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Recent content by Stevendavis

  1. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Hey David, It's all about setting up an engine with the proper compression and timing.
  2. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I know people who still use that method!
  3. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Yep, You set the cylinder head on a surface plate with the dial indicator installed and set it to zero. Then install the head onto the engine and bring the piston up to TDC and you have the gap. Shim the head to proper gap and your done.
  4. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    My kid is rebuilding his snow machine engine so I built him a squish adapter for his dial indicator for properly shimming the cylinders.
  5. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Thanks Tony, I'll them them a look!
  6. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Thanks David! That would be great!! I am a member of The Hobby Machinist. I've been dropping in there more and more lately. Still figuring out the layout, but its got a lot of great info!
  7. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I still need to find a good outlet for endmills and HHS blanks. We don't even have any good pawn shops in our area.
  8. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Hey Tony, I can only sharpen the end for now. I still have to build the jig for sharpening the side cutters. I downloaded the plans here: http://homews.co.uk/page125.html
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    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Went ahead and built a jig setup for sharpening my HHS endmills. Took a bit to get it done, now I have to practice! I also had to do some work to get the diamond wheel on the tool grinder, but it works great.
  10. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I've been playing with free cad a bit and made my first project box. A test run to make sure I was extracting and slicing properly. I went with Cura on the slicer.
  11. Stevendavis

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I've spent all my time cutting out balsa ribs on scratch built planes so far. But I think foam cores might be a little easier to do once I get everything set up. I've built a lot of foam core kits.
  12. Stevendavis

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Thanks!! I will take a look at Fusion 360.
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    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    It's going to be a minute before I can get to the apron.
  14. Stevendavis

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I've got a hot wire foam cutter that I've never used. I might have to give it a go at some point.
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