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I usually run Moriya Major around 500 rpm. At that speed she yields a nice steady quiet movement of air from one end of my 20' long workbench to the other. Every hour or so, a drop of oil is applied to the piston and on the displacer rod. For this, the engine should be brought to a...

Thanks, Alan. Very kind of you to help !

Hello SmithDoor...I saw someone mention "Poppin" so I looked to see if I still had an extra copy of Live Steam Magazine for November 1980 in which the article on Poppin appeared. Regrettably I have only one copy left, but Live Steam can probably supply a reprint. I no longer have the original...

Alan...Please excuse my off-topic intrusion, but I thought you might be willing to help me out. Could you please tell me how you were able to place those videos into your posts? I have tried to put some of my YT videos into a post and all that shows up is a big black screen.

Chronicle...your Sheldon looks like a solid machine well worth bringing back to active life again! Look forward to seeing what it looks like when finished and what DRO you will fit. The South Bend 9A has a small diameter dial collar on the cross slide screw making the divisions close together...

Welcome Chronicle... I live a little bit east of River Falls Wi and have a 9" South Bend of 1920 vintage, along with a few other machines. Model projects have been mostly steam, Stirling, and vacuum engines. About a half-dozen years ago the trusty old lathe spent some time at A & D...

I purchased this Arrand drilling and milling spindle over 30 years ago directly from the manufacturer in England. I had many plans to use it - like mounted to the lathe cross slide, or made into a stand-alone diamond disc grinder for carbide tool sharpening. Alas, other projects always...

Very kind of you to say so !

The 15" Stirling Engine Fan Moriya Major has been put to use quite a bit around here. Of late its leather piston seal was starting to fail. Not completely, but after running at full speed for an hour or so, the piston would lose some of its seal and the engine would slow down. Restarting...

Jabus Spherical Turning Tool A very well made attachment for turning ball or spherical shapes on work in the lathe. The tool is old but like new- I used it only a few times years ago on my Myford lathe. $175 plus shipping (US)

An incomplete set of 16 barrel style laps. All are unused, but the brass has tarnished a bit from age. The sizes are: 3/16", 7/32, 1/4, 9/32, 5/16, 11/32, 13/32, 7/16, 15/32, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4, 7/8, 15/16". Missing from the original set are: 1/8", 5/32, 3/8, and 1". These Acro laps...

My collection of 17 books on Model Engineering specifically covering the subjects of Stationary Steam Engines, Live Steam Locomotives, Flash Steam & Boiler making: Model Stationary & Marine Steam EnginesK.N. Harris 1969 Model Boilers & BoilermakingK.N. Harris 196 Miniature World of Henry...

Thanks, Pete, for the tip on the thin wall SS tube source. I found some smaller thin SS tube on a different kind of solar garden light that I'm saving for who knows what.. I'll have to do some shopping for the bigger garden light you have too! If you do use that SS tube with .960 OD, you can...

Hello Wolf... Looks like you've made a fine running Moriya Major for yourself ! I usually run mine also around 350 rpm at which speed it gives quite a good wide airstream. Occasionally, iI I'm working a ways off, I'll pull up the wick and let her work at 500 rpm. Indeed, Aluminum works...

PS: Here is a picture of the engine of little Moriya just before putting her away again.