Hispano Suiza V8

[RReid]

The majority of the whittling on the monoblocs has now been completed. Still to do is the rounding off of the ends, but it occurred to me that if I want to stand them up on end to drill/ream the camshaft bearing journals, then having the ends still flat and square will be an advantage. So I think I'll postpone the rounding till later. I will, though, open up the tongues that support the upper end of the cam driveshaft, to allow the shaft to pass through and to provide clearance for the gears. I can do that next.

[Vixen]

Hello Ron,

I like what I see, very much.
I am so pleased you are able to make such good use of all the handbook/ information I sent you.

Mike

[cnr6400]

  Looking great Ron!

[RReid]

Thank you Mike, I really appreciate that. Those documents have been absolutely invaluable.

Thank you too, CNR!

[bent]

Beautiful work Ron! 

[steamer]

Oh man!    Nice looking engine Ron!   I hope my engine looks that nice!

Dave

[RReid]

Thank you bent!

Thank you Dave. Everything I've seen of your engine so far is impressively nice! Looking forward to seeing the blocks take shape.

Progress is going to be spotty at best for the next little while. We put in an offer on a house in Oregon that was accepted last night, so we will be moving to the next state up.

[Roger B]

Excellent family shot   

[RReid]

Thank you, Roger!

Closing date for the new house in Oregon is set for April 1. We could actually close the last week of March, but we have a long standing commitment to watch our daughter's 3 kids that week. She booked us a year in advance, so we can hardly (nor want to) back out now, but why do things always cluster in these inconvenient ways?

Most of April and even into May will be consumed with the actual move and getting settled in. The mill and it's tool box base is already “prepped” for loading into the Pod that will carry most of our stuff north. The lathe is in one of the drawers below. Packed boxes are in the way everywhere, too.

[redhouseluv]

Good luck with the move Ron, I know all too well how it is to move shop after mine moved into storage for most of last year. On the positve side, it was an opportuinty to reorganise the shop, put in better lighting, plently of power sockets to make a really nice working environment.

My mate who's a plumber is just finishing off by installing the metal sink below; saves the 'better half' giving me looks when I wash parts and shop filthy hands indoors 

Good luck with the move and the new shop setup and BTW I have no words to compliment you enough about your build. I have been following along since the very start .........

[Kim]

Good luck with the Move, Ron!  And enjoy the grandkids too!  That's the most valuable time ever!

You've got a lot of work in store for you (and a lot of work behind you if you're mostly packed).  I don't envy you that!  But it is exciting looking forward to a new place, and a (hopefully) bigger shop!  As RedHouseLuv did, make sure and take this opportunity to put some good lighting in your shop.  One of the best shop improvements I ever did was to put in a lot of LED light fixtures!  That has really made the time out in my shop much more enjoyable.

Best of luck to you. Make sure and take pictures so we can see how the new shop is coming along.

Kim

[RReid]

Thank you so much, Sanjay. A shop sink is a nice bit I've never enjoyed!

Thank you, Kim! A lot of work is almost an understatement.

I agree with you both re. shop lighting. When we lived in Maryland I built my "dream shop", a 32ft x 24ft pole barn, with two 9ft roll-up doors, one man-door, and a window. Did all the work myself, except the concrete floor and the electrical. I had the electrician install more outlets than I really needed, and more lighting too, but on two separate circuits so I could  leave half of them off when not needed. I really hated leaving that all behind, but looking forward to the increase in space I'm going to have compared to what I have now.