Tiny Super

[Ghosty]

Hi All,
Removed from lathe and re-set to machine crankshaft shafts, had to reset and glue in the crank spacer. Started with the front shaft, then machined the rear rotor/drum, drilled for crank webs and rough machined.
Machined up a jig to hold the crank and mounted in the mill and finished machining of the crank webs.
Removed the crank spacer and cleaned up the machining marks and edges.
Cheers
Andrew

 

[Canuck75]

I hunted down the three issues of Popular Science that your following and glanced over them .I might print those pages just to help me follow along . Will be reading your build thread , looks like a nice project! Good Luck !

Please post the plans if you can, will be very interested in looking at them.

Canuck75

 

[Ghosty]

Please post the plans if you can, will be very interested in looking at them.

Canuck75

Canuck75,
The plans are copyrighted, can't be posted here. can be found at

Popular Science

Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

books.google.com.au

You need June 1946, page 146, July 1946, Page 176, and August 1946, Page 176, page numbers are the start of the article.
I just hunted and bought the books, got the whole 1946 year set.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Ghosty]

Hi All,
Got the rear cover/intake done today. machined rear cover, lapped in the crank, then machined outer part/intake of the cover in mill.
Set up crank and machined intake port.
Fitted intake tube to back-plate and checked the assembly.
Cheers
Andrew

 

[Ghosty]

Hi All,
Easy day today, went with electronic ign, machined up the pickup ring and prop driver, mounted prop driver and spot drilled the crank for the set screws to lock to the crank, made up a mounting plate, and ready to go.
Mounted on test stand and run, played around with the timing and mixture settings..
Got it running steady and consistent.
If anyone knows of any other OLD engine plans like this, could you let me know, always looking for them.
This is the end of the build.
Cheers
Andrew

 

[Ghosty]

Hi All,
Here you all are, running

Turn up the volume and enjoy.
Cheers
Andrew

 

[Canuck75]

Canuck75,
The plans are copyrighted, can't be posted here. can be found at

Popular Science

Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

books.google.com.au

You need June 1946, page 146, July 1946, Page 176, and August 1946, Page 176, page numbers are the start of the article.
I just hunted and bought the books, got the whole 1946 year set.

Cheers
Andrew

Thank you very much, will look it up.

 

[oldmanhands]

Great thread as well! I am so glad I found these forums again. Long way to go, but I hope to build engines like this some day. Watching it run right now, looks extremely reliable. So cool