Recent content by macart52

Howdy John and welcome to the forum. I'm a newbie here to. You have a fine looking lathe there, in fact it's the same thing I have. I bought mine around 10 yrs ago from ebay. Seems an old feller had it and passed on. Sure is an old one, but when I got it, it was like brand new. I've been out of...

Just wondering if anyone has ever tried Sketchup. I've been tinkering around with it, off an on for years now. I come to realize, that they incorporated Sketchy Physics, all free of course. Seems really cool, as when you build and paint your 3D engine, it will actually run. The latest download...

Here's an interesting link containing some plans, by a guy named Smitty. https://sites.google.com/site/crosspein/machinedrawings

Same here Jasen. I've dealt with this company for around 20 years and you're right. Grab it quick and keep checking back around every 2 weeks or so. Somewhere around here, I still have a bunch of gears, pulleys and belts that I'm fixen on using sometime.

Your welcome Bob. BTW, that was an error on my part. My wife was talking to me and I just submitted it then left. Old age creepin over the back fence. I'm not losing it yet, my head is too full LOL

Thanks Gerald. Still learning here ???

There are a lot of surplus parts here, ie electric motors, electronic kits etc for maybe dynamo's. also a lot of gears, wheels etc. http://www.allelectronics.com/

New here and don't know if it's already on here. Do apologize if it is. I found this a long time ago and done a print out. It is steam engine made from paper, but if you notice, it does say you can make the real deal. And what graphics. http://sites-at.110mb.com/index.html

Well now, that was a sure fire fine greeting. So I think i'll stay for a spell. Forgot to mention, I do have a Tag lathe, with a milling head attached, but never used that part yet. So that's one item that will go in the shop. also I'm thinking I'll throw in my floor model drill press. It does...

Doug here and been looking around. I'm impressed!! Originally I'm from upstate NY. Back then when I was around 12 yrs old, I saw a plan from an old PM magazine, on how to build a steam engine and that's what got me started. I never completed it, as I needed a lathe. However I did try to use a...