I know the title is kind of vague but I really haven't made up my mind yet. I was thinking of a side shaft Hit Miss engine, or an overhead cam Hit miss engine , or a marriage of the two so I will just start and see what happens.
I haven't had a lot of shop time with 2 hurricanes and the cleanup afterwards. The tractor fan blade went through the radiator so I had to replace that and the wife keeps finding new projects for me to do but I'm going to start this anyway.
I have had these two weights around for some time and they are of no use like they are so why not make a couple of flywheels.
Now I have had good luck machining weights in the past to make flywheels but this time the outer part of the rim was very hard. Carbide inserts would just throw sparks and then give up. The sides machined OK but the rim was made from ???
I had to resort to the tool post grinder for a decent finish on the rim.
And the finished product. Two 5" flywheels with taper lock hubs.
It's a start.
Thanks for looking
Ray
I haven't had a lot of shop time with 2 hurricanes and the cleanup afterwards. The tractor fan blade went through the radiator so I had to replace that and the wife keeps finding new projects for me to do but I'm going to start this anyway.
I have had these two weights around for some time and they are of no use like they are so why not make a couple of flywheels.
Now I have had good luck machining weights in the past to make flywheels but this time the outer part of the rim was very hard. Carbide inserts would just throw sparks and then give up. The sides machined OK but the rim was made from ???
I had to resort to the tool post grinder for a decent finish on the rim.
And the finished product. Two 5" flywheels with taper lock hubs.
It's a start.
Thanks for looking
Ray
