Engine Builder

[tofriedel]

Can any of you compete with this Gentleman?

Check it out at - http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/

 
This guy proves that there is nothing to working on an engine.
 



Tony

[Steve Minor]

Seriously???

And I sometimes have trouble attaching the boot from the airbox to the carb on my 72 Six Day.



Steve Minor
Wilmington, NC

[Mick Milakovic]

For me, it's changing a tire without pinching the tube.  That was amazing!

Mick

[KJDonovan]

That was freakin awesome!  Now theres a man with skills!

KD

[tomale]

That is amazing but I did not see or maybe I did but not realize it, there were no spark plugs, is it the motor a Diesel?

Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)
74'250 hare scrambler (project)
74' 1/2 440 maico
78' 440 maico
72' cr125 Husky (project)
93' RMx 250 suzuki

[SouthRider]

Great call on the Diesel.

That is an absolute work of art.

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"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do almost anything, with nothing."

1972 Penton Berkshire 100
1983 Husqvarna 250 XC
2011 Jayco 31.5 RLDS
2009 Chevy 2500 HD Duramax

[454MRW]

I don't have audio on my work computer and can't tell if it runs on fuel, or if it is compressed air powered. Mike

Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R

[hankthecrank]

I'm thinking its running on compressed air. No matter, its still amazing!

Hank Rinehart

[wfopete]

The moral of this lesson is:

Never, ever give a watch maker a subscription to Popular Hot Rodding for Christmas.


Pete Petrick
175 Jackpiner
Slow but Good

[marsattacks]

Um, I think you found the skunkworks for this guy!   Maybe there are some mini-Maserati guys lurking around ready to race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AQFRWgW9bk

When I retire I would like to learn to build a 1/20th scale Jackpiner and train a mouse to race it.

Mars Attacks!

[tomale]

I think you are right about the compressed air, a couple of things I noticed was the lack of gaskets or piston rings, which with the use of compressed air would not be that big of a deal. still the thought of making a crank shaft or the cam shafts.. that small is nothing short of amazing. Heavens, I can even use a lath, ok I have made a few things on a wood lath but nothing nearly that cool. [8D]

Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)
74'250 hare scrambler (project)
74' 1/2 440 maico
78' 440 maico
72' cr125 Husky (project)
93' RMx 250 suzuki

[454MRW]

I remember when I was young and had Cox engine powered model airplanes, and they used glow plugs for starting the diesel-like 2 stroke engines and didn't have piston rings, only precsely fitted highly polished pistons. Mike

Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R

[Steve Minor]

Oh yeah.....I remember the old Cox 049 and the bloody fingers from spinning the prop trying to start it.



Steve Minor
Wilmington, NC

[Don Roth]

You guys are showing your age, am I the only one who mixed Coleman White Gas and caster oil to run his plane ? Ah, Testor's plane dope, I can smell it now! Like these bikes, half of the fun was putting them back together.

[Mark P]

quote:Originally posted by Steve Minor

Oh yeah.....I remember the old Cox 049 and the bloody fingers from spinning the prop trying to start it.



Steve Minor
Wilmington, NC

We used things sold as "chicken sticks" which had a simple wood handle with a short soft plastic stick attached that you could flick the prop with. They didn't work as well as your finger but were safer particularly starting the bigger engines.