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cfellows:
Hi Chuck,

Just found this thread and am enjoying it immensely. You sure don't let any grass grow when you tackle a project! Wish I had half your get-up-n-go! I've been putzing around with my Henry Ford plumbing parts engine for months now.

The Domestic and it's counterpart the IHC Famous are two of my favorite vertical engines. I really like what you are doing here. I have to say, you make things look a lot easier than I know them to be!

I do have a question. What is the big drawback of an igniter system? Seems to be simpler than points, coil, and spark plug...

Chuck

cfellows:
One other question... don't want to get ahead of you here, but are you also planning to fabicate your own flywheels? Clearly I'll wait for that part of the series, but was just wondering.

Thx...
Chuck

chuck foster:
the reason this engine is progressing has allot to do with this forum and the kind replies that people have made about this project. to that i say thank you one and all :clap:

chuck i have been following your henry ford engine build and i think you are doing a great job. you have been building and experimenting with different valve set up (running on air) but most of all i think you are having fun.............and that's the main thing, keep the hobby enjoyable.
most things are easy if you remember to take thing's one step at a time.
as for the flywheel's....................well i was going to fabricate them but the steel supplier told me that two pieces of steel 8" in diameter x 1 1/8" thick was going to cost $100.00
so i email bob herders about the flywheel casting's and they are going to cost me $105.00 delivered to my door.................so i thought i better just buy the casting's.

personally i like an ignitor, you don't have to have point's and a high tension coil. i have 4 or 5 model engines with ignitors and i have never had a problem with them. they are simple to make and work very well.

today i managed to make the base for this engine. now i did the welding and fabrication at work so i don't have any pictures of the step's involved.
here is the base after welding and grinding. one thing is for sure................i can't fabricate or weld like tom, man he did an excellent job on the benz engine :bugeye:

the first thing i machined on it was the top were the cylinder and main bearings mount. then i had to cut a hole through the top to allow the crankshaft to rotate.

here the hole has been cut

next i drilled and tapped the holes for the cylinder mounts and main bearings

i had to cut out the bottom edges of the base to make it look like the original. by using the boring head i was able to make quick work of that.

i had to do these cut out's on all four sides. here is a picture of the original base beside the one i fabricated.
in this picture you can see the cresent shaped cut out's. now i know the base i made is taller than the original but i still have to fly cut the bottom's of the feet to thin them out. they are thicker than the original.............why..............cause i screwed up :doh: and made them 1/2" thick instead of 1/4"

well that's all for today, hopefully i can get some more done tomorrow............like a connecting rod ::)

thanks guy's :D

chuck :wave:

sbwhart:
Great work with the base Chuck, really enjoying and learning with this thread.

Cheers

Stew

Rob.Wilson:
Great Build Chuck ,,,,,,,,,,GREAT READ :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Regards Rob

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