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  1. #1
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    questions about tools needed for I.C. engines?

    SO, i'm pretty close to buying my first lathe.

    I'll be getting a taig lathe since it's cheap. But I'm curious as to how much I could make with just a lathe, and a manual one at that? I will mostly likely get the mill too but at a later date.

    One project I'm consdering is taking a small rc gas engine and making it a 2 + cylinder.

    Ideally it would be really awesome to make some r/c car parts but my dream would be to buld something like that ferrari v12 or a v8 from one of these other threads...

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    Re: questions about tools needed for I.C. engines?

    You could pull off some single or 2 cylinder engines but for a 8 or 12 cylinder you are going to want that milling machine. Not that i cant be done, just would make it much more time consuming with all the setup.

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    Re: questions about tools needed for I.C. engines?

    But even just a manual mlll? Or is there just a point that I have to go cnc?

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    Re: questions about tools needed for I.C. engines?

    Bob Shutt built a copy of my V8 with manual mill and lathe. Some of the parts were not as ornate as originally designed but it still looks real good.

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    Re: questions about tools needed for I.C. engines?

    I have a dovetail Z axis manual drill mill and put a digital read out on the X axis and Z axis works well built all my cnc parts with it also on the lathe I put the 4 jaw in and surface plate and bore it accurately there are ways around it ,I guess for me that is the fun part .

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