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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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