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I have recently refurbished my Hercus 9 lathe and converted it to DC MicroV drive. I have used a 3 HP dc Motor and a KB Penta Drive Controller. This setup works great, I had to fit an idler roller on the headstock to get the MicroV belt to the motor and machine the mid range pulley for the...

I have just finished building a Closed Crankcase Hoglet. I have used aluminium for the build with steel liners in the cylinders. Building the crankshaft was the most challenging and getting it to run true, I turned the crankpin down to 5/16 on each end and threaded it and pressed it into the...

I have just finished building my first Hit And Miss engine an Olds using a casting kit I bought from Jay Peters about 12 years ago. I have built a couple of steam engines prior to this but this was my most challenging project. The most difficult item to build was the mixing valve and getting it...