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When buying a lathe you generally get most everything you need with the machine. A milling machine on the other hand requires a lot of stuff that does not come with the machine. Figure the mills base price is about half of what you will need to spend to make it functional. Mark T

I believe the deck was made of wood covered over with iron plates. So I would think they assembled the engine in place and decked over it. I was a boat builder by trade and that is what we would do. Often I would make the cabin top removable for changing out an engine. A sleeved engine could...

Here are the rocker shafts. Beefy bits these are. Bet it took a fair sized work crew to move these into place. I have them nicely fitted to the bearings and they turn smoothly. They were made of two parts and silver brazed together. The big hole through the arm is an artifact from the previous...

See post 4. George will help you out.

I have had the surgery to install artificial lenses in both eyes. Painless and life changing. I expected to be able to see better but what really blew me away was the vibrant colors. Old eyes have yellowed lenses that make everything thing drab looking. If your getting new lenses you will be...

Stay on subject please Mark T

Thanks for the comments and likes guys. FYI this thread has had over 11000 views so someone is interested. I took most of the summer off and a great summer it was, not a drop of rain for three months. And then 12 days ago it started to rain. And it never quit raining, I had 3.5" of rain...

Welcome Pascal

Very nice engine/pump. I like it Mark T

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Always welcome. FYI, you will be getting a pat-down before you go. Mark T

As the weather cools I am starting to work in my shop again. This post will cover the crankshaft. Probably the easiest crankshaft I have made. I used leaded steel for the parts made from round stock so I elected to “blue” the steel to help with corrosion. As an extra barrier I coated the steel...

Go for it, lots of fun and nothing to lose. Mark T

I think they were found recently at Mar A-Lago Mark T

The tricky part is the steam chest valves. There are 2 in each chest. One works like what you find in most steam engines. The second is timed to take pressure off the first valve when it is in motion. Saving that for last. Mark T