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Work continued on the pair of patterns for the Seal engine. I am now at the stage of painting to get a good finish. To help me I use two different spray colours so I can see clearly the areas I am covering. This works well and after making a few more adjustments, seen because [...]

I have decided to make use of the fretsaw before putting it away after making a couple of wooden toys for my grandchild. I need to have two castings for the Seal that are handed different from the norm, allowing one engine to run in reverse, allowing contra-rotating propellers in the boat (Fairey Huntsman) being [...]

// Well today’s session I should have made at least 4 valves. In the end silly errors resulted in two being scrapped before finishing. On the plus side the work I did whilst laid down yesterday afternoon, in writing up an aide memoir for machining, worked well. I decided after completing the first valve proper, [...]

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

Long handled dustpan finished and alloy bar cast from pistons for the Seal engines i am building. Follow the build on mikes-models.com

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

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

Last camshaft underway today for the Seal 15cc engine

The cylinder block casting has the 8 holes for the valves located and a start made with boring one of the 4 cylinder bores. Follow the building of two Seal 15cc engines as designed by Edgar T Westbury 60 years ago.