Fillman Machining, LLC

03/02/2026

Fillman Machining will be on vacation from Wednesday, March 4 through Thursday, March 19, 2026.

No orders will be shipped and there will be no access to email.

08/25/2025

I spent about an hour this morning arguing with the Paypal AI.

I lost!!! The AI could not understand what I was talking about.

I have been using Paypal for 25 years with only a few issues.

Yesterday they forced me to use their new shipping center. It is not compatible with my label printer that I have been using for at least 20 years.

If anyone else is having problems with the new shipping center here are the contacts that I have used:

(402) 935-2050
[email protected]
[email protected]

If you try to use Paypal's website contact link the idiot AI answers.

This held up a couple Rokon and Power Bee orders. I was able to come up with a work around but it is a pain.

08/18/2025

I bought this Darex M4 drill bit sharpener about 25 years ago. It has 3 chucks for 1/16" to 1-1/8" diameter drill bits. I was not able to sharpen anything larger than 7/8" because the 3/4" wide wheel was not wide enough. I decided to purchase a 1" wide Cubic Boron wheel since CBN is standard on M5 sharpeners. I can now sharpen up to 1-1/8" drill bits.

I also realized that I had run out of adjustment on the point splitter due to the wheel getting too small. I purchased a new 6" x 3/4" Aluminium Oxide wheel for the point splitter because I want to be able to dress a sharp corner on it for split points. M5s use CBN for the point splitter but you can't dress CBN. Also CBN is a lot more expensive than Al2O3.

06/24/2025

I will be on vacation from June 28th until July 5th.

If you place an order during this time it will not ship until July 6th.

05/27/2025

20 some years ago I was following Lilbill's web page of him rebuilding a Rokon. He asked EJ Korecky how to hot rod a West Bend 820. One of EJ's suggestions was an infinite radius HL-334 go kart racing carb. It did not have a choke so Bill had to use a primer to start the bike. I found a much larger infinite radius HL-375 and I already had a Homelite chainsaw carb with an accelerator pump. I figured I could install the Homelite pump onto the HL-375 to start the engine by cycling the pump several times before pull starting.

https://manyringding.tripod.com/page4.html

Nope! The Homelite carb had 2 additional precision drilled holes for the pump and the centerline between the bore and pump mounting plate was 5/32" greater.

I bailed and did not find the project again until a few days ago. I stuck the Homelite HL-222 pump carb on a MK4 with a mildly warmed over WB820. The Homelite carb is internally the same as the HL-173A that was on the bike so I did not expect any performance loss.

The first 2 test runs were a bit slow as I was tweaking the HI screw from 1 out to 7/8 out and finally 3/4 out which lit the scooter up like it has been for 2 plus decades.

The accelerator pump provides instant response, but is maybe 3 or 4 thousandths of a second quicker than the non pump HL-173.

Yes! My superpower is starting a project, losing interest and starting 3 more.

05/10/2025

My MK0 pulled a 3rd today at the Perkiomen Chapter AMCA Mini Bike & Scooter Show.

04/22/2025

Yard work.

04/02/2025

I have filed 9 claims against USPS since the beginning of this year for lost and delayed packages incoming and outgoing. USPS paid 2 so far, 4 more arrived 2 weeks or so late.

What is going on???

Here is tracking for an order placed on March 19th, due the 22nd. It has been in 11 different cities. It got close and then went back out west. It is close again. I am still waiting for it.

Processing at Destination
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 2, 2025, 1:01 am

In Transit to Next Facility
April 1, 2025

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 31, 2025, 1:09 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 31, 2025, 12:19 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 30, 2025, 8:11 pm

In Transit to Next Facility
March 30, 2025, 3:06 pm

In Transit to Next Facility
March 30, 2025, 10:45 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
LEXINGTON KY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 30, 2025, 6:35 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
LEXINGTON KY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 30, 2025, 6:30 am

In Transit to Next Facility
March 30, 2025, 5:08 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
LOUISVILLE KY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 30, 2025, 4:25 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
LOUISVILLE KY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 29, 2025, 3:43 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
EVANSVILLE IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 27, 2025, 11:21 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 27, 2025, 12:29 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 21, 2025, 11:13 pm

Departed USPS Regional Facility
SOUTH JERSEY NJ DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 21, 2025, 10:22 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SOUTH JERSEY NJ DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 21, 2025, 10:05 pm

Departed USPS Facility
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 08865
March 21, 2025, 7:25 pm

Arrived at USPS Facility
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 08865
March 21, 2025, 3:46 pm

In Transit to Next Facility
March 21, 2025, 12:29 pm

In Transit to Next Facility
March 21, 2025, 9:02 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
DETROIT MI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 21, 2025, 5:16 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
DETROIT MI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
March 20, 2025, 7:54 pm

Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending
BELLEVILLE, MI 48111
March 19, 2025, 1:05 pm

USPS picked up item
BELLEVILLE, MI 48111
March 19, 2025, 1:01 pm

Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
BELLEVILLE, MI 48111
March 19, 2025, 8:47 am

Pre-Shipment, USPS Awaiting Item
March 19, 2025

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03/15/2025

Same panic purchase netted new Honda GX200 carbs with an almost $30 price reduction. These will upgrade Honda GX160 and Kohler CH270 engines with the 18 mm carb.

03/15/2025

I made a panic purchase when I saw the new tariffs threatened.

I can now offer new black Tecumseh 3 dog recoil starters for $20.48.

My supplier sent red ones the last time by accident.

This is a black 3 dog Tecumseh pull starter. This is correct for Rokons and Power Bee engines that spin clockwise on the flywheel side. This requires a new Tecumseh cup part # 35000A in case you are converting from a Fairbanks Morse starter.

02/06/2025

Took about 2 minutes to make 5 cuts in 20" Ash with a 1965 WB610 Root chainsaw with the original 7/16" pitch chain. I stop just short of hitting the ground, roll over with Peavey and finish cuts with trimming saw.