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To all my fellow Aussies out there, "Happy Australia Day". Enjoy the day, have a beer and BBQ, or a day at the beach. My wife and I will be down at the local street parade, flag raising and national anthem singing later today. Perfect weather for it, 29C here today although a bit windy. Why...

I just read on another forum that Aussie Jim passed away yesterday. I see by his profile that he was a member here for the last 5 years, although I had never met him, he seemed very keen on model engine making and often commented on posts. Paul.

I went to the "National Manufacturing Exhibition" in Melbourne this morning, it's held here every 2 years. It was quite obvious that 3D printers are all the rage, quite a large area was set up by various suppliers displaying their models, always a large crowd around getting information. Paul.

Every year, on the 25th of April, Australia and New Zealand commemorate the WW1 battle at Gallipoli, we lost so many young men there. It is also a day that we give thanks to all ex servicemen and women. Dawn services are held throughout the country as well as marches by ex servicemen, their...

This is an article about cutting Mitre and Bevel gears in the home workshop. The original article has disappeared, so I have posted it here as a PDF. Some formatting was lost, but the whole article is here.

Anyone know where I can purchase a set of 48DP cutters from, ebay seems to be lacking on DP sets, module sets are everywhere. I now have a son resident in Seattle, so a U.S. supplier that won't post to Australia is OK. Paul.

I've had too much time off already, doing other things, so its time to start the next engine. I always liked the look of the Howell V4 water cooled engine, so here I go. I called into the aluminium suppliers this afternoon to pick up some offcuts, they may be called offcuts, but they charge full...

Here's something that I want to get off my chest, there are a couple of members who post a lot of replies to members questions, get very upset when members have a different opinion, even to the stage of abuse. Or they waffle on about how it should be done as it was 60 years ago. Now I don't...

To all my fellow Aussie forum members, have a great Australia Day. Get the BBQ going and have a beer to celebrate living in this great country. *beer* Paul.

Just wishing fellow members a merry Christmas and have a happy and productive New Year. Paul.

Has project of the month fallen by the wayside. Nothing for November, but we have had quite a lot of models shown. Paul.

The current big chill all over North America made the local news here in Australia, there have been a few comments in various posts about the temp, but seeing the video of the amount of snow was just amazing. So I hope members have their heaters going flat out and are able to still do some home...

Has anyone made a CNC mill like this http://zealcnc.wordjot.co.nz I was thinking about building one this way, before I came across the website above. It appears that it may be more for routing, but I want to mill aluminium. The head looks a bit light, I would beef it up a bit. Do linear...

I'm thinking about designing my own V4 four stroke water cooled engine, I know that I can get plans already done, but I want the satisfaction of doing it myself. I already have a couple of questions that multi cylinder builders may be able to help me with, first one, the front 2 pistons will...

Here are the final assembled pictures of my Nemett Lynx designed by Malcolm Stride. Anyone interested can follow the build thread here, http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=23065 This was my second IC engine, the more that I understand about the requirements of building...

I just viewed an article on the ABC news tonight about the Steam Yacht "Ena". After being under wraps in Sydney for the last 25 years, it has just been purchased by a Melbourne family to be steamed from Sydney to Melbourne, which will be it's new home. The yacht was amazing, it is over 100 years...

I was notified of the following by Ruzzie, another member. 2014 Model Engineering Exhibition 4 - 5 October 12th Melbourne Model Engineering Exhibition Engineering Hall, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton. Saturday 4 October 9.00am - 5.00pm Sunday 5 October 9.00am - 4.00pm...

I have finally managed to clear a few thing up, so have made a start on preparing to make the Nemett Lynx 15cc SOHC Four Stroke. What material I didn't have on hand, I purchased this morning, all except for the cast iron needed for the cylinder liner. I have ordered the timing pulleys and belt...

We seem to be under attack again on the home page, 6 articles in the last few days. I did a quick google of his name and he writes brief articles on other sites, if it's anything like the previous one, it's all cut and paste. Appears to have a need to get his name and articles out there. Paul.

We spent a day over Easter with our son, daughter in law and grandson at her parents holiday house, her parents were there as well. As soon as I walked in the front door I spotted a Mamod Roadster, I mentioned that I was always on the look out for one, I was told this one had been bought...