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well i got some work done today............all be it not much :P i ordered the piston rings from dave reed (otto piston rings) and they should be here next week then i will be able to cut the ring grooves in the pistons and finish them up. just a quick word about otto piston rings, this guy...

over the years i have had two 9" south bend lathes, the first one was missing allot of parts but i was able to make or buy all the parts required (ebay and friends) i got the second lathe from a good friend ($50.00) it needed very little work to get it running. there is some good deals on these...

well guys lets see some pictures of what you have come up with :) i liked the first one so much i made a second one, the big one for the lathe and a smaller one for the mill. one for the layout table might be a good idea as well ?? chuck

there is a place over by hwy 27 and 407 called carbon steel. i have seen them cutting plate steel 24" or 26" thick (with a torch) and they say they can cut up to 36" thick plate. the steel in the picture might be going to them. the last time a was there they had steel sheets piled 15 to 18...

i like your comment bill about letting the castings age :big: and it will be a while before i get back in the shop as i still cannot shake this flu bug >:( brian you are right about the castings not being available any more. i heard that all the patterns and drawings were destroyed. if i was...

Chuck if none of your half finished projects interest you why not stop by my shop and have a look at some of my half finished stuff?? if you see some you like you can just take them home with you and finish them. i have 1 or 2 steam engine models,5 or 6 gas engine models and i think i have a...

Brian, you might want to try a router bit for a nice profile in aluminum. chuck

thanks bronson for the kind words to help me along :) nothing to report as i have been sick all week end >:( but as soon as i start feeling a bit better i will be at this model with a vengeance !!! no work tomorrow night as i have to pick up my new to me pick up............the wife let me buy...

thanks for the pictures and the video bill :bow: you have built an amazing little model Thm: Thm: chuck

thanks for the video don. :) chuck

very nice looking little engine :bow: do you have some build pictures that we might see or a video of it running th_wwp th_wwp all in all a great looking engine. chuck

welcome denis...............i gota warn you................we here ALL like lots'a pictures of what ever you are creating. chuck

contact steve huck for v8 plans, he posts on here all the time. chuck

thanks for all the kind comments guys, and i am glad it brought back some good memories bob :) well i didn't get much shop time tonight as i am just burned out tonight (my day job is getting crazy busy). so i thought i would show you guys some of the mistakes i have made on this engine. first...

well now the cylinders are almost done (just need head bolt holes drilled and tapped) i turned my attention to the pistons. i rough turned the pistons a few years ago so tonight all i had to do was fit them to the cylinder bores. then i made a split lap and lapped them to size, i made the...

well i finished boring the cylinders for this engine so now i have to lap the bores to make them perfectly round and straight. i bored the cylinders in my old 9" south bend lathe and the bores had a taper of about .0005" so by lapping i will be able to remove the taper. the first picture shows...

hi kaleb it will use gasoline as a fuel and the ignition will be a ignitor just like the original. i know a little about diesels and i don't think i could ever build one (i don't even know if i can build this one). fairbanks built this engine with one, two and three cylinders and this one is...

i cobbled this up a few days ago and thought you might like to see it, not much to see but it might be useful to some one. it started out life as one of those lights that has straps and you wear it on you head. i cut the straps off and glued it to a scrap of aluminum that was fitted to an old...

i didn't get much done today but i managed to get 2 of the 3 cylinder faced off and bored out to 1.373". once i get the third cylinder bored out to 1.373" i will then set up and lap all three of them out to 1.375" then i will machine up the pistons and lap them to fit. here is 2 of the 3...

my engines run between 200 and 500 rpm and i have had no problems with the pistons. chuck