Recent content by jimsshop1

Very nice. Please explain how it works.

Thank you for posting the video! Very nice indeed. Jim

Very nice. Can we see it running? jimsshop1

Thanks Sawyer, Have you thought of using a press to break them?

I would like to see your furnace if you don't mind. I have built one and it works great for aly and brass. I just got done casting a 45 lb cylinder of bronze for a special bushing for a WWII surface grinder at work. I would like to melt some cast also. What do you use for starter ingots? Thank...

I gave up on mine a long time ago. Same issue as Gordon. Looks nice sitting on a shelf and I get a lot of questions like "what is that?" Good luck Gordon. Jim

Good Lord man, how many hours do you have in those 4 wheels? It took me forever to do 2 flywheels with only 6 spokes each. Amazing work and patience on a manual machine! Jim in Pa

Come on Brian, I know you can do it!

Dan is a dairy farmer by trade and has no spare time from spring planting to fall harvest but in the winter all he has to do is milk the cows twice a day so he gets some modeling done in between. He has an Amish lad do the messy chores. Dan had built a nice Farm Boy hit miss and then lost...

Brian, That's a massive pair of flywheels for such a tiny crankshaft! You are going to make sure this one has enough inertia to get the hit-miss to function properly and with the ball bearings it should coast on for ever before needing a fire stroke again. Nice work. I just built 2 cranks...

Yes Brian, I remember those fiddly parts on the Kerzel governor that I built. But I got it right the first time!

Following along Brian. I would like to do a side shaft engine some day but with a different style governor. That one looks too fiddley! I learn a lot from you and I thank you. Jim in Pa

Thank you both. I will get one ordered! Jim

Hi Brian, Can you please lead me to Philip's plans for the odds and ends engine? Search does not work for me. Thank you. Jim

Stupid search function won't work for me.