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chuck foster:
not much to report but i did manage to build a drip oiler for the engine

followed by the exhaust valve lock off mechanizim. i forgot to put the ruler in the picture to give an idea of what size it is.
that ugly black set screw in the middle of the first picture is #4-40

and i got a start on the carb.

the carb needed four # 2-56 bolts, now i didn't have any bolt's so i had to make them from some 1/8" hex bar.
it was a very straight forward turning and threading job............and here is one of the bolt's finished

it is hard to describe the function of some of these part's, such as the exhaust valve lock off mechanizim.
so what i was thinking is, if my camera will co-operate i will try to do a short video describing the function of the various part's.
as always if you have a question about what i'm doing please ask and i will try to answer the question as best i can.

chuck :wave:

Gerhard Olivier:
Chuck you are doing a fab job on this one -love the bearings (will have to learn to silver solder/ braze some time)

Gerhard

chuck foster:
i figured today i would make the muffler for this engine. the plans do not show what the muffler should look like so i went looking around on the net for a picture of one.
after getting the picture and see what it should look like i set about making the pieces that would be needed.

first off i would need a 1" long 1/16 n.p.t. nipple so here it is

then a muffler back plate.

then i made the front plate. first picture showing the hollowed out inside portion.

this next picture shows the edge of the front plate and it shows the cut out's that allow the exhaust gases to escape.

then i needed to make three #4-40 hex head bolt's to hold it all together

all the pieces required to make a muffler

and the finished product

and here it is mounted on the engine

the last picture shows the engine as of tonight jan/03/10

gerhard silver soldering has opened up a whole new world of fabricating for me. up until about 3 month's ago i would electric weld some of the bigger part's i needed and i would bolt the smaller pieces together. both of those method's work but silver soldering id much quicker and neater. give it a try, you will like the result's.

chuck :wave:

Bernd:
That's a mighty fine looking engine you have built there Chuck. :thumbup:

When is it going to be running? :poke: No pressure. :)

Bernd

NickG:
Chuck,

you're churning these parts out quickly! :thumbup:

I was just about to ask for an overall assembly pic but there it was - and it looks amazing!

Nick

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