Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
This tutorial was written by Earl Hackett, who graciously gave me permission to republish it here. Earl found that even though his mini-mill was trammed correctly, different length drill bits were not hitting the same spot on the work piece. He found that the spindle was slightly tipped and tilted instead of being square with the column. … Read the rest
I ran across this on the Home Model Engine Machinist forum. I think it is an ingenious, easy and almost fool-proof way to make a spoked flywheel with just a lathe and drill press. The flywheel blank is turned as shown and the spokes screwed in. The back is then cut away and the rim turned down a little bit so the spokes are flush. … Read the rest
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
I hope that I’m not the only one who thinks this is funny.
