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There is tons of written articles on line on this subject, you may start browsing these web sites http://adriansmodelaeroengines.com http://modelenginenews.org/ Ron Chernich is no longer with us, but the website is still running and has great instructional value. The bottom line on achieving cylinde...

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Banning mechanical defect all engine starts. If they do not is too much air or not enough, too much gas or not enough and not enough spark.
Have been playing with model airplane engine since I was 11.

I do not mean the Cajun process of frying.

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Up to 100 chainsaws is an hobby, beyond that is an obsession but if makes him happy is all that counts. Beside a shrink would cost more.

So much is being made of grinding tools, is no rocket science. Unless one has uncontrollable tremor in the hands it can be done without a rest and even a if one can trust himself with a steady hand one can resort to a rest. After the main shape is obtained, removing most of the metal, putting on the...

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I have to remove a lot of metal from a 2.5" diameter x 10" long 4140 Is a tall order for my 9x20 Chinese hobby lathe One end in the 4 jaws held up on a live center in the tail stock Try brazed carbide C5 and C6 ... chatter city at all speed and feeds with lube 0.025 DOC max Slog along until decided ...

A strobe light can give harmonic results. The dot is steady at the RPM but also at 2 X RPM

Look at the Motor Nameplate it shows the RPM most likely 95% x Line frequency X 60 / No of Pole pairs (either 1 or 2) Typically 1750 RPM Then measure the pulley Dimeters or gear ratios. Try a reflective sticker possibly on all jaws An unsophisticated app may get confused by the flicker of the jaws a...

I was doing 5 or 6 small jobs that did not need prolonged heating so I did not bother to set up outside. After the 3rd or 4th job I felt progressively a stomach ache that became worst even after I quit. I also felt a bit hazy. I looked up the symptoms and based on that I thought that drinking water ...

I have a cheap crappy $100 Flux Core Wire welder for Harbor Freight, however I suspect it could do a better job in the hand of somebody that knows what is doing.

Any way whatever is in the core splatters and fumes. How toxic are those fumes? I learned the hard way how bad Silver brazing can be.