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Beautiful work Mark! You need to bring it to the GEARS show in September. Dave

Here is a picture of one of the ones that I machined for my Little Brother engines (I'm working on two). They are nice little oilers and a fun project. I made the spring clip from beryllium copper and heat treated it to make it springy. I guess that I will need to make another one someday for...

That is looking real nice! Dave

And this has what to do with model engineering? Dave

Cymro77 thanks for the kind words. I do work as a machinist at my day job; I have been doing machine work for more than 30 years now, but most of my professional carer has been in the repair and maintenance of high tech process equipment. A little over 4 years ago I was able to move into the...

Here is a set of unmolested castings for an Elmer Wall Duplex Mariner 2cyl 2 cycle IC engine. There are a couple items missing; the timer lever casting (which would be an easy part to make), also the center bearing casting which was nothing more that a slug of some sort of high grade cast...

That does look nice! Good to see some more progress on the Gade Dave

I have been enjoying this! Very impressive work. Dave

Hi everyone I managed to carve out a little bit of time over the holidays to work on the Pacific. I didn’t get very much done but every little bit get me closer to the end. There are a couple parts (safety devices) that go in the fuel inlet piping between the vapor carburetor and the...

I'm enjoying the progress on this interesting little engine. Sorry about the mishap on the crankshaft; I'm sure the new on will be just as nice or better than the first one. Thanks for taking time to post your progress. Dave

Fun stuff! I had just finished ordering a thread mill, then saw your post. I thread milled the 1/8-27 NPT threads on the hand cocks for my Pacific engine, that sure made it nice. Milled the taper first then Master CAM lets you specify the angle you want to mill the thread. Getting close to...

petertha The propane /mapp tips are the same they have a blue o-ring; the acetylene tips have a red o-ring. As far as I know the flame is not any hotter or cooler tip to tip, just more or less BTU's. There is a bunch of this type of thing on eBay; some priced ok and some ridiculously...

Oops, sorry I was a little late on that one. Dave

You might want to look into a Turbo torch; http://www.amazon.com/TurboTorch-0386-0247-Turbo-Torch-Lp-1/dp/B000WTG5H6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415125017&sr=8-2&keywords=propane+turbo+torch I purchased one of the LP kits from one of the local welding suppliers then purchased the rest of the...

Terry I have been following with your build from the beginning. My hat is off to you; what an amazing project! Your attention to detail and quality of work is just amazing. Dave

Hi Don, I sent you a PM

Hi everyone, Work has started to progress on the pump and related drive components and I finally have some progress pictures to share. Maury from Lone Star Engine Works has graciously offered to help me create castings for the Goulds pump and drive assembly; we have both been busy working...

Hi Alan, Yes; the flanges were to attach handles for manual operation. on some of the pumps there was a handle on each end so two guys could work the pump at the same time. The pump would have been available as a hand operated unit or powered with the optional drive assembly. This is based on...

Hi Dan Nice job on the Silver Bulllet! It runs great. I missed you at the Steam Up, I was there on Saturday of the first weekend. I'm planning on attending GEARS as well so hopefully I will be able to say hi and see your new engine then. Dave

Where can I get a lather, I guess I need one to make model engines? Dave