Recent content by rhitee93

Fun project. I'm also a hobbyist blacksmith and knife maker. Be careful, once you find your first anvil, ever larger ones start coming out of the woodwork :) As for material, I would use what casts most easily for you. Cast iron will not make a particularly effective anvil in any form, so...

Impressive :) I've seen an hour long documentary on that ship a few times. Probably on youtube. It's worth looking for if you want to know more about the radical design decisions that were made at the time.

This is a bit of a crazy idea, but one of my other hobbies is blacksmithing and bladesmithing. There are quite a few top-notch bladesmiths in the UK who could take your round bar and forge it flat in a press to whatever thickness you desired. Any good bladesmith could also thermal cycle it to...

They sell various devices for cooling industrial electrical enclosures where it is important to isolate what's inside the cabinet from the atmosphere outside. For the size range you are taking about, I would look into the Peltier (Sometimes called "Thermoelectric Effect") type units.

Yep, that's what the blacksmith folks said: "It's a 1930s Lister CS stationary diesel engine with something odd attached to the side. Maybe an exhaust suppressor? "

I've seen a lot of different power hammers (blacksmithing is another hobby of mine), but I'm struggling to see even part of a hammer in what is there. There were a lot of good British hammers though, so it is possible this is part of one that I just can't recognize. I'll post one of the pics...

Our wives must be long lost triplets :) Actually I was the gardening enthusiast for about 15 years, but realized that the deer and racoons took about 80% of what I grew every year, and just stopped about 5 years ago. This year with veggie prices on the rise, my wife has "Suggested" I plant a...

Sorry to burst in after not posting in years, but I use one of these, and love it. The pilot on the back fits in a collet or drill chuck in the mill to maintain alignment. However, being a small tap handle, it gives great feedback. They are cheep too...

Ha, I don't remember what I did, but it probably ran them through a tumbler. Most likely with walnut shells in an old rock tumbler I got as a kid that I still use for stuff like this. Otherwise it would have been my Lyman brass tumbler with corncob media. The links were stainless steel, so...

Pat, If I had the parts, I would finish assembling the engine. However, please feel free to use the part slated for me to finish yours first. I have plenty of things keeping me busy these days. I'm happy to wait until you get around to making another part some day. best... -Brian

Hi all! Sorry for causing stress. I haven't logged into the form for quite a while and didn't know things on #8 had kicked up again. The parts are looking great Path :) I've had a number of other activities creep into my life over the last year, but this may get me working on more engines ;)

I tend to agree wit the "Buy <Insert your country here>" sentiment. However, it isn't as easy to do that as people may think. Here is why: I live in the USA, and I am not sure how much this argument applies in other countries. In this country, most of the cost of a car is made up of...

Some of you guys across the pond just blow me away. That is another stunning engine you have made. :bow:

Sweet :) There is a fair bit of work sitting there in that crank assembly :o

Yeah, a few hours in a tumbler with basic walnut shell gets them very clean!