Recent content by jjr2001

Yes, I believe SIEG makes them under a lot of brand names. Great that it works on non GFI. Cheers, JR

Just some info here on my experience with the brushless motor mini lathe and mill. My Micromark 7x16 worked fine for 3 years on my garage GFI. Then it started to on occasion trip it. Reset it and off she goes for hours or even days without tripping. After about 6 months of this it just quit...

Here is the link to a short video of the Travis Steam Engine Number 4 Running.

Thank you. Looks like you like to build models also. Cheers, JR

Completed the Travis Steam Engine #4 today. Gave it a few test runs on the bench and it runs great. Here are the final pics: Cheers, JR

Thank You. I built the CNC to make parts for my model airplane habit. While I did make a few planes with it (F4 Phantom2 for one) the CNC was so much fun building that I thought I would rather build tools and models of metal. So I ended up with the mini mill and mini lathe. I don't fly model...

Thanks for checkin in. The CNC router is home brew. My design from builds that I viewed on the net. I picked the elements that worked for me with only wood shop equipment (at the time of build) and bought most of what I needed on line. I think it goes beyond a CNC router..I call it my Flat Bed...

A few more parts

I wanted to build a twin piston steamer and found the plans for the Travis #4 on line with a many more on his site. I cut the head, flywheel, and frame pieces on the CNC router and the rest of the parts are manually produced. I also wanted to build one without using castings. The aluminum...

Thanks for all the nice compliments. My second engine was the Gerry's Beam engine that I posted here on HMEM. Next will be a couple of cannon with mounts and after that I am not sure. So many engines, so little time.. Cheers, JR

Thanks for the nice compliments guys. It was a great learning experience and I finally have my model engine. I have always wanted a model steam engine since about the late '50s after seeing them in Popular Mechanics. That is a great idea, running the model engines on a small dc motor. I will...

Simple engine but the contrast of brass and steel really shine here. Cheers, JR

Standard Gerry's Beam Engine. CNC cut flywheel, frames, links, crank. The rest of it was done on the mini mill and mini lathe. Not fully run in at this time but I did run it enough that I know it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjK9us5gtU Cheers, JR