Author Archives: Steve Withnell

From here on in the machining gets more and more challenging.   The sides of the Lower half of the crankcase have to be milled at 17.5 degrees from the perpendicular and the engine mounting lugs profiled into the crankcase … Continue reading →

This is an odd picture for the blog.   When I built my first engine (Nemett 15s) I’d spend hours machining a part,  say the aluminium cylinder or crankcase,  then leave it lying on the bench amongst spanners and tooling. … Continue reading →

I decided that it would be useful to install the machine vice for the next operations.  I do try to avoid using a vice,  setting them up can take quite a while,  as there are three axes that can be … Continue reading →

This should be one of the easier operations,  but it’s one that reveals if the marking out was any good.  The next problem is the shape of the part.  The sides are a little over 3mm so very little to … Continue reading →

So, following the winter break,  I’ve finally set about the next step in my attempt to build a couple of Whittle V8 engines.   If you’ve been following the thread,   I decided that making two would not take much … Continue reading →

I’ve been taking digital photographs of various machining related activities for a while – currently I’m using a Lumix FZ28.  Normally I set the camera to “intelligent auto” and let the camera work everything out.  It’s normally pretty good at … Continue reading →