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One thought I had... You mentioned about it not needing a cast base, as the crank was high enough for the flywheel to clear. It seems doubtful to me that an engine with separate bearing supports would have been designed to be mounted to a wood base. That would be an open invitation to bearing misalignment from the wood moving over the passage of time and temperature/humidity changes. In addition, the flywheel looks small for the 2" bore size.

Could it be that this engine was pieced together from parts of one or more incomplete engines? If a cast base was lacking, perhaps they used a smaller flywheel to avoid the need for a recessed base. (Attachment Link) Just a thought. Practically speaking, the wood base should work pretty well, as long as the bearings are not too close of a fit.

I am only going off that Jim and I have the only 2 I have seen of this engine, and would love to be proven wrong. If another appears with a cast base, it would be quite easy to get another couple made for ours… I will point out that the Stuart Beam is sold with a seperate support 

I thank you a ton for the D&M information!! Even if it’s not the maker of our engines, it is great to learn about one I had never heard of!