Recent content by Wheat47

I would be more than happy to reimburse you for any expenses plus a few $$$ more for your time. thank you Jon

Yes, I got that too. Thanks for thinking of me. I need to forward that to a friend, too. Jon

Reminds me of a story a friend told me. In his younger days, probably early '60's, they still had an outhouse. It seemed to him, he always had to accompany his sister (a couple years younger) to the outhouse after dark, wait for her and accompany her back to the house. So, one day, he finds an...

Well, some time ago, I found a set of plans on-line that I downloaded. Not the same plan as Elmer's. Upon studying it, it seemed it had some fairly intricate parts that would test my machining abilities. Probably should do it to learn how. I downloaded what I think are Elmer's plans, and I...

that is so true!!!

I found those plans online and printed them out. Not that I'll ever get it built but plans are fun to look at and study.

I did not know that. I'll have to check into that. Thanks for the reply. Jon

No, we have not had it apart. We got several engines in the gift thing. I'll check and see what pictures I may have. Thanks for the reeply. Jon

I'm not sure where to put this, so I'll start here. Our club was gifted several smaller stationary engines. When I have more time (and can find them!!), I'll try to post some pic's. One engine in particular is a Kimble. It doesn't have a piston per say, but a flapper that that goes back and...

The disc in mine is aluminum. Found a guy nearby that uses a LOT of aluminum in his fabrication business and he'll sell the drops for $1.50/lb. Nice assortment of goodies. nothing too big, but big enough for me. I got a piece of aluminum shaft/rod that was 3" in diameter and about 6" long...

Sometimes it's nice to stop and do a small project (or two) in the middle of a big project, just for a change of pace and a sense of accomplishment. Jon

And no safety gear!!! Saw one once where the bench grinder was running backwards and throwing sparks in the guy's face!!!

Fun to look for those things. I usually don't see them until the 2-3-4 rerun. Remember the old Wagon Train series?? Once or twice, I saw high voltage power lines on the horizon!!!

Don't know what really happened, but I got started building some brass/aluminum tops. The brass "wheel" is about 3" in diameter. This one took me about a month to build. (Too cold in shop, what and where are the materials, what tooling do I need and where is it.) You know how it goes, the...

Ever since I was a small child growing up on a farm, I've had an interest in mechanical things. Dad taught me how repair or to fix things. Taught me how to stick weld, too. There was a neighbor that lived nearby that was a very good mechanic and I kinda looked up to him, too. He taught me a...