It’s a good project! That’s how I got started with engine repairs, when I was about 12 years old. Got a 2 HP with rope start, the kind you had to wind the rope on the pulley.
Depending on how it was abused. Piston rings are usually worn, especially the slotted oil control ring. You can put...
Saw a similar flight at the Patuxent Naval Base air show after Desert Storm. They were carrier based aircraft.
F14 Tomcat, F7F Tigercat, F6F Hellcat, F4F Wildcat. It was really a neat to see and hear! The old radial engines
have a good exhaust note!
I have used rotary converters before. The instructions that came with it states that, ” The manufactured phase is Not to
be used with a magnetic contact switch “. Not sure if it’s the same for an electronic converter.
Nice work! I made a tail stock ram for my Clausing a long time ago. Used a small center drill in the Bridgeport with DRO, pecked the surface for the graduations, use small stamps for the numbers. Also needed a left hand acme tap for that too!
These sockets have a spiral that only grips one way, usually for right hand thread removal. It would never grip a left hand thread to remove it but could tighten it.
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