I simply don't attempt splitting fresh elm anymore. I happen to really like burning elm so I don't shy away from it, but I follow the tried and...
The machining part was a lot easier than I imagined at first. Bolt a couple flat bars of steel across the top machined face of the cases, sit the...
Uh oh. I see problems with my machinist eyes. The case was missing one of the two 5mm dowel pins to line the halves up. I made a replacement dowel...
Lots of learning going on today. I’m liking this. It’s a good thing I’m test fitting everything before the actual assembly process. One of the...
Surprisingly no, the ports were left untouched. I might polish the exhaust port but otherwise I’ll just run it.
My “abomination” parts saw came in today. After getting the cylinder cleaned up and honed, I see that the base and combustion chamber were already...
