A selection of finished manifolds

fitted manifolds

Time to make a stand for the engine.

I wanted to make a carrier similar to the one used on full size engines so I

thought I would put my new silver solder skills to use and solder some stainless

pieces together.

I made a simple jig to hold the pieces while I soldered.

Next I cut a couple of pieces of hard wood from some old door frame I saved.

The first piece I cleaned up into a rectangle and routed around the top , the second

piece I drew a rough outline of the shape I wanted and attacked it with a flap disc

on my grinder. It carved up much easier than I thought and just needed a quick sand

into the final shape before I varnish.

I have given the stand a sanding and varnish , then mounted the engine.

You may notice the manifolds are now silver ,had some silvering powder

left over from a clock build so decided to use some on the copper manifolds.

Got a small propeller of EBay so had to make a prop washer for the crankshaft end.

Turned the profile from some alloy round bar

So the engine is now complete , unfortunately the carb I bought is not suitable so I need

to find a replacement. The carb I bought is a 'slide' carb and will not fit properly between

the cylinders so I need to buy a rotary version