Recent content by Tad Wicks

You continue to ''WOW'' us, great job, that is a real cutie. Tad

Ótimo trabalho Eu também gosto da música Tad

Brian, great build, I don't know if it has been mentioned on this thread or on his site, so I hope that I am not being repetitious. The discussion of Tungsten for point contacts, it is available at your local welding shop in the form of TIG electrode. The green marked electrode is pure tungsten...

Troutsqueezer, I never did make any real drawings of the pump, or the engine, it was all done by guess and by golly, I do have the drawings for the curved spoke pulley, I would be happy to post it or send it to you. I was thinking of starting a thread on how to cut the curved spokes on a rotary...

Hi guys, I sure do appreciate the compliments. I guess I can start out by saying that I had almost no milling experience or tooling before I started on this engine so there was a lot of redoing done. I was given an old, old, old Bridgeport that had been dropped and broke the head, I brazed it...

I figured that I would post some pictures of the engine and pumping unit I built about seven years ago. It is a .75 bore and 1 inch stroke, timed ignition, atmosphere intake and runs on pump gas. All my own design, it took two years to build and one more to make it run. There are two videos...

This is just a really really cool looking piece of equipment, great job. Tad

Fantastic build, don't you just love it when a plan comes together? Great job. Tad

Major congratulations on a job well done Thm:, thanks for taking the time for all the illustrations. Tad Wicks

I have seen those pens in different drafting sets and did not know what they were, now I do. Great job, I really do love all the riveting, the striping just adds to the whole project, well done, thanks for the tutorial. I wonder if fine line Sharpies or felt tip pens would work also? ink might...

Hi guys, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the input, I should have mentioned that I am not a pro at this, I am looking for something at an entry level, I do not have CNC yet but I do have DRO on my mill, that is why the 2D program has worked so well for me all this time. I thought that I...

I am looking for input as to a 3D CAD program (best bang for the buck), I have used my old 2D Quikcad for years, might be about time to enter the 20th century ;D, Thanks Tad

WOW, I got to tell you, I am impressed. Beautiful craftsmanship. Tad

Certainly not meaning to hijack you post, great info, I thought that I would show a budget spring winder I made years ago out of scraps, It works great using the shanks of drill bits for mandrels. I also use it a lot for tiny tapping and reaming, it can be held in a vice or clamped to a table...

Well done, I bet your dad was beaming that day. It was mentioned above,and I agree, it should be displayed, make a glass and brass case to protect it, and show it off. Nicely done; Tad Wicks