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In the past I would go to this site and go to the unread projects. I really enjoyed that feature. Now, for the past couple of months I usually--but not always--get this: "No unread topics found since your last visit." Why? I don't think I'm doing anything different. If I knew what action on...

My friend Captain Carl has posted pictures from the September 2010 Oregon GEARS. Here is the link: http://www.pbase.com/captain_carl/gears_at_portland_oregon_sept_2010&page=1 Enjoy. Please forgive me if this has already been mentioned, here. Orrin

Here is the Rider-Ericsson hot air pumping engine I finished just in time for Oregon GEARS, September 25 & 26, 2010. I started it in January, 2010. Best regards, Orrin

Here is a shot of the Rider-Ericsson hot air engine I finished just in time to show at GEARS in Portland, Oregon. Here's a closer look at the upper end. And, another. The drawings called for the valve on the priming cup to be a dummy. On the advice of someone who had already built an...

Does anyone know what's going on with the Steammodelloco16mm Yahoo group" To explain: I've been so enthralled with the Cracker and Nina projects that I thought it would be fun to try a hand at such a thing. The first step was to try to join the Steammodelloco16mm Yahoo group. This is the reply...

Through no fault of our own this family is restricted to a dial-up Internet connection. Don't laugh, but with this particular machine I figure I'm walkin' in tall cotton if it connects at 14.4 kbps. We're at the very end of 96,000 feet of telephone cable (so the repairman tells me when I...

A while back I posted pictures of my last project, the Stuart Beam Engine. You can see some more of my toys by going to this linked page and clicking on "Machine Shop Projects." http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/Menu.htm Regards, Orrin

When it was too hot for comfort outdoors this summer I'd retreat to my basement shop and work on my latest project, a Stuart Beam engine. It is still a work in progress because I have to add the governor kit, some day, and make some oil cups for it. I chose my colors so that they wouldn’t...

Has anyone on this forum built the Stuart Beam Engine? http://www.stuartmodels.com/inprod_det.cfm/section/casting/mod_id/43 I just started one, yesterday, and after cleaning up the base painted the bosses with layout blue and I laid out the locations for the screw holes. I'm glad I...

In the thread about BA threads, the Zeus book was mentioned. What is the Zeus book? Does anyone have an author's name, ISBN, Web link or anything that would help me find one? Thank you. :P Best regards, Orrin