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Money order in the mail today....

Another bit nearly completed... just need to broach the keyway then de flash the spokes and strip the dripped paint they did to keep them fresh.

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I need another engine kit like a hole in the head... hang onto it until next Thursday and I can PayPal you the cash. Pamela

After I posted the question, I looked at profile.....derp on me. Figuring 40-50 pounds?

May i ask where you are located?

This is da munchkin..... 5.5 pounds of muscle, 200 pounds of attitude.

He's not allowed on the shop floor....I have a cart for him to be in with his bed and blanket.

Productive early morning. Drilled the crankshaft to then ream for taper pins..... turned out new crank gear blank and mounted on arbor to cut the gear. If there is anyone local to the San Diego area, I urge you to come visit the craftsmanship museum in carlsbad..... its the largest collection of...

He's not allowed on the shop floor....I have a cart for him to be in with his bed and blanket.

Crank shaft in process.... 620 bearing and sleeve retainer curing.... once thats set over night.... drill and carefully taper ream... then seat the taper pins firmly( whom da bejeezus out of them).... trim.... lap smooth...... cut excess out...... cut keyways. also need to remake...

No, no..... I use it annealed.... really don't want a hardened crank... only thing I've ever harden is cam shaft blanks before grinding. I like A2 because it is ridiculously stable. You'll see how I go about it.... simple, easy, and super accurate.

Productive day...... base is done, first major op on body done.... base mates to body now. Turned the faces of the pulley ( both edge and hub) and drilled and reamed it. And then started in on the crank, I prefer building up the single stroke ones out of A2 tool steel.... Onward

Pm research wants 250.00 for their buzz coil.

This one was done by a retired tool maker in Oregon, he went all out on it....

if anyone by chance has any casting sets they would like to part with...hit me up.... always interested in something new. Primarily seeking a coles Challenger and/or a coles holt. Thankyou, Pamela

bought this kit 28 years ago being all cocky..... yea...bit off way more than I could chew at the time. Poked at it a few times over the years, but now time to buckle in and finish this uniquely bizarre engine. Few things are done: flywheel, timing gears, piston, stuffing box...... the first...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/110657047168 Thats the ebay add

I bought from a place out of Lamar Iowa that restores hit miss and maytags..... took it out of their lil box and made one to hold battery, switch, charging port... and made connecting chassis and trip wires easier..... works nice, its a flyback from a TV with a pack of welding rod for the magnet...