This is not the greatest engine construction book - it's the only one. This 1900 how-to book is definitely worth having. You'll be shown how to build a one-lung engine sporting a 2-1/2" bore and 4" stroke with a pair of nasty lookin' 14" flywheels. You get all the info from foundry patterns, to making tooling for lathe set-ups, to machining the oilers, bearings, carburetor, hot-flame igniter and all the rest. You get page after page of photographs of main bearings being drilled, side rods being turned, exhaust valve casings being bored, and more. Chapters include how the gas engine works, the four classes of engines, design of a small gas engine, patterns, special tools, cylinder, piston, connecting rod, bearings, side rods, bed plate, fly-wheels and shaft, cylinder head, inlet valve, exhaust valve, clave gearing, governor, igniter and electrical connections, assembling, regulating and starting, carburetors, engine details & their design, and a bibliography. Scale these plans down for a small lathe, or scale them up if you have a fork truck to move the castings around your shop.

296 pages, 139 illustrations. Paperback