my dad collects old hit and miss engines and most of the engines he get's need part's made for them.
he fabricates most of the part's he needs, one example is the crank guard for a 4 1/2 h.p. massey hassis that he has.
he has two of these engines and one of them needed a crank guard so he copied the one he had.
here is is the original guard

and here is the one he made

it is fabd. out of strips of 1/4" flat bar. the guard is curved in two directions, horizontally and vertically.
this last pic shows the back side of the guard's. the original is on the left

i'm constantly amazed at what my dad makes out of steel, he was a cabinet maker for 30 plus years so i guess that help's.
chuck
