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Tmuir, This is the stuff i bought from Hare and Forbes, they have a location in perth; https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Products?stockCode=S090 5 litres will last you a long time.

By angling the top slide what you are producing is a cone. That means that the face of each spoke will be curved. The way Foozer has done it means he has three distinct flat surfaces (a triangular pyramid) meaning the spokes will have flat faces. (Or 'V' shaped, depending on placement.) I don't...

I got some 54% stuff from www.arc-industries.com.au in Penrith, nsw (I bought it from the shop, not the website). Its called safety silv 54 and comes in a coil with a bottle of flux and the MSDS in a little cannister. It is cadmium free and brilliant to work with. Its fairly large though...

Jim, There has been a bit of a discussion here in the past about metal finishing. Here are a few topics to get you started. http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=3676.0 http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=3144.0...

Fantastic! I've been meaning to get my full size version of Tiny finished. This might be just the kick in the pants that I needed. Well done for completing such a small build, any chance of seeing some of the fixtures you used?

You're not wrong there Tel, it looks like it has hit the international media now. I like how all this fuss is being made over her belly button, If you can't tell by looking at her face that its the same person, what is looking at her belly going to tell you? Missed you on the telly last night...

Thanks Shred, you confirmed my suspicions. I assumed the filler valve would have to extend below the steam outlet, which is where my thinking got stuck. I don't suppose it matters too much if the water inlet is above the steam outlet. Is there a risk of forcing water out of the boiler and into...

Very nice. ;D Last week was pretty much a write off for me, I worked overtime every night, didn't get home till midnight on friday >:(. I made up the bushes on saturday, and got them soldered in. The phosphor bronze was a bugger to tap, it kept grabbing, I ruined one bushing from chuck...

Your loco looks great Shred, I hope mine turns out that nice. I haven't had much time to to play around in the shed lately, I picked up some 5/8th" pipe for the flue during the holidays and its just been sitting round gathering dust. :( I finally got down to the shed yesterday, and planned to...

O.K. I think I have this copper pipe sorted out. The Australian standard (1432:2000 for those keeping score at home) is some weird half-breed of metric and imperial. For example DN15 pipe (commonly sold as 15mm) has an outer diameter of 12.7mm (which is apparently equivalent to 1/2" pipe). DN80...

Looks good Shred, I can't wait to see it move itself along. I started playing with some bits for mine tonight, I grabbed some 1/2" pipe for the flue, but it looks too small to me. It has an internal diameter of just over 10mm (about 0.4" ???). In your pictures the flue looks larger than that, do...

It's looking great Shred. I like the shot with the lego man, it gives a sense of scale. Do you plan to use the cylindrical gas tank from the plans or a hidden rectangular one like tony bird did? Are you modeling your body work after a particular engine, or is it your design? I think the roof...

Fantastic! Sounds like a swarm of bees. Did it take a lot of tweaking? Congratulations

Thats a pretty fantastic idea Jack. There are a large number of places on this planet which need a simple, effective and clean way to generate electricity if things are to improve. One of the great things about this setup is that it is automatic, it requires no manual intervention to start...

Thats brilliant! It looks like all the bolts rotate as they go in, its hard to tell. They definately slow down for the last little bit. I wonder how long it took to make?