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Hi Baz, You have given some thoughts to remod my balcony machine shop!!! Very Nice Machineshop there.

Punch or drill 3 mm gasket holes. Ham-fisted guys like Gus would have difficulty to punch 3 mm holes and get them to fit and with no tears. Spot drilling the gasket holes was about the perfect way. Back up support is required to avoid torn holes.Please feel free to advise alternative. Drawing...

Lube Oil Spray Nozzle and Restrictor Pin Mini items like above takes time and patience too. Drilling 0.035'' orifice was easy but looking for the 0.032'' Restrictor Pin was tough.Had planned to use a mini drill 3 thou smaller as required. Fortunately my darling boss was around and she...

Hi Brian, You have made a very simple engine look superior in all aspects. You beat us hands down. Its true the 60/70/80/90 plus must keep hands and minds busy to stay young.

Welcome from the Little Red Dot-----------Singapore. Year end here means lots of rain with the NE Monsoon and some cool wind from China.

Hi Al, Thanks for warning and advice. I have no idea that Viton when subjected to prolonged hi temperature can be so hazardous. Will stick with C.I. Rings.Have no desire to worsen my eye sight with ''Glaucoma Right Eye''.. No worry. Permanent eye drops kept Glaucoma at bay.

Week end fishing serves to give stress relief after 5 days of serious engine building. Neap Tides are known for bad fishing here in Singapore.The fish were very unlucky to be hooked by three lucky anglers. Five good size snappers and grouper. Gus had a good fight with 2 kg Red Snapper. Took foto...

Cutting Thin Circular Paper Gaskets. When you are ham-fisted,hand cutting and hole punching small/thin paper gaskets is not your game.The ID will be anything but round and will be tattered and torned. The Main Bearing Housing ''O'' Ring went AWOL. Replacing the O Ring will be tough. Modified...

Hi Gordon, Your approach and planning is best. After machining the parts to print is not the end, storing them carefully for retrieve later is a must. I dropped a very well done pinion gear over the balcony into the garden and I was sure could find it as I marked the small tree. Pinion gone...

Would love to see this engine doing the ''Vroom Vroom"". Will be soon??

Final Assembly has begun . Fitted on running gear,piston & con rods, cylinder assemblies,cams and push rod etc etc. But I have a bucketful of mini parts to rework/fit. After 10 long months,I could see light at end of the tunnel. In between work and rest the V-2 sits on my PC Desk purring away...

Hi Gordon. We share some common grounds. I am not really a material handling man and I did not volunteer but found myself volunteered by the local GM to design and build two non-contact conveyor lines to send finished goods from my Compressor Assembly Plant to Warehouse. Was supposed to buy the...

Hi Gordon, I followed his plans sht.40 and bought 2 DIY Ignition Kits from Jerry Howell.Com. Will drop by tomorrow the famous SIMLIM Electronic Complex to buy temperature control soldering iron to avoid frying the temperature sensitive transistors.Have not done electronics for last 55 years...

Hi John, A MasterPiece by a MasterCraftsMan. I am very impressed with the hand start. Your Webster beat mine hands down.:)

Cylinder/piston/con rod Sub assembly. Had to do some minor rework. Jerry Howell's dimensions for the con-rod was bit tight. Encountered one con-rod colliding with cylinder bottom. Job done and both sub-assembly mounted and spun w/o obstruction. Work Bench is messy.will housekeep to **** and...

Case Hardening Tappets Ran short of drill steel and had to use mild steel and as such case hardening of wear surface required. Butane Gas Torch is too slow and had to use Mapp Gas. Born Loser, heat up to dull red and dip into CaseHarden Compound twice. The small cup of tap water is only good...

ignition Housing. Turning above was simple. The material was easier to turn on lathe than expected. The angular positions of mounting slots for Hall's Pickup had me puzzled for a while. Made it a point to mill both slots to give snug fit. The DIY Rotary Table again came in handy. Had to make a...

Ignition Housing Assembly. Easier done than said but small brass clips for the Halls Pickup Head was a bit small and dicy to make. The 1'' OD Clamping was hard to mark out the mounting holes and hard to resort to using the RT to pre drill. Drilling The Flange Drilling holes w/o ample clamping...

Cam Hardening Took risk doing same in broad daylight to dull red and got away with all 4 cams hardened to requirement. The qty of water is best to be ample to get good results. Note cams,burner torch on top of beer mug. Did file test to reconfirm hardness.

Oil Holes on the Cam Bush. After the cams were hardened and cleaned up, it was timely to drill thru to the bush. Spindle speed maxed and cam held and aligned in vice. Took the risk to drill w/o using the mini chuck. Peck drill 1.1mm hole with great care and came out alive. Clean up burrs with...