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Ade,
 Your progress is excellent! Your current issues seem familiar to me and I am sure you will overcome. To build 3 engines I built 7 or so cranks and more than six valve/valve guide assemblies.
My machining skills are rudimentary, but do you have a four jaw chuck?

Len.

Hi Len,

Thanks for that, i don't feel like i am wasting metal knowing others had a few shots to get it right.  Yes i have a 4 jaw chuck.

The crank webs are brass on this engine, i guess i will anneal the brass if it get it hot enough to use silver solder on the joints? 

My machining skills are rudimentary to say the least, but i have learned a lot doing this build, lots more to learn of course, but i got one foot on the bottom rung of the ladder now 

Kind regards
Ade