Another Hodgson Radial 9

[Camm-1]

Just find out a easy way to find the right spot then finning the heads.
Put a blade messure between the carrige and the stop and take it away and move the carrige against the stop. Fast and easy.

[Camm-1]

Today I threaded the last heads , finning them and start rough out the backside.

[swilliams]

Really nice work Ove, and some great motivation for me

I'm still hopeful of finding a gunsmith to blue my cylinders. They use a chemical process that is different to the dye. It's not so easy to find gunsmiths where I live.

Any thoughts on what size spark plugs you will use?

Steve

[Camm-1]

Hi Steve
Dont you mean this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Perma-Blue-3-OZ-13125-Liquid-Gun-Barrel-Bluing-Birchwood-Casey-Tool-Blueing-/141316556655?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20e71f876f
I bought 3 bottles and going to try it.
I will use CM-6 plugs like I have on my other engines.But I suppose I dont need them
for a long time yet 
Ove

[swilliams]

Ove, my understanding is that there is a  somewhat noxious chemical process that involves dipping the parts in a heated concoction. The dye is for touching up guns that get scratched etc. So I want to get the full chemical job done

I want to make my own spark plugs but are having trouble getting my hands on the required corian. I think a 5/16 (8mm) thread would be ideal

[Camm-1]

Still fighting with the heads but it not to far away
It is always very funny to put it together  to have sneak peak how its gona look

[Roger B]

Looking great    As I have said before that's a lot of bits to make 

[Camm-1]

Oh yes Roger and its hard to make all pices exactly same looking then there are so many.
It is very easy to make a little mistake somtimes ´when you are in the middle of all repeating turning and I have certainly done them
but not so bad that you can see them on the photos I hope.

[swilliams]

Looking great Ove!

The finning of all those valve towers is a tough and long job

Steve

[vcutajar]

That is looking really awesome.  Keep it up.

Vince

[Camm-1]

HI Vince! The weather here in sweden now is awful you know so you cant do anything other than machining engines in the evenings
Steve I have to agree with you about that finning. Thats a bloody pain and its over now
I am now working on the last top finns and that last milling.
As you see in my pics I have not bored for the valves. I will make valvecages in one piece of brass and bore from inside hold in a collet on the tower.
I only finned the towers 1.6mm deep to have plenty of meat to bore for the valvecages.
Have a nice weekend all of you!
Ove

[metalmad]

Hi Ove
Looking really lovely 
Pete

[Camm-1]

I taked the decision to start all the tapping on the crankcase now then the  most of the work on the heads are done.
It is a a hard work with out  1.2.3 taps and only a finishing tap on 2.5mm.
1 turn and its time to rinse it😩
So tonight I take the case up and tap some holes take a beer eat. Tap some holes watch tv tap some holes...

[Roger B]

That's an amazing/depressing number of holes  You're doing a magnificent job   

[Camm-1]

Any one who knows a sourch for  this gearcutter? I need it for the crankshaft.
http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/metalworking-tools/milling-cutters/involute-gear-cutters/hss-tmx-involute-gear-cutters-14-5-pressure-angle-dp-32-7-8-number-7
I tryed to by it but in the end they only accepted US Paypal account so I dont know what to do. Cant find it anywhere else thats
only 1.75" in diameter.