Recent content by philthorn

Hi J.Andrew, it's the pedantic in me but Mr Stephenson didn't invent that link motion but put his name to it anyway. His foreman, Mr Howe actually invented it. ;D Thm:

I know it is big stuff but did anyone see the parallel clamp in the 7th photo, the end view of the low pressure rotor. That clamp has to be a two man job to use :) Fantastic pics Phil

Hi Ray, that's probably the worst news I have heard...ever! I'm surprised taking away his position was all that happened :o By the way, the 'V' blocks are coming along nicely especially with the limited gear you have. Phil

Very nice Ray, great lateral thinking on the setup. You 'have' to buy a shaper then sit back and be mesmerised like most shaper owners :). They are fantastic for this sort of work. Phil

Thanks Philip, I will order that book and even if it isn't suitable, (read that as too hard to scale) I'm not too good at scaling drawings,:( it will be a great resource Thm: Thanks again Phil

Hi all, I have wanted to build a model engine for quite some time now but haven't been able to find one I like. Well, I finally found it and fell in love with it. I work with steam engines from the gold mining era (1850's) in an outdoor museum so the scale I normally work with is 12" but want...

Hi Ray, like you I got a reminder to see how things are going and I then realised that I haven't even done my first post yet. I was just wondering how the 'V' blocks are going. Phil