SERENITY - Aug 22 2005

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I needed to cut off the excess part of the casting and do it as straight as possible. Very hard to do free hand. I remembered I had this height gauge and I was able to use it to score a line around the part to give me an idea where to grind.

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Here is the part marked and redy to have hte excess cut off

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I have used a marker ot try and highlight the line so grinding would be easier

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About an hour later the part has been ground down to the line

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Now it was time for the main engine body section

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The two pices joined together. There was some fit problems so lots of filing was needed

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The engine support bracket ready to be modified ot fit the engine

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After several sessions of filing and test fitting

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The parts glued together and some indents filled with putty

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