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If you need any help with carrying anything let me know and I shall see if I can find someone
Is anyone else thinking of going? Jo
Thornton's Sticky Wotsits .. ??
I was forced to take the Thornton's Sticky Wotsits home with me Jo
I have to admit the "Thornton's Sticky Wotsits" really had me till I did a search and found they were Cheetos. Wonderful thing the internet, and I didn't have to call my sister in law.
I was very interested in seeing the 3 cylinder radial Anzani aero engine type Y on display on one of the Club stands. Unfortunately i could not find a Club steward to ask questions.Where did the builder get his drawings and castings from? Are the drawings available? Perhaps the builder made his own castings. Any info would be appreciated.
Jo - What does a Bugl engine look like? Google has not found one.
Did your supplier also correct you on the name of the engine? no wonder google did not come up with anything when Colin looked Which parts are beyond your machining capabilities and does that mean you will be needing to buy more machines/tooling
The odd combined connecting rod/piston and getting the accurate internal securing ring mounts The three decimal places metric machining tolerances on some parts are a bit Jo
Did you get a full set of prints for this engine?
When I was working at my place of employment, I very often received from students or researchers, impressive CAD metric drawings toleranced to three or even four - sometimes more - places of decimals. Usually they were for making a wooden loudspeaker cabinet, or an angle iron bracket for hanging something from..... So, three places of metric decimals doesn't absolutely always mean what it says... ( I just made them to the nearest mm., and never heard a word of complaint...! ) But I don't at all believe that you couldn't make these engine bits, Jo.... Dave
maybe aim to build it to the specs given but if you missed them then the part could still be used rather than scrapped.
That's the difference between building for fun and production.