Recent content by seal killer

websterz-- Can you post a picture of one of your cutoff tools? Thanks! --Bill

shred-- Ha! Now I have returned to my normal state of indecision! :) Thanks for the link! --Bill

Tin-- I totally agree with you. It is not the Minikin that I want to build, it is the easiest engine that will go back and forth and round and round that I want to build. --Bill

Tin-- Wow! I REALLY like the second one. It looks very much like a scaled up Minikin. (I am not in love with the Minikin. It just looked like the easiest thing for me to build.) Plus, the instructions are written for a mill-based project, which I believe the Minikin could be, as well. Thank...

mklotz-- Regarding your first suggestion: I think you copied that from the Chaski board! :) I just began a thread regarding the Minikin. Take a look and tell me what you think. --Bill

All-- I have owned a mill for a couple of years and gone from ZERO knowledge to pretty well tooled up plus SOME knowledge. I have built a few things, mostly for the mill(!), and am looking forward to expanding my horizons. My Dad built a steam engine when he was 14. It was an oscillator. I can...

Bob and mklotz and Vernon-- Thank you all very much for the welcome! I have to admit being rather spoiled over on chaski, but this forum appears just as gentlemanly as that one. I am here to learn and I know almost nothing so you have your work cut out! I am sure you are used to it . . . and...

All-- Who would have thought that my very first post on this forum would concern a vise vs. mill table issue! :) I am a TOTAL NEWBIE concerning steam engines and joined this forum to learn . . . especially as I build my first one. But, about that stain . . . I have only been milling for a...