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| shoey51:
Just beautiful to watch :thumbup: :clap: :clap: :clap: cheers Graham |
| madjackghengis:
Way to go Cedge :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: the videos are great, the engine sounds and looks fantastic running, the valve gear connecting the exhaust to the cam and valve, along with the action of the governor makes for a most interesting looking running, you can see it very clearly holding open the exhaust, during the "miss" portion of the cycle, a beautiful build, an amazing recovery with the crash of the cam, and such, and with all your own touches, definitively "Cedge's Victorian Engine", unique unto its self, makes me wish I'd built it myself. A real demonstration of fine craftsmanship :bow: :bow: :bow: mad jack |
| MikeA:
Hello, I'm a relatively new member as well as new to machining, and have to say I spent a loooong time reading this post from start to finish. The only possible comment one can make is amazing - what a beautiful piece of machinery you've built and from what little I know about the design, this is definitely your special version that would be hard to replicate. In several posts I noted comments about your only starting recently - do you mind telling me how long you've been doing this? I doubt I would ever be able to do such fine work but at least it gives me something to aim for. All the best, Mike |
| cedge:
Jack... The kind of support you and the others on the boards have given me has been the stuff dreams are made of. The range of emotional response has run the gamut from surprise, to humility and even embarrassment, but I've loved every moment. When the project began, I had doubts that it would ever be successful, mostly because IC engines were a whole new territory for me. As things progressed, the encouragement from everyone spurred me to keep going and trying to innovate. the little engine you see was the result. I' got to show it at a few local shows last year and those who know engines were blown away, while those who didn't still admired it's unique look. That by any measure is a successful build. I can only hope the current build will be as well received. Thanks to you and to all who enjoyed the experience. It made it far more fun for me as well. Mike... This is my 4th season actively using my machines. I began with making tooling and then started my first engine project only after I began hanging out on the forums. I knew zero about machining metal and spent lots of late nights self teaching and even more late nights after I found this place and HMEM and found answers to questions and problems I'd been having. I owe a lot of what I've learned to the fact that I'm not afraid to ask newbie questions and then apply what the old timers were willing to share. I'm pretty much limited to warm weather operations, so the actual time spent is hard to really estimate. Steve |
| MikeA:
Steve, Well, after almost two years I don't expect to be doing anything like this in a few more years - more likely never! Great work and even more so in the short time you've been machining, congratulations! Mike |
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