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Richard Isakson

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Nov 21, 2011, 6:56:46 PM11/21/11
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Next time you're moping around and need a project, try one of these:

http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/

Rich Isakson

Orval Fairbairn

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Nov 21, 2011, 7:24:19 PM11/21/11
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In article <jaeoft$93n$2...@speranza.aioe.org>,
I didn't see him installing piston rings, though he had machined grooves
for them.

What a piece of work!

Dan

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Nov 21, 2011, 8:20:17 PM11/21/11
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I wish I had the patience to make something like that. CNC would be
cheating.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Alan Baker

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Nov 21, 2011, 9:25:59 PM11/21/11
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In article <jaeoft$93n$2...@speranza.aioe.org>,
"Richard Isakson" <r...@whidbey.com> wrote:

Try this one:

<http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/scerri.htm>

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Dan

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:50:36 AM11/22/11
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On 11/21/2011 8:25 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> In article<jaeoft$93n$2...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> "Richard Isakson"<r...@whidbey.com> wrote:
>
>> Next time you're moping around and need a project, try one of these:
>>
>> http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/
>>
>> Rich Isakson
>
> Try this one:
>
> <http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/scerri.htm>
>

15 years? And I thought I was bad having spent 3 years on a steam
locomotive and only 1/4 done.

Alan Baker

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:55:52 AM11/22/11
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In article <rLadnQbg8vSwpVbT...@giganews.com>,
And he's not stopped...

<http://mps-sportproto.com/en/modeles.php>

He's doing another 312PB, a P4 and a 250 GTO.

Atheist Chaplain

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Nov 22, 2011, 4:07:55 AM11/22/11
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"Dan" <B24...@aol.com> wrote in message
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1220 hours used to make that :-)
CNCc would cut that drastically but I agree with you, it would be cheating.

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"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your
Christ"

Dan

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Nov 22, 2011, 10:14:29 AM11/22/11
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On 11/22/2011 3:07 AM, Atheist Chaplain wrote:
>
> "Dan" <B24...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:z5adnSGwqdhOZVfT...@giganews.com...
>> On 11/21/2011 6:24 PM, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
>>> In article<jaeoft$93n$2...@speranza.aioe.org>,
>>> "Richard Isakson"<r...@whidbey.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Next time you're moping around and need a project, try one of these:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/
>>>>
>>>> Rich Isakson
>>>
>>> I didn't see him installing piston rings, though he had machined grooves
>>> for them.
>>>
>>> What a piece of work!
>>
>>
>> I wish I had the patience to make something like that. CNC would be
>> cheating.
>>
>> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
>
> 1220 hours used to make that :-)
> CNCc would cut that drastically but I agree with you, it would be cheating.
>


I'd love to see his plans. Cooling fins on the jugs would have been a
nice touch.

I cringed when I saw him take the crank shaft to the grinder. Even a
well dressed wheel can get messy.
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