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NickG:
Tim, this is really coming along nicely!

spuddevans:
Thanks Nick  :thumbup: I'm really enjoying this build, I'm learning so much. I'm also learning a lot about the limitations and flaws in my mill and lathe. I think once this is finished I will be doing a few mods to both the mill and especially the lathe.

Oh oh!!  :proj: strikes again  :)

Tim

rleete:

--- Quote from: spuddevans on August 23, 2009, 01:39:02 PM ---You may notice that one of the crankwebs is not as good as the others.
--- End quote ---

Put a healthy chamfer on all of them, and you'll never know.  We will, but we won't hold it against ya!

spuddevans:
Got a little bit more done today, spent a bit of time hunting around for a 0.5mm shim for setting up for milling the balanced areas of the crankwebs. Spent about 15mins, but came up with nothing. Then I remembered the set of feeler gauges that I got years ago when I was building some guitars, ok they were imperial, but with the help of a digi-mic I was able to sort out 2 pairs of feeler gauges that equaled 0.5mm.



After milling both sides I cut the slot on each crankweb. Then I drilled, counterbored and tapped M2.5 for the clamping screw.

Then I turned down some brass to make the flywheel.



Next is finishing off the flywheel, I'm a little undecided as to doing a lot to the visual design of it as, looking at pictures of the finished engine, the flywheel is not as obvious as some other engines.

So that's as far as I got today.

Tim

Darren:
God damn you Tim.....why do all your parts look so good...... :lol:

Stanley blade is 0.5mm thick, that's what I used.... :thumbup:

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