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<blockquote data-quote="Cyborg" data-source="post: 113693" data-attributes="member: 3426"><p>Not trying to sound contrary, but don’t see the discussions regarding tools and equipment being at odds with the thread. My desire to rattle MM’s cage might cause me to wander off topic slightly, but to me tools, equipment, and using that equipment to make tools are pretty much intertwined with Vincent engines. As a result of this discussion I have turned an under-utilized mill into a hum dinger of a tube notcher. Granted I’m past the tube notching part of this exercise, but there was a fair amount of it and now future notching will be less painful. I’m looking forward to finishing this train wreck and moving on to a Lightning replica of sorts. Starting with a pair of NOS twin crankcases that right off the hop will need to be crammed into a milling machine. I can’t see getting through an engine assembly thread without numerous discussions/sidebars about tools and equipment. For me personally, seeing how folks make and utilize tools to assemble these engines is more interesting than the assembly of the engine itself... but then I get excited seeing how people use ingenuity to clamp things into a mill. The lapping/honing thing is still of great interest to me. Although I was able to (I believe) successfully lap the Comet’s new big end bearing to fit by using a setup that would cause Rube Goldberg swoon with envy, it is a subject that is again intertwined (or it should be) with Vincent engines. Taking an off the shelf C3 bearing and installing it in a case without the desired interference fit is questionable. I realize that not everyone has the opportunity to play with this stuff and that causes me some guilt. Not sure it should, but it does. </p><p> The A/F gauge thread also got a got a little esoteric or nebulous if you prefer, but I learned a lot from it. Any way...speaking of digressing</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyborg, post: 113693, member: 3426"] Not trying to sound contrary, but don’t see the discussions regarding tools and equipment being at odds with the thread. My desire to rattle MM’s cage might cause me to wander off topic slightly, but to me tools, equipment, and using that equipment to make tools are pretty much intertwined with Vincent engines. As a result of this discussion I have turned an under-utilized mill into a hum dinger of a tube notcher. Granted I’m past the tube notching part of this exercise, but there was a fair amount of it and now future notching will be less painful. I’m looking forward to finishing this train wreck and moving on to a Lightning replica of sorts. Starting with a pair of NOS twin crankcases that right off the hop will need to be crammed into a milling machine. I can’t see getting through an engine assembly thread without numerous discussions/sidebars about tools and equipment. For me personally, seeing how folks make and utilize tools to assemble these engines is more interesting than the assembly of the engine itself... but then I get excited seeing how people use ingenuity to clamp things into a mill. The lapping/honing thing is still of great interest to me. Although I was able to (I believe) successfully lap the Comet’s new big end bearing to fit by using a setup that would cause Rube Goldberg swoon with envy, it is a subject that is again intertwined (or it should be) with Vincent engines. Taking an off the shelf C3 bearing and installing it in a case without the desired interference fit is questionable. I realize that not everyone has the opportunity to play with this stuff and that causes me some guilt. Not sure it should, but it does. The A/F gauge thread also got a got a little esoteric or nebulous if you prefer, but I learned a lot from it. Any way...speaking of digressing [/QUOTE]
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