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Thanks Charles.

A splash of paint, some may frown upon, but that is what i had on hand. A lubricator may be in the pipeline to be fitted.

It was running on about 18 kPa air.

Completed engine, very simple yet a nice looking engine.

Machining the cylinder.

Build up of the cylinder part.

The cylinder parts before being soldered.

Machining the cavity in the cylinder head cap.

Reaming the crankshaft tube.

The frame being soft soldered.

Here is the copleted part that gets soldered onto the cylinder.

This i what the valve block looks like on the frame part of the engine, before it is soldered onto the frame

Getting the correct profile radius on the cylinder block part.

Machining the valve plate.

Machining the cylinder block.

Well i intended building the Wedge engine for a long time, but reading throught the build article, it seems daunting. There was quite a few complex shapes, to me anyway, and i struggled to plan how to machine some parts. Anyway i started and approached each part one by one. I did indeed made...

I have added some drawings and photos regarding this engine in the plans section.

Plans taken off.

I immediately caught the idea, excellent, that will work. Why did i not ask earlier. Thanks the pictures explain it all, so simple, yet it evaded me.

Hi i would like to pick the brains from the experienced. How would you machine this part. I have done a few and must admit it is a pain. You will see from my sketch how i do it from a disc of material twice the size of the actual part, it works, but it is a terrible waste of material. Any...