Recent content by TheHomeMechanic

I'm making it all myself, yeah i'm planning on building those later. It should be doable :)

Hello everyone, recently i got my lathe working and i decided to work on a small nitro engine project. This is the first i ever make, so let's hope it works out :) I had 2 pieces of stock of 42mm and a few of 28mm. I reduced the diameter to 40mm for the cylinder OD. Then i made a sleeve to...

I live in Belgium, if you buy something from inside the EU, there are no custums. So no worries there. :D

Yeah i looked around for a while, and i found some (what appears to be) good deals online. All used though. My first one is an optimum D280 x 700 for 1400$, tooling included. It's not that old and not so much used, but again some what for a lighter machine...

Thank you all for the input, I'll go talk to some people for moving a lathe, found a big one from a reputable machinery shop near by. It's around 2200lbs, for the same price as the chinese HBM ones. Yeah setting up seems to be the hardest parth (atleast for me). My last time working with lathe's...

Hello, so since i have a mill i need to buy a lathe too (for pistons, piston rings, etc) I have looked through so many discussions online but i'd like some opinions from a model builders perspective. What are the tolerance are we looking at for model engine building? (4T, 2T, Nitro). And can...

Yes, sorry for my English. It's quite hard for me to adjust. Once i have it adjusted to 0.001" and i press on the table a bit, the indicated changes atleast 0.2".

Wow, what a sweet engine!

Thank you all for the input. After doing lot's of research i came up with a good set of tools i got for a good price. I am located in Belgium, the mill is from kippers in the Netherlands, and it comes with a MT2 10mm spindle. Got myself a flycutter, mill set (finishing & rough), boring bar, a...

Thanks for the great advice guys! I will look into all the options i can, i found a good set of tools for a reasonable price, 4 different end mills (rough and finishing end mills), 2 center drills, +- 80 drills, a machine vise, a fly cutter, a set of boring bars. All for under 220$! Let's hope...

Hello everyone, my name is Brent and i'm new to this forum. I have been into metal working for a long time, i went a year to school for it years ago. I just bought a Optimum BF 20L for a really good deal, fully complete (that is the bottom and mill). But now i'm looking at all kinds of mills...

Can you actually machine all this on a manual mill? It's very nicely done. I'm new here so i have not much experience yet.