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Machining 1″long stainless steel valves for Seal engine’s

// Well this morning I made a start on the valves for the pair of Edgar T Westbury’s Seal engines I am building. Its been a while since my last work on this pair for various reasons but at least I managed to make a start on the valves. I still have to finish the [...]

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Seal Flywheels progress..now on the second one.

Machining a pair of flywheels for 2 Seal engines to a design by Edgar T Westbury. A study in how it was done

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Error on Westbury’s Seal Plans but no problems since it has been found in time

Another error found on the set of Seal plans I have.

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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!

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One step forward then two back with the Seal Flywheels!

A silly misread of the plans leads to the scrapping (when finished) of the first flywheel for the pair of Seal engines.

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Flywheel turning hits a problem – 4 jaws to big!

Flywheel for Seal 15cc 4 cylinder petrol engine hits a snag when the jaws of the 4 jaw chuck prove to large to fit inside the rear cavity. Another approach is needed to complete the flywheel

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Flywheel’s for a pair of Edgar T Westbury’s Seal 4 cylinder petrol engines

Flywheel for Seal engine to a design by Edgar T Westbury.

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Seal 15cc 4 cylinder valve guides and flywheel under way.

Working out how to make the valve guides for Edgar T Westbury’s 15cc 4 cylinder petrol engine. Follow the building of two Seal engines on www.mikes-models.com

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Seal cylinder liners completed – Need honing and fitting now

How one model engineer made eight cylinder liners out of cast iron for a pair of Edgar T Westbury’s 4 cylinder 15cc petrol engines. Follow the build and other model engineering issues on his website.

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