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Hi everyone , just thought i'de give a little update as it's been a while. I did get around to fixing it , and also made a few improvements , and additions. Well I originally didn't use gaskets because I naively thought my finishes were good enough to not need them , but decided gaskets could...

Sorry i haven't got around to updating this thread. Well i filled off the burrs , put some fine lapping paste where the damage was and shined it up enough to make the dents look unnoticeable , i then re-made the crankshaft , removed the siezed flywheel , and reamed out the flywheel again ...

Well today i was playing with my little engine , just for the sake of it, and i managed to arr .....BREAK IT:wall::wall:. F#@k!!!! Long story short while it was running i was adjusting the mixture screw , i undone it too far and it dropped out of it's thread and decided to land between the...

Hi guys , i brought a 3040 cnc router back in 2008 , most likely one of the first ones ,at the time i couldn't even find a single post about it on cnczone :o, Well it's been 4 years since then and it still goes , the blue box it comes with , THROW IT OUT!!! , don't waste your time buy some...

Hi chuck , i used an RCEXL ignition designed for RC engines , may be considered expensive to some , but it eliminates alot of problems and works a treat, well worth it. It runs utilizing a hall sensor and a magnet embedded into the flywheel . Brayden

Hi everyone, finaly finished my little engine after just over a year since commencing. At first it would not run on it's own , it would fire when aided with an electric drill , but was not self sustaining , extremely similar to how other's "simple 2 stroke" builds would act that were not quite...

Cheers Jim , Have ordered one and will see how it goes , also ordered a 6" vertex rotary table to rough out the rest of the flywheel (takes way to long on a mini-lathe :(). Then to buy some wood for the base , some shellite to make it go bang , then hopelfuly she'l be good as gold:D cheers...

Hi everyone i've been building jan ridders Pressure controlled 2 stroke now for about a year , (sorry haven't documented build). All the mechanicals are now done , except some finishing of the fly wheel , and a wooden base to mount it apon. I attemped to copy jans blokker ignition idea...

Hi Gus i'm from a town called Bendigo , about 2 hours from Melbourne . No wayne unfortunately i haven't even been to any model engineering expo before , i missed out on the bendigo one a couple years back , and i'm still kicking myself for missing it , next time around i won't miss it fingers...

Hi im Brayden 20 years of age living in victoria australia , i'm a third year apprentice Toolmaker, been machining for about 6 years now , started with a mini lathe when i was about 15 , which progressed into a cnc router/mill then shortly after followed by a dm 45 mill (rong-fu clone). I'm...