Head  nearly finished , just the spark plug hole and head stud holes to complete.

Still a number of individual parts to make, for a finished head assembly.

Steve

Thank you Roger B, renardiere7 and Jason for your positive comments.

Jason .

I have a KX3 CNC clone which I bought from SPG in Leicester, it stood idle for a number of years for various reasons and when I actually got around to using it, I was really disappointed. It took me at least 12 months to get it working cutting metal, the more I use it, the more problems I find, I think another strip down is needed.

Other than the outside profile of the cylinder head all other features are machined on a Myford VME milling machine and Super 7 lathe.

I use Alibre Workshop for producing cutter paths, I’m not sure it was designed for cutting metal. I’m fairly satisfied with the results , I learn something new ever time I use the Meshcam CAM software and Alibre Atom3D CAD, which I love using.

The cylinder block is next on my list for my CNC machine, this part needs all 4 sides machining separately, all sides need to align. I’ve found a way of achieving this in Meshcam which I couldn’t do when I first started using the software.

Anyone else using Alibre Workshop to machine parts?

Steve P

Thanks John.

I may have to consider changing to Fusion 360 or another CAM software in the future. Meshcam can be ,is crude, it lacks fine tool controls but it has produced everything I’ve designed in CAD so far. The first cutter paths Meshcam produced were for press tools ,to produce body panels for my Alfa Romeo which I’ve owned from new (last on the road in 2008) the tools were made of oak so the cutter path problems weren’t apparent.

Steve

Working at a snails pace a few more parts have been completed.

Sump, oil pump gears and drive gear ,inlet and exhaust cams with drive gears.