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Hi Brian .I back into the fold but I have cold feet. Now embarking on the lasy DIY Amplifier. Been messing with Stereo Amp Building and winding tranformers.

Tom. Well said. While building the Howell V-2, I had gears with 34,21,14,13 Tooth to cut. Would be an awful lot of indexing plates to cover these holes. Choose to go direct indexing. Giving the choice of having a mate to CNC drill this combination Index plate would be best choice. I am a loner...

Hi There. Gus sort of burnt-out. Now building Stereo HiFi Sets to distress. Engine is about ready to run. Would be about 2----months. I have three good HiFi Sets going with matching speakers.Sort lost in the HiFi Jungle with good music. See you.

Hi Geo. No worries. I have the chance to make a new gear case. Aligning the crankcase and gear case so a to mate the elbow was tough. I had the crankcase hole plugged and drilled and got it spot on. Will be back on the work bench to start and run engine. This is after frying the umpteenth...

Hi HMEM Folks . Gus is back on the horse chasing completion and test run of the Howell V-2 Engine with domestic problems settled. A full time Care Giver Maid employed to look after my ''stroked'' Sister Tris and taking over my laundry duties which has been upsetting my engine building. OK Now...

Hi Steve, Taken in Nanjing,China 2010 when I was consultant at a small air compressor plant. The heating system kaput and I had to put on a scarf to help out. Wet cold at 2 C no fun. Being able to speak Chinese fluently was great help. The Chinese names for parts took me a while. Ha ha

Will make a post shortly on the Hall Device Harness. On FaceBook you fren ""Augustine Teng'' to see the fishy posts made every weekend. Today is bad. No fish bite.

Hi Brian, Over here in Singapore,the six engines I built will only have scrap value but will be very good paper weight. I have your H&M Engine at my computer desk as a ''Mascot'' and Trophy. With my ''70'' sister down with stroke,I am now staring at old age creeping on me and hence I will...

Gordon & Kadora. Jinx. You are correct. From day one when I covered with hand,the compression seems not as good as all other engines built.One last resort is to use Viton O-Rings.With other engines with O/head on,I could feel the bump at TDC. Not this engine. Good news. My sister flew in...

Hi Brian, Hopefully by end next week,I get V-2 up and spinning/Vrooming. Belief the gas intake is very tricky.Danger or too much and too little. For now I am no expert yet. Soon as I get V-2 spinning Gordon will the first to see it on FB. Hi Gordon. Hang On.

Hi Brian, Gus was trained by British Lecturers drafting and later working 32 years with Ingersoll-Rand,had no trouble to read/work with US Prints. I must be the odd engineer. Fortunately I somehow built your H&M Engine with no problem. But with the V-2 engine ,I fumbled with the mirror image...

Hi Brian. Other than the false starts,I am getting nowhere. You will the first to know. There has been a pretty lot of goofs/mess. Now reading '' Constructing the Nemtt-Lynx'' which has lotsa info. Seems my engine building skill and start ups gone backwards. Sigh.

Hi. I am out of touch now after retiring for 16 years. Found it easier to buy from internet. There is nothing cmparable with MachineryHouse. Homely which used to have everything packed shop last year. Buy I will call my network friends to troll for info. HupHong Machinery is a small outlet...

Hi Buch. Went to Bandanoon to visit my old ''92'' boss and they took me to Mossvale for Lunch. We had FlatHead Fillet. World Best. FlatHead is not our favourite fish but there after and whatever we hooked,went home for fillet dishes. See you sometime when I drop by again.

Hi Niels, I have yet to learn Danish.

Real Poppinp and Firing. OK . The cylinder on the right got started and trying to run but the partner on the left won't start and run. Will another week before the Vroom Vroom can be heard.

Very First Pop/Sputter Had to lower the fuel cup by a wee bit to have fuel level slightly below fuel jets to eliminate flooding carb. Distinctively heard a pop or sputter. I would claim to be a false start. Anti-climax, "Cordless battery flat" . Will make another attempt after...

Hi Cogsy, Will be soon. Found the goof. Exhaust pipes blocked.There's been too much distraction. Like taking my elderly sister to hospital. Heart problem etc etc. Believe there are other causes of fainting spells. Today I am looking at a 16mm 20mm Drill Mill and getting prices .They take...

SOS SOS SOS Hi Brian. Need your expert advice. Please advice Vertical Engine at TDC ,clearance gap between piston top and outer head. I am getting very bad compression on V-2. With my palm cylinder opening, the compression seems very low compared to your Hit and Miss Engine.

I will be cheating and using paper gasket for cylinder and head. Will do a final check on valve timing and ignition timing tomorrow.