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    marking lathe dials

    KD, The lines where indeed cut with the endmill.
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    marking lathe dials

    Coincidentaly I made a dial for my leadscrew handwheel today using a rotary table. Your idea of using a gear will work, you just need to mount the gear on the rear of the spindle, arrange some kind of detent along with a spindle lock.
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    New Shop (a work in progress)

    Awesome workshop! What do you plan to make?
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    A Small Vertical Steam Engine

    With most of the parts made I have now turned my attention to doing a bit of sculpting and finishing. The base still needed to be shaped and boss added to mount the stay bar. A draft angle of 2 degrees was milled on the base using the angle table. After milling the edges where rounded with a...
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    a rather unspectacular stirling engine...

    A few hours spent filing and sanding will certainly help you to get a better machined surface next time, it worked for me !!!
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    Kiwi Mk2 Engine

    Good job on the carb Vince, a small and awkward bunch of parts to machine.
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    A Small Vertical Steam Engine

    Decided to make the valve rod in one piece but this turned out to be a poor choice. While gripping the 2mm shaft in order to mill the head, the force of the cut caused the part to spin ruining the head. After a few choice words I made a separate head to be soldered on. The soldering turned...
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    Deckel FP1 (1946 model) in scale 1:10

    There is something truly beautiful about the look of a well made casting, thanks for sharing your work.
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    Hi From New Zealand

    Welcome Ralph. I find machining very relaxing, the ideal antidote to modern life and advancing years:) Love the finish on your engine, it has a used but loved look about it.
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    Hello from Germany

    Nick that is great looking engine, love all the detail work. Aslo enjoyed your scraping videos:)
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    a rather unspectacular stirling engine...

    Karsten, I find marking out a workpiece helps avoid machining the wrong part away. Even when I use the dials to place the cut there is always a line there to confirm. Marking out takes a while, but once you are used to the process, not too long. Watching parts emerge from the solid is always...
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    A Small Vertical Steam Engine

    Only managed a few hours in the workshop this weekend due to life getting in the way :) Next part to make was the valve chest. Most of this is pretty standard machining, a repeat of steps performed on other parts. The Sherline mill is good for drilling holes up to 1/4" after which you need to...
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    A Small Vertical Steam Engine

    Thanks for the encouragement Rob:) With tooling complete the next engine part was the cylinder cover. The tool used for the recess is 1/8" HSS held in a home made holder. The small toolbit is inexpensive and quick to grind. Off to the mill to drill the holes, the work is centered...
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    My first attempt

    Well done, it's a good feeling to get a runner. I made the same design for my first engine.
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    A Small Vertical Steam Engine

    Thanks Todd, the large body does indded rotate on the 3/8" diameter pin. The spigot on the front of the large cylider has a flat on it to take the grub screw from the die holder. The short die holders are quicker to make and save material realtive to making the holder in one piece. Each time...
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    A Small Vertical Steam Engine

    The die holders took a while to complete but well worth the effort. Now we can return to the engine:)
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    De Dion Bouton

    Kadora, Your engine looks beautiful, congratulations.
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    Jan Ridders Flamelicker with Internal Valve

    That's a great runner Cogsy, I love to watch these run. I looked at making a flame licker but was confident that it would bever run so I didn't;) What is the next challenge?
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    First Engine Build - A Flamelicker

    A very good start, great looking engine, well done:)
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    Making a face plate

    bazzz, For a small lathe almost any type of metal will work and it isn't stricyly necessary to have slots, tapped holes are effective also. On a small faceplate the slots are rarely in the correct spot so I would make a faceplate suitable for the part you want to machine and add tapped holes...
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