tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6444268940543238257..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: My Pick of the ShowSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27306617903057655492015-04-16T11:04:09.554-04:002015-04-16T11:04:09.554-04:00Let the people decide what they want to do - and t...Let the people decide what they want to do - and they will bloody amaze you.<br />Freedom is a wonderful thing....The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35961593924435906262015-04-16T00:15:37.050-04:002015-04-16T00:15:37.050-04:00Some of the small engines use glow plugs, and run ...Some of the small engines use glow plugs, and run on glow fuel.<br /><br />Others have reeealy tiny spark plugs, like those used in 4-stroke model aircraft engines.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35603096323525260982015-04-15T21:08:26.393-04:002015-04-15T21:08:26.393-04:00Thanks for the link, SiG. All I can say is "g...Thanks for the link, SiG. All I can say is "good grief, that stuff is tiny." You're right, the attention to detail and accuracy is phenomenal. I wish I had that kind of patience. Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-77925673015667720112015-04-15T10:15:26.794-04:002015-04-15T10:15:26.794-04:00Many years ago (1960) I worked in a machine shop t...Many years ago (1960) I worked in a machine shop that had Swiss automatic screw machines. The name really diminishes the capability of these machines and their machinists. We also had Brown & Sharpe automatic screw machines but they were held in a lower respect. One of the jobs was to produce very tiny screws/bolts for small scientific equipment. Beautiful tiny brass, stainless and steel master pieces. The Swiss machines could achieve accuracies of a ten thousandth consistently. Beautiful to see a row of these each making a different piece. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-33996945411443165792015-04-15T08:48:57.089-04:002015-04-15T08:48:57.089-04:00Alien - if you look closely, you can see perfect m...Alien - if you look closely, you can see perfect miniature spark plugs. I didn't ask if he made them, but my guess is that there are half scale and smaller spark plugs out there made for model makers. <br /><br />One of the most astounding model makers I've met is a guy named <a href="http://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Kieffer.htm" rel="nofollow">Jerry Kieffer</a>. Jerry was making little models and got disappointed with the screws he was using because of how poorly they scaled, so he figured out how to make ultra tiny nuts and bolts. He has made bolts around .009 diameter by 200 TPI (!) and even gone to 400 TPI(!!). They told him it couldn't be done and he went ahead and did it. <br /><br />Back at the NAMES show in '08, Jerry showed me a 1/6 scale Harley Davidson "Knucklehead" engine he was working on. Since then he finished it, and moved on to 1/8 scale Harley with a bigger engine. See <a href="http://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Kieffer4.htm" rel="nofollow">his page here</a> The detail and accuracy in the models will blow you away.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-45881645435403055032015-04-15T01:03:18.591-04:002015-04-15T01:03:18.591-04:00Fascinating. I'd think that in a lot of cases ...Fascinating. I'd think that in a lot of cases the scale is determined by the availability of appropriately-sized components - such as .22 short ammo for a Gatling gun - but I may be wrong. What did that miniature V8 use for spark plugs? Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-85288950035193676782015-04-14T23:54:53.898-04:002015-04-14T23:54:53.898-04:00There are several companies that make small V8'...There are several companies that make small V8's.<br /><br />I've seen 10th scale, 8th scale, and quarter-scale, and they all ran.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-19904069031184040122015-04-14T22:40:21.864-04:002015-04-14T22:40:21.864-04:00Beautiful! That V8 is quite an accomplishment.Beautiful! That V8 is quite an accomplishment.Backwoods Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666984602233967254noreply@blogger.com