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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Success – First melt of Aluminium in Home made furnace!
First aluminium ingot made during the test burn of my new made gas fired furnace. Continue reading
Flames in the Furnace! Home made gas fired furnace being built.
Furnace is Gas fired home made for melting aluminium is nearly completed and see’s a flame for the very first time! Continue reading
Hand Turned wine bottle stopper
Want to see a hand tuned project? Have a look at my Wine Stopper! Continue reading
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Gas fired furnace -work resumes at last
Gas fired aluminium melting furnace for the model engineer continues to be built and is nearing completion with the casting of the lid and manufacture of the hinge mechanism Continue reading
Seal Flywheel and turning mandrel makes some progress.
Whilst I made an error on this one flywheel for the Seal engine early on I decided to carry on and complete it to verify my methodology. A mandrel was made so the finishing cuts could be made between centres making a non ‘wobbling’ flywheel! Continue reading
Posted in General engineering posts, IC model engines, seal engine build
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