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A 4hp REID project by John Burns


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Nice Work John !! Very worthwhile project.
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Here is a picture of the bed plate on a lucas boring mill.

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looking good john. keep up the good work.

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I'll be interested to see your progress! Thank you for sharing your project!
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Here are a few current pictures of recent parts , side connecting rods and crank shaft.

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..nice work, John! Looks like fun.
...Are you reproducing these parts, or are you making a scaled down version of the big Reids????

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Looking good John!
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Mike, I am building full size replicas of the 4HP REID!

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thnaks for keeping us updated john, keep up the good work, and i am looking foward to seeing them when they are done.

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Another picture of second operation on crank shaft!

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