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J Harp:
Well egg on my face. It's easy to see now that I know what I'm seeing. Strange how a wrong first impression can be so persistant.

Jim

Bogstandard:
No problems Jim, it gets to us all at sometime or another :lol:

Better to ask than not understand.

John

Bernd:
Jim,

Didn't you know John is a master illusionist? :lol: :lol:

Bernd

J Harp:
Yep, it sure got me, I looked at it several times and saw the same thing each time. I first saw an ad for Fram filters in the Progressive Farmer magazine when I was a teenager. For years I thought it was Farm filters until I heard someone ask for a Fram filter at a parts counter. Good thing I never needed to ask for one or I would have embarrassed myself.

Jim

Bogstandard:
It looks like I have abandoned this post, but far from it.

I have actually been making custom screws and other little bling bits, and if anyone has ever done them before, they are very time consuming. One little screw can take well over an hour or so.

I got to use the ER32 collet adaptor that I made a while ago today, and it was great.

I was doing multiple very small parts, and it held them perfectly concentric and they all turned out exactly the same.

This is what I have been making, screws, bifurcated rivets and decorative studs, all to a common theme, a six pointed star surrounding a central circle. Very easy to do but also effective. They are also very easy to tighten up with a pair of round nosed pliers.
I also made the piston to con rod joint, that once assembled inside the engine will never be seen.

This shows the context that they will be used in, one holding a bearing in place, another holding con rod to crank disk, bifurcated rivets for the curly bits on the end of the arms and decorative buttons at the centre of each flame valve operating arm and cam follower.

You have most probably noticed, I have tried the paint out on the crank disk, and I am not really sure about it. It is a satin finish metallic, which I have never used before and it looks sort of strange compared to my normal hi gloss efforts. I think I will give it a go and see what it looks like when a larger area is done.

I actually had the engine rough assembled tonight, just to check for fits and friction. With no oil anywhere, when the flywheel was spun gently, it gave a least a dozen nice smooth revolutions, so I don't think friction is going to be a problem.

There are still a few bits to make, mainly the main spindle, flame valve assembly, a leaf spring for the camshaft follower and power take off pulley. Plus of course the burner, the gas parts have arrived but I have yet to go out and get the plumbing fittings for it.

I am hoping to get the basic engine running very soon, then stripped down for painting and polishing.

Bogs

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