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