Model Engine Maker
General Category => Oddball => Topic started by: galland on April 11, 2019, 04:52:08 PM
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Didn't know what else to call this. Sometimes I just get making something that doesn't really have any purpose at all. Just something to pass the time. Where I used to work I was in the gage room at one time and we had a boxload of very tiny gears that came out of old meters and dial indicators. I latched on to a bunch thinking maybe I could find a use for them some day. I used two here. Not sure what else to do with it now. Gary
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Woops, meant to say V8 crank in a crate. Gary
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Very cool! Nice work!
"Not sure what to do with it?" ....
Build the rest of the engine around it! :stickpoke:
John
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Very cool! Nice work!
"Not sure what to do with it?" ....
Build the rest of the engine around it! :stickpoke:
John
Yes!
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Hello Galland,
I also vote for a completed engine, that is just way cool, you have to finish that project.
Have a great day,
Thomas
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I love your enthusiasm guys for me to do more with this. Originally I only wanted a crank that I could put those tiny gears on thinking a flywheel might look cute. Then I built the crate or whatever it is to hold it and be able to rotate it. I must admit then I got visualizing rods and pistons so I did some calculations and they did not look promising. The rod journals are right at .125 wide meaning the rods would have to be a little less than .062. Now you see those huge 0-80 screws holding the flywheel on. The heads on them are .096 across so way to big. I have heard that you can get 00-90 socket head screws but I don't know what diameter they are but 00-90 hex head are about .080 across the flats which is also way to big. Gary
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"I only wanted a crank that I could put those tiny gears on thinking a flywheel might look cute. Then I built the crate or whatever it is to hold it"
Yep! That's how it starts.
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Very cool and nice work ! :ThumbsUp: