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is that one from ted mc janet ? is it hit and miss or is it a throttler ? do you have some more pictures of it ? build pictures ? god i ask allot of questions eh? :big: nice looking engine :o chuck the gas engine nut

we all agree the original drawings have some problems ::) what i never understood was the cylinder liner. if i remember right there is about 2 or 3 different steps in the o.d of the liner. i think i just bore the water hopper casting out to one diameter and pressed in a straight liner. can...

thanks rick...........one more useful tid bit to remember :bow: i use to just scrap the part and start over :-\ chuck

well first and for most i must say to mr fellows GET BUILDING IT :big: :big: now back to our regularly scheduled program ;D i got my piston rings last week end so today i figured i would cut the ring grooves in the pistons. so the first pic shows the piston set up in the lathe ready to have...

your dad does very nice work...........thanks for sharing the pictures. chuck

hi john nice camera, looks like it should take some great pictures and the mics are real nice. i bought a digital mic about a year or so ago and i use it all the time. take care and i for one look forward to some great pictures of the stuff you will be working on. th_wwp th_wwp chuck

hi bob you need to make as big of boring bar as you can (diameter wise) and keep the tool over hang as short as possible and as always keep the tool on center. you will also find that the slower you run the lathe (with in reason) the less chance you will have for tool chatter. hope this...

i don't know how i missed this build ??? but i will be following along as there is a wealth of info to read and great pictures to see :o excellent workmanship jason :bow: chuck

welcome Ronald, as you know there is no shortage of great knowledgeable guys on this site.........so when you need help just ask :) what kind of models do you work on (steam,gas or ?) chuck

that was a great little video...........thanks :) chuck

first off i would like to say thanks to greg r for the offer of help..........i will be contacting you when i get to the lifters. in my last post i showed how i was going to machine the rod bearings, well the first one worked great but the next 2 did not. when i put the bearing blank on the...

thanks for the idea bill...........now i can add that to my list......my long long long list of things to do.... :D ::) chuck

that is one awesome little engine, you should be very proud of it..............i have but one question......can i send you my engine so you can work your magic on it cause it never runs as good as that !!! chuck

well i planed on having the rod bearings finished the other night but family things had to be taken care of first. :) so tonight i got some work done on the rod bearings ;D i soldered the block together and had to find the center of the blocks so i could chuck them in the lathe and machine the...

i am sure a compressor could be arranged if you like .......... i can talk to my friend ed, he has a bunch of gas engine models there every year and he is kind of in charge of the model stuff. i look forward to seeing you and your models, and this year i will be bringing some of my models. chuck

hey brian, model is looking good are you coming to cookstown show this summer............sure would like to see some of your models. take care chuck

hello fellow modelers wEc1 i got the con rods finished as you can see i silver soldered the wrist pin ends on to the rod, after the rods cooled i pressed in the wrist pin bearings (oil lite bronze) the next part to make is the three big end rod bearings, so i cut out 6 blocks of bronze...

well i got out in the shop for a few hours today and i managed to do some work on the connecting rods. i started off by putting them on the rotary table and this allowed me to drill and tap the rod bolt holes first pic shows the rod being dial indicated and centered next i center drilled...

thanks for the video ralph that is so cool to see in motion Thm: it reminds me of a lathe i had years ago, i think it was a drumond round bed lathe and it had a foot treadle to power it. i tried turning some parts with it but man oh man it was hard on the leg's. so now we have seen that...

hello bob i have built one of the galloways (can't remember the scale) i have attached a picture of the collars that i think you are talking about as you can see in the picture one collar rides against the governor weight arm (the brass piece attached to the flywheel) and the other...