Started today by measuring all the castings and taking notes of the tolerances. I was surprised at the amount they allow.  Also laminated anything that moved so it will last the time needed to build the engine.

The only metal work done was to take a skimming cut of some steel bar for the camshaft blank. I wanted to start with perhaps the most difficult part, the camshaft. I didn't feel well enough to tackle the castings, even with the large tolerances allowed for machining.

It is a start though! I haven't put a timescale (other than the end of the year) on the build but it is the priority project for the year. Enough writing -here are a couple of photo's.

The first one shows the amount of 'spare' casting..... 

Seal casting being checked for tolerance

The second is the start of the camshaft by skimming the bar which will become the blank....

 

Camshaft blank