Recent content by Little_Freddie

Hiya all, I should shortly be finishing my EZ engine,.. and while looking through the 'Popular Science' mags online came across this 'Rotary valve steam engine " {page 144, December 1961 issue..}...

OK Anthony, thanks for the 'Reamer 101', none of which I knew,.... Learning curve kicks in every time I come on here!!! Done a little to the EZ, I was absorbed with the info, and doing research on reamers,... sad, aint i?? ;D I purchased about 20 reamers, mixed imp & metric from an old guy who...

"I don't know how your reamer cut on a taper. It could seem that way if the hole is oblong from running the reamer in a tailstock that isn't on center with the lathe spindle. Check that out when you get a chance. " Dean Give that man a CEEGAR!! You spotted something thousands of miles...

Hiya Ken, OK on the above,.... as for the shine on the flywheel, all you need is 2 things, some metal polish, and a "Sheila" who does as she is told... :big: :big: To be fair, picked up a lathe tool from Ebay, it gives a very nice finish with a fast, shallow cut on Ali, (see link):-...

.... Nice one, Ken,.. well done!!! :bow: :bow: Yes, I think the learning process is the be all & end all, I have loved doing things I would not normally do,... Just a few more steps for me, & we can look for something else to strech our meagre abilities!!! ;D Cheers, have fun, Fred

Ok, couple of pictures during tonights work,.... finished the valve, most of the flywheel, and piston,..... no real problems, till I realised I had turned, faced, drilled, & tapped a piece of 12.5 mm Alumin(I)um, and the flywheel can only be 6mm{ish!!} So, stuck it back in the lathe, and...

Nice going!!! mine is coming along nicely as well, (will update my W.I.P. thread shortly,.......) without wishing to go O.T.....as regards minor measurement 'hiccups' in the plans, in the metric version, the parts list shows the valve body as 40x20x20, but the plans show it as 45x20x20...

Hiya!! I am at the same stage with my EZ, first project on the lathe, and lost a couple of valve stems,... Can I suggest you double check toolpost holder tightness?? And parting tool rigidity??? I had the same thing happen to me,.. I found that the parting tool blade was out too far, causing it...

Hello again,... updates?? Not sure I want to bare my soul this early in our relationship, BUT!! ;D ;D Ok, Ok, couple of hiccups while moving on to working on the 'easy' brass valve... I hasten to add, I am a raw beginner, and all the following was 'self inflicted' through ignorance..... I...

Hiya again, not been on much since my intro,.... I thought my time would be better spent 'tweaking' the lathe, and practicing marking, cutting, drilling, tapping, etc...Getting my eye in, so to speak I also dare not come on without a picture, (Congratulations, Zeep, BTW! :bow: nice...

Hiya All, newbie on here, but at almost 60, the old peepers aint too hot,....good optics help, but I do find I have trouble selecting drills/reamers/taps, especially under 10mm... I have a little dodge I use on the above, as reading the etch gives me a lot of trouble. I am also a Radio Ham...

......Ive seen you guys with your tooling in handy reach on the walls next to your machinery... and Im envious... I've seen your sunshine, and my snow,........ I'm envious!!! :big: :big: (love the boxes,...... BTW..) Cheers, from a very chilly Nottingham, England... ;D

.....Sure I have a couple of feet in bits laying around, somewhere,..... as its snowing here, and I aint going to work, if you pay the airfare, could bring it to you by, say tommorrow night??? :big: :big: :big: Sure miss 'Freo, and Rottnest island,... loved the 'quokas?' (sp?) spent a few...

OK Guys, thanks for the warm welcome,... sure hope I fit in here OK,... fine on the ham radio, Paul,, well my missus comes from Gainsborough,.we pop over now and again, so sure we will hook up sometime!!!! Just chillin', & fiddling at the mo,... learning how to drive the lathe,.... I...

Hiya guys & gals, another newbie here,.. my name is Fred, I am nearly 60, my missus has decided I need a hobby,. and has bought me a 7 x 14 for Xmas,.... ::) ::) I havent seen a lathe since I left school 40 years ago,.. but the idea of playing with a lathe, and making some of the cool stuff on...