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Make Magazine's Blog also featured it about a week ago: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/11/free-download-gamma-stirling-engine-plans.html It's beautiful engine Jeroen and your plans are very well drawn. Thank you!

Thanks Tin, but Hoss' site was one of the first places I looked, along with CNCZone and Google. I found lots of information about hooking up the wiring and configuring Mach3, but no pictures except for one machine where the owner mounted them inside the table. It was a nice way to keep them...

I would like to see some pictures showing how others have physically mounted homing switches on their mini-mill. I've spent a lot of time searching without success. Can anyone help me find some or tell me the best way to do it? I have mechanical micro-switches with a roller at the end of the...

The problem with A-1 Plastics and almost everyone else is that they only want to sell in 6-foot lengths. So, for a long time it looked like I was going to have to pay about $60-$80 just to get a 1.5-inch long piece (with a 4-inch ID) for the engine I'm building. Which is Jan Ridders' "Simpler"...

I would like to suggest a way to put up some temporary walls around your work area. I used this method to enclosure an area of my basement which I was using as an office and which was chilly and hard to heat in the winter. First I went and purchased a bunch of heavy-duty home shelving units...

A very effective and easy way to prevent the tool post from turning / creeping is to put a piece of paper underneath it. I have been using this method for a couple of years now and I've never had a problem.

Thanks for the advice, but I do not see how a hand cart is going to help me much. This thing is not in a box. It is used and the current owner can't help because he already has a spinal injury. I've got to lift it down off his workbench, lift it into my wife's SUV and then lift it back out of...

I am interested in buying a used Harbor Freight 30" Shear/Brake/Slip Roll like this one: <http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=5907> This thing weights about 310 pounds and I can probably only get 2 other people to help me get it into our small SUV. Can this thing...