiologist charges because it is cover by...

I would say that is not lazy at all, think of it as "work smarter , not harder" Well done !! 👍 I did a simalar "Modification" to my...

I have a 5C collet chuck on my lathe. Having a pretty good selection of collets makes life easier. But recently, I started a project...

I might be resistant in the beginning, but you guys are all giving me pretty much the same message. I will give it an honest effort...

Hi Lloyd I hear ya...well actually I don't ;) my hearing is really bad. I started on the cheapo hearing aids from amazon about $50 and...

Hi David I use a similar Harbor Freight sander for a specific finishing operation. This is the unit I have Link to Harbor Freight it is...

I just happen to be in the right place at the right time to see a colleague moving his Aciera F1 Milling Machine into storage and ask...

Thank you Michael. Helical gears installed. I turned the cam shaft supports over 180 degrees and drilled and taped for new holes...

Lots of lessons in this latest post. My observations: 1. Building model engines requires a lot of perseverance. Building a complex V8...

For me the most interesting part of a build can be the steps taken to get a newly finished engine running. Too often it's done behind...

It's more a case that once I'm aware that something doesn't seem right it will bother me until it's either fixed, replaced, or accepted...

I have made some changes to the engine over the past couple of days. I originally wanted a 5 to 1 compression ratio for the engine but...

I found an drawing at the open source "onshape" community. But I had to modify it, as it was not good enough for an model engine. I've...