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The rest of the linkage parts or brass and silver solder fabrications. None of them are particularly difficult. Just have to get them...

After about 4 months of work I completed the modifications to my 18 cylinder and it finally works. I redid the 3 intake manifolds The...

Hi Rich. Cracked it. Done a bit of digging and found out that there were several arrangements of the crosshead assembly, as Stephenson...

Ah, but … the free plans are very low resolution and if you look, they are barely legible; certainly no use for modelling from. So, I’m...

Thanks Rich. I was also thinking about making it in two parts. Machine the grooves and profile first an the solder on a boss. I don’t...

Yes, it’s the crosshead that is puzzling me. If you look closely there is a hole with a label for a pump plunger. I am thinking of...

Hi Rich. Here are the drawings. I know what it is supposed to achieve, but it's very hard to interpret how it looks. And what on earth...

I was very happy to see your work. You built it with great workmanship. You gave me courage too. I follow your work with great excitement.

Another major milestone reached today. Got the whole valve mechanism built. Very fiddly and I spent ages getting all the links working...

Hello Samet. That's a very interesting question. I am using the plans from Julius de Waal which are not fully complete, and he says it...