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String trimmer engine, great place to start a large scale RC model plane, boat, or car. Mark

I just got back from inspecting the shelving in process. 11 sheets of 4x8 plywood and 320 linear feet of 1x8 poplar so far. Mark

Standards for the shelving are going in up front in the display area. A friend in town is busy putting the shelves together from 3/4" plywood and poplar. The boxes are the chrome wire shelving units that will cover the floor in the display area. There is a local fellow (Cedar Falls, IA)...

Jim Rodgers (Mo Jim) had a friend that worked in the hospital and gave him a bunch of those surgical towels, I ended up with a few from him. Mark

Steve is the only one being honest... I'm just glad that he picked the 4th drawer down, some of the others would be a bit more confused... Mark

Like many others, I made one from a scrench... ...then I bought a "modern" McCulloch saw for the display and one of those was included in the kit with the saw. Mark

The old Actron vacuum pump finally gave out so I treated myself to a new Mity Vac 8500 kit. Mark

The Solo Twin is so far behind the flywheel it comes out on the other side of the saw... Mark

This is the Poulan 20, any starter work requires removing the flywheel first. Mark P.S. I forgot to post this earlier...

The Helicoil Sav-A-Thread kit is M14x1.25 Mark

This is the Helicoil kit with solid inserts. The swaging tool locks them in place when done properly. Available at most auto parts stores. Timesert also makes spark plug inserts of different types. including washer seat and taper seat designs. They require a special tap, seat cutter, and...

It looks like the starter pulley and pawls are behind the flywheel like the old Poulan 20. Mark

The flaps on the tan Teflon diaphragm provide some "back up" to the rubber flaps on the fuel pump diaphragm without introducing any restriction to the movement of the diaphragm itself. Mark

The boiler is installed, gas hooked up, and the building is now heated via radiant heat in the floor. Since so much time had passed between laying the tubing and finally getting things hooked up it took a few attempts before they got the zone valves connected to the correct thermostats...then...