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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #45 on: January 21, 2013, 02:59:23 AM »
Heh. I have weeks like that all the time. No worries!
Stuart

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #46 on: January 21, 2013, 06:28:04 AM »
 :ThumbsUp: Well done Prop  :ThumbsUp:

Feels good, doesn't it ? - I can nearly hear you smile  :)

Go on, do the #14  :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #47 on: January 21, 2013, 02:15:00 PM »
Nice runner Prop and a nice job.

Don

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #48 on: January 21, 2013, 06:15:53 PM »
A good runner Prop. :ThumbsUp:

Congratulations

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #49 on: January 21, 2013, 06:22:08 PM »
Congratulations on your first!
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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #50 on: January 21, 2013, 06:56:38 PM »
Great going, Prop  :cartwheel: :cartwheel: :cartwheel:
Remember that the misses can be used wherever you just need a smaller part. Only swarf is scrap (unless you have a little foundry, in which case even it can be reused.)
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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #51 on: January 21, 2013, 08:46:01 PM »
Well I must say the response is really overwhelming. Elsewhere I'm afraid I have only had a very little feedback - which is OK, it is after all "just another newbie wobbler", but given the effort it took, the positive replies are really appreciated a lot. I'm looking forward to moving on to a set of castings one day, but one step at a time.
Stuart

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #52 on: January 21, 2013, 08:55:52 PM »
That is a nice bit of work Prop.

There is just a moment at about the 4 second mark in the video that gives a sense of how it would run on less air. It is definitely something to be proud of.

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #53 on: January 21, 2013, 09:05:15 PM »
I do have another video now, which I may post, showing a little bit of it running on lower air pressure, which is actually a lot more satisfying than seeing it rev itself silly, funnily enough. But I don't want to keep banging on about this build either (like the proud new Dad :D). It's time to move on, and number 14 is definitely the next one.
Stuart

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #54 on: January 21, 2013, 10:23:55 PM »
I don't think a couple days of posts constitutes "banging on", at least not for your first.

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #55 on: January 22, 2013, 02:50:22 PM »
;D

Thanks Thayer!

Well, proud parent that I am, I can't resist just one more little video. This one just has a better look at it running a little more slowly. Like I say, I just find this a bit more satisfying than revving it silly, it seems to better indicate the fit of everything, maybe?

Anyway, here it is one more time. Thanks again all for your input!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9CqTw8ImA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9CqTw8ImA</a>
« Last Edit: January 22, 2013, 02:55:58 PM by propforward »
Stuart

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #56 on: January 22, 2013, 03:15:49 PM »
Sweeeeeeeet Prop!!  The slower it runs, the better it is made...so you obviously did a fine job on it.

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Re: Props first engine - Elmer Wobbler #25
« Reply #57 on: January 22, 2013, 10:40:39 PM »
I love the slow running in the second video, that's cool

Lee
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