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Tag Archives: Wesstbury Seal 15cc engine
Excel is a bonus for planning crankshaft machining
Whilst not up to doing any machining I thought I would take the opportunity to draw up a better dimension aide memoir. I did however manage to reverse the set up ready for the next session.
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Seal Crankshaft – Milling and turning the blanks
In this, and future posts, I am adding links to where I source my tooling (new or second hand) in response to the many enquires I get as to where I bought a particular item. So the links will take … Continue reading
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Bad day at work! Con Rods put to one side so change of tack – crankshafts next.
I knew I shouldn’t have gone out to the workshop, feeling a little under the weather after being brutalised by my younger brother Stephen (he maliciously tripped me up when I was already wobbling – my life is spent being … Continue reading
Frustrating session in the workshop!
I set everything up last night ready to make a start on cutting the 1.5″ diameter round bar of high tensile steel, in half. I was full of hope that with the carbide tipped saw blade that cuts wood and … Continue reading
Seal work starts again – pressing valve guides and cylinder liners.
Pleased to get out into the workshop and carry on with the Seal build. Today I spent my time boring out the previously made valve guide blanks. Once this was completed I reamed all the guides 3/32″ to match the … Continue reading
Tappets & both camshaft bushes completed for Seal engine
Yesterday I managed to make the tappets for one engine (8 in all) and they are now awaiting my first attempt at case hardening. To speed up their production I made a tube out of stainless steel to fit over … Continue reading
8 valves nearly completed for Seal engines.
I managed a short session today and managed to nearly complete the first engines 8 valves. There only remains 4 valves to be finished to overall size then cut a slot in each face. When these 8 are done I … Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
Clarke Bandsaw performing well despite poor stand!
Clarke 6″ Bandsaw performs well in cutting a large piece of brass which makes up for the rubbish stand it is supplied with. Follow the engine build on www.mikes-models.com Continue reading