Making the last camshaft proved the adage that “practice make perfect”. Not that I am in any way saying that the camshafts are perfect, far from it! But the last camshaft (I hope) took the least amount of time and for a change very few problems. Each time I nearly made a mistake I managed to stop myself from continuing, which is not an insignificant result believe me!

I now have a camshaft to harden as an experiment, and a completed camshaft for each Seal engine. Their production was not without incident and a little heartache at times, but I must go on record and thank Steve Huck for all his considerable help with cutting charts and giving me confidence when I had doubts, so thank you Steve.

The issue of errata on plans is something I have mentioned before. If you consider the ‘fit for purpose’ test as in the UK then the Seal plans I have would not pass. If the plans were new then an error or two may be expected, however this design by Edgar T Westbury is over 60 years old. Is it too much to expect some obvious errors to be removed from the plans SOLD to the public? Let alone some major issues over the camshaft design. I know I lost some sleep over what was right and what was wrong. One thing I hope to come out of the Seal build is a comprehensive list of ‘issues’ relating to the plans and they will be posted on my main website as well as my Blog for future builders. Additionally a copy of errata will be sent to the publishers of the plans, with a hope they amend their plans. We shall see.

The camshafts are not complete as yet, since as they have some finishing left but the machining is completed. A bi-product of completing this stage of the build is the much diminished fear factor of producing camshafts, since the 3 completed camshafts and the 50% practice camshaft (on a blank I ‘corrupted’ early on) has given me some experience.

So its now onwards and upwards, with the next major items being the two crankshafts……….ohhhhhh……..