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Very nice work George Have you tested the ignitor? Peter

Hi all; A few days of no work this week resulted in some serious shop time, spent making carburetor parts. Finished all but two clamps that hold the fuel needle assemblies into the body. Test fitting of governor and throttle linkage, I chucked up the crankshaft between the three jaw and live...

That's great Chuck, looks like you have all the bugs worked out now. Love the sound, especially under load. A1 job Peter

Hello from the north old redneck, I am sure you will enjoy getting back to it. Is the Southbend in usable condition or in need of fix up? Peter

A little more done on the carb. this week. Made a mandrel to turn the 1/2" throttle valve (butterfly) 80 degrees to the axis of the mandrel. This gave the plate a 10 degree angle on the edge and the proper oval shape. Also did the throttle shaft and arm. Small parts sure do take up a lot of...

Hi; Thanks everyone for the kind comments, I am happy with how it runs now but it took awhile to get there. Andrew, I am heading back out right now to continue on the Fairbanks. :) Peter

Watching also, with continued interest. ;) Peter

Hi George; Beautiful work on the ignitor. The ingnitor for the 1/5 scale Famous uses a .375'' body and a flange for mounting, it works well. Hope you can have it ready for Names. Peter

Hi Andrew; Thanks for posting that, quite interesting. Now I have an idea of what you do. ;D It looks like you might have enough equipment there to make small engine parts! :big:

Andrew; ;D So are you saying your becoming an expert in the field of hot air ? :big: Peter

Hi Andrew; Nice display, is that your Lamina flow engine running in the back ? Peter

Correct Andrew Peter

Arnold; Very nice job and a great step by step. Thm: Peter

Hi; A couple pictures of this weeks progress on the carb. Boring the filler hole in the starting fuel tank and the carburetor at home on the engine. A couple dozen more little parts and it will be a carburetor. Peter

Hi; Since spring is apparently here I thought I would try a video of my woodpecker project running. Not professional quality I'm afraid. Peter

Well that is nifty! Keep up the good work Brian Peter

Hi; Spent the weekend working on the carburetor, a lot more time into the fixture than the casting. Went well, everything is dead on. The shims ended up in the fixture because apparently I cannot differentiate between .003'' & .030'' Peter

Chuck; Thanks Chuck, now I am really keen to try it,I have an idea for a belted machine to bring the engine to operating temp. I love the smell of an engine running on kerosene, noisy, inefficient, and stinky, love it. Peter

Hi Chuck; Thanks for looking. Bore and stroke 1 1/2" x 2" Flywheel diameter is 8" I started laying out the carburetor casting today, it is a two fuel carb. modeled after the real deal. I am looking forward to seeing if I really can run a model engine on kerosene. Peter

Hi Andrew; I think maybe a little more than a week, maybe two :big: I am trying to incorporate the shaper into my work. I had all three machines running at the same time when I was doing the bearing caps, very productive ;D. A Picture of the governor housing Peter