It Runs..... The project was completed and presented to the club members at the February 2010 club meeting.

The May 2009 meeting saw the kickoff of the group build project. Participation in the build was entirely voluntary and suggestions for the project were called for.

The six designs were submitted and voted on by all members in an online poll hosted on the club yahoo group. The Farm boy design by Jerry Howell was selected for the build. UPDATE: It is with great sadness we learned of the passing of Jerry Howell on August 29, 2009. Jerry gave our project his blessing and said that he was honored we chose his design to build as our first team project.

Graham was elected the project coordinator and he set about dividing the plans into logical build groups. The Farm boy engine has at total of 86 parts, of which 63 are unique. The time estimated to complete fabrication was 325 hours. The 86 parts were broken into 19 groups with each group assigned to one participating member. The goal is to have all fabrication completed by the November meeting and have the engine running at the December meet.

Eighteen members signed up to participate in the build and the pictures below show some of the progress to date.

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Flywheels by Marv Frankel:

Frame by Paul Chretien:

Rocker arm, post and pins by Dan Snyder:

Gears and Cam by Graham Hollis:

Head by Ron Gerlach:

Valves by Ron Gerlach:

Conrod by Pete Wood

Crank lubricators by Charles Fox

The following members fabricated parts for the engine:

Paul Chretien
Bernie Wasinger
Ron Gerlach
John Miller
Dan Snyder
Pete Wood
Graham Hollis
Ken Rector
Jim Endsley
Eldon Barkley
Bruce McCune
Marv Frankel
John Arenson
Charles Fox
Wes Jensen

The build team would like to thank the following members for their kind donations to the project.

Chuck  Goebel
Charles Angelis
Norm Wells

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