Upon reaching the stage of assembly of the water and oil pump driving (skew gear) in the timing cover I realised that if I followed the words and music, ie...
Edmund, This is the second atttempt to post this message so it may appear elsewhere. The cross sectional area of a threaded pin is less than a plain turned pin...
Hello, I am building 2 Seal engines and am making the Cams at the moment. Can someone please clear up some confusion for me. 1. Is the cam profiles on the plan...
Edmund, Be careful, the cross section area of a threaded pin is less than a solid pin. Do satisfy yourself that you have sufficient area and also that...
Hello Everyone, I as the Owner, Moderator of this group have elected to "Restrict" the membership to the Group to keep SPAMERS from becoming a member. This is...
Mike: Cams and camshafts based on the Model Engineer pages are correct, I have built one running model from them, kept engine rotation according to ETW, cams...
Dirk, Â Â Â Thats fine by me, I noticed just the other day that one of the groups I belong to has been completely taken over by women of the night, non of my...
Hello James, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thank you for your input on the subject, and I have taken note of your concerns, my whole reason for the route I have taken...
... As Jamie says, the cam profiles are fine. Mine starts easily and runs up to around 7000 rpm with no trouble. As far as firing order is concerned, numbering...
Hello Ed, In past years I did have considerable experience with stainless steel up to reactor shell sizes As a result of these experiences perhaps I can...
... Many thanks for the information Malcolm. Would you also mind if I copied and pasted your answer on my website? Atributed or not as you decide? Kindest...
... Hello Jaime, Many thanks for the information. Would you give permission to copy and paste it on my website(with reference to this forum)? Kindest regards,...
Mike Do whatever you like with it. If you have yet to put in the manifold and head holes in the block, you will find that a couple of them clash. If you look...
Malcolm: Nice engine build article in Model Engine Build.. Mike: Malcolm brings an excellent point, two head studs collide with two of the intake manifold...
E. T. Westbury mentions Joint varnish on the valve guides before pressing them into the cylinder head on the sealion, this was back in the 40s 50s, I have...
Hello, I'm well into building my own interpretation of ETWs 1953 "Bumble Bee". In keeping with the 1950s imabe, does anybody know where I can obtain a "Bing"...
Hello, My late Father used to refer to thin grade "hermetite" as jount varnish. Hope this helps Best wishes James Wells. ________________________________ From:...
In some period engines the use of Shellac for joints was the common method of sealing gaskets and joints. IN present time I use Loctite, depending on the...
I have received the following information from "Moderators Central" regarding some outages on Yahoo Groups on Thursday, so I'm passing this along to our...
Dirk, Thank you for your welcome. I came across your group by accident and as E.T.W's grandson I thought it would an honour to sign up to a group that...
Welcome Patrick,             I have admired Edgar's work ever since I suddenly discovered the Model Engineer Magazine back in 1968 and while...
Hi Ed Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I have spoken to my father about getting some memories and anecdotes about ET's life and times down on paper....
Hello Patrick, If you have any pictures of ET, or his engines, please send them to me so I can post them to the group. Thanks, Dirk Tollenaar, Group Owner ...
Hi Dirk I will sort out some suitable pictures and post them along with my father's musings in due course Patrick J Westbury ________________________________ ...
Patrick, thank your Dad also for taking the time to put his memories in paper. I'm a great fan of ET's designs, have built three very nice runners from his ...
In file section there is a list of engines. What does the volume # refer to? Does some one have a list of books that Westbury wrote? I came across by chance,...
ET published a great many books sadly most of the them are now out of print but a trawl of Amazon will but you in the direction of those that are still current...
Hi Patrick, Welcome to the group. I have a couple of questions ... did your grandfather actually publish "books" of his various engine plans? The reason...
Hello, Have just just sent you some other details and don't know what you'll actually receive but something else has just occurred to me. Wasn't ETW at the...
Yes, you are correct ETW served upon HMS New Zealand at the battle of Jutland having run away to see from fairly humble circumstance at the age of 14. But as...
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