Hello all, There just hasn't been much time to work in the shop for the last month. Finally, the flywheel is done. Some time ago when I mounted the flywheel...
Yup!.... Work has a miserable way of getting in the way of hobby, more often than not. Pretty much the same here, I have made no progress since the crankshaft....
Great work Rich, Seems like ever one lost a little time working on there engines. I missed last week working had to do other things but will get back to it...
Gene: Those valve covers in Brass would look super. I decided to do just that from the start. I also plan on putting them in my CNC Engraver and decorate them...
Rich, I just looked at the engine # 1 plans and see you might run in to the same thing I did today. Your part # 72 shows .187dia for 1" on one end and then 1/4...
Gene, I have a question about taper pins. As you know the plans call for pressing the throw onto the crankshaft and then welding it up. I finally got the two...
Rich, Don't use any thing on the taper pin. It is like a mores taper and needs to be clean. When you drive it in a blind hole it is not going to come out with...
Folks: I see we are growing, we've gained 6-members in the last week. Not bad at all, nice to see people getting interested in these engines. Welcome all and I...
Hi Gene, After reading the message from Cletus about new members I came to the HasBrouck site and found your reply to my question about taper pins. The funny...
Hi Rich, Since you all ready got the 1/4-28 on the valve end. I would still use the 1/4-20 on the other end. Due to the adjustment. My 1/4-20 die wouldn't ...
Hi All, Just uploaded three new pictures to my folder. Still need to make the brass covers and the brass slide. Ever thing is coming along nice. Even if a bit ...
To quote Cletus, "WOW!". I have a collection of misc. parts, you on the other hand have an ENGINE. Too cool. When you make the bronze sliding part of the...
Hi Rich, Sorry to disappoint you but I have a engine with no guts ( yet ) . I am will try and make the sliding valve next week if friends don't keep coming ...
Gene, If my neighbors don't stop calling me to fix their computers I will never finish my engine. I live in a pretty rural area on the California coast. I...
Rich, I made the same mistake you did about two are so years ago. Now I just say, only thing I know about the new computers is where the off and on button is....
hi to the group. just joined today and finished reading the archive. to remove a taper pin from a blind hole you should thread the fat end before inserting so...
Welcome to the group Joe, Very good hint on the taper pin. The machinist handbook is a great book. I got one and flipped through it and put it on the shelf. It...
Hi All: Finally got the crank to run right and got it all trued up. Could not resist putting on the flywheel and spinning her up at 500 RPM. Looked real...
Looking good Cletus, To me that was one of the hard parts to get done. The next hard part is doing the cly. block. Then it is pretty much down hill. On the...
Hello Joe, That is an interesting idea about threading the pin's end. The engine # 1 plans don't call for taper pins, I was going to use them to replace...
Like that idea Rich. I am also going to pin all the components of the #5 crank that way, I already have them press fitted... heated the disks and froze the ...
Folks: Ahhhh! What a PITA... Using that #3 Taper-pin Hole Reamer really sucks or maybe I got a bum tool? I've been at it about an hour now, My arms hurt like...
DOUBLE, TRIPLE AHHHHHH!!!!! Got the first hole done.... but, broke the damned Reamer and got some red corrosive fluid on the crankshaft in the process....
Gene: Fastening items "F to Items "B" I was thinking of using taper pins instead of welding as Rich suggested. But working that reamer is a real PITA, so what...
AHHHHH, Cletus Should only take about 5 minutes a hole at the most. What you must have done was drill a hole the size of the small tip of the reamer. Then ream...
I would still use taper pins. It is not as hard as you are making it. Now on a blind hole, just drill to the depth you need pass the shaft and drill a hole the...
Hi Cletus, I went out to the shop and measured the hole. I drilled a 3/16 hole for the taper pin in the crank. You might need to measure yours to make sure it ...
Yup that's what I did and I was also turning clockwise then counterclockwise to clear the reamer as I do with a hand tap. Will try to buy a new reamer locally...
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