Kerzel Hit and Miss

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And now the gas tank. I cut a length of 1" copper pipe and faced off both ends. I did not have any large enough round stock so I had to make the ends of the tank out of 1/4" by 1 1/2" rectangular bar. I turned a small boss that fits inside the pipe.
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Then soldered on the end cap, trimmed off the corners with a hack saw, and mounted in the lathe.
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I turned down the brass ends and used some 400 grit sandpaper to clean up the ends and polish the copper.
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Here is the tank and the mounts. I still need to make the filler and outlet ports.
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Gus, I always hold the pipe in my milling vice on the ends, I can get a 6"opening, I then drill a pilot hole and follow with a milling cutter.

Paul.
 
Hi Paul,

Your method is best and risk/fool proof. I took the risk drilling on the drill press but drill was regrind for brass and copper(hopefully) and got away when drill broke through w/o snatching.Holding the copper pipe lengthwise in the vice was not best idea too. Neither was vice clamped to drill press.
May not this lucky for next job.

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After about 220 hours of work over the past 11 months, I have completed my build of Kerzel's Hit and Miss. This was my first IC engine and I am very pleased with how it turned out.
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Hi Weez,

One more engine on my '' build list''. Run very well and very classy finishing. Will hours of joy just looking at it for many years.
 

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