Free Plans: Webster Engine Work’s 4-Cycle Gas Engine

Webster Engine Work's 4-stroke Gas EngineWould you like free plans for a gas-powered 4-cycle engine that is a proven and easy-to-build design?

Joe Webster designed this engine to be quick, inexpensive and easy to build.  It doesn’t have any parts with super-critical dimensions and you don’t need a rotary table or other expensive tooling to construct it.… Read the rest

Use Friction Turning to Make Thin Disks and Flywheels on the Lathe

This article describes how I made two round disks on my lathe out of sheet metal that was too thin to be held in a lathe chuck.  I also could not use a mandrel because one of the disks was not going to have a hole drilled through its center.  The two disks were made from .073-inch thick aluminum sheet metal and are about 5-inches in diameter. … Read the rest

Forums and Discussion Groups for Machinists

The problem with being an amateur/home/hobbyist machinist is that you may be self-taught.  There are some good web sites, videos and books that you can learn from, but sooner or later you are probably going to have a question you would like to have answered by someone who (you hope) really knows what they are talking about.  … Read the rest

MachinistBlog.com