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Some of later SB 9's and Light 10's were the only ones that had V-belts available to them. Hi LL, Surprisingly, the SB 9 was available with V-belt drive almost from the beginning. Here is a picture from a 1936 catalog showing a 9" Workshop model with V-belt headstock: http://img.photobucket.co...

I agree with the others: if not too worn, this is a very nice machine! You will appreciate having that long bed. Gives a lot more "elbow room". The chuck on the spindle appears to be a 5C collet chuck. ...the cabinet is wrong, or at least quite different from most I've seen. It's closer to...

Thanks for the kind words! If you're still interested in building a Maytag engine model, there's a guy named Brad Smith who sells casting kits for the Maytag upright and fruit jar engines (half-scale, I believe). They're not the highest quality castings in the world, but a talented builder could mak...

Same here. I'm currently in the market for a Grizzly mill, and I've not yet seen a model 1099 listed, either in their catalog or on their website.

I realize that this reply is pathetically late, but I only just discovered this forum. I know the engine you're referring to, as I am the builder. It was completed in early 1994, and Mr. Washburn was gracious enough to place it on the magazine cover. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/haplesspea...

Rec'd the first two issues the other day, and am very pleased! I was particularly delighted by the included B-size CAD drawings. This is what I do for a living, and the quality of these drawings is just great!

The 3/10 John Deere engine kit from Dinky Dears uses the NGK ME-8 plug -- at least that's what my kit came with. While I haven't started working on the engine yet, I did try out the ME-8 plug in my Duclos Odds 'N Ends engine, and it ran just fine. I like the ME-8 plug much better than the Stitt M-80...