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Hi Daz WOw some old memories for me there. Way back in 1969 at the age of 15 I started as an apprentice at a Commer and Dodge garage. One of the first jobs I was involved with was a TS3 engine. They suffered from broken blower shafts which were about 2 feet or so in length. They would snap at...

Hi For many years I have had this type fitted to my lathe and milling machines I have no connection to the above company just a satisfied customer They can be used with the supplied readouts which are ok but I have used a programme called TouchDRO which is a free download and works on any...

Hi I have the igauge scales on both my milling machines and my lathe set up with blue tooth TouchDro and they work brilliantly. The only problem I had was on one of the milling machines. the scale on the tablet would jump all over the place. I cured it by using a battery instead of the mains...

Hi I built a 7'' rotary table a while back and has been very useful. I made pretty much everything myself including the worm and gear. You can find a full write up here Building a 7" rotary table (modelenginemaker.com) Hope that helps Cheers Rich

Hi I'm a bit late replying to this, so not sure if this has been mentioned above. For years I managed with the cheapo Machine Mart torch but when I started on my first loco boiler I bit the bullet and bought a Sievert torch kit. Bought it from Cup alloys at one of the model engineering shows...

Hi Calum I was a big fan of CorelDraw (Which I owned with a serial No.) for many years. When I bought a new computer the programme would not re-install. CorelDraw then started to demand ridiculous amounts of money to "upgrade me". A quick search on the internet revealed an awful lot of people...

Hi I know I have joined this a little late but I can offer a few ideas that might help. I have had a lot of the problems mentioned above so decided to solve a lot of the issues I was having. I completely re designed and built a rear parting tool I wrote an article describing the build which...

Hi Thanks for all the feed back guys👍 I have tried running it in compatibility mode and under win 7 but no joy. I have several other programmes I use, Myford gear calculator, model engineers utilities etc that are XP only so my workshop computer handles them. I think my main point was that...

Hi Thanks for the offers guys. Re the Coreldraw files I can use the old XP computer in the workshop to open the old files when needed. I have managed to open them with some other programmes but they are not always 100% successful. I think my main point was that you pay your money to a company...

Hi Not sure if this will be of any use. I was a user and fan of Coreldraw for years. I owned a legit copy that I was happy with, it did every thing I needed. After years of happily using Windows XP my old computer died. I invested in a new all singing and dancing PC that came with windows 10 pre...

Hi Follow this link and download the utility http://www.colinusher.info/Software/Model%20Engineers%20Utilities.html Its a brilliant little free programme and has a belt and pullley calculator that I have used. Cheers Rich

Hi Don Thanks for the input. I'm going to study all this for a bit before proceeding. Cheers Rich

hi Thanks Arnold and Jason :bow: :bow: I'll re draw again maybe tomorrow night and see what I can fit in. Cheers Rich

hi Arnold A quick drawing, slightly different to the previous one. This one shows the size of the steam chest. The admission ports are 2mm wide x 8mm and the exhaust port is 4mm wide x 8mm. There is a 2mm wall thickness between admission and exhaust ports. The slide valve would be 12mm...

Hi A question ??? Am I right in saying that in its central position the slide valve covers all 3 ports. When it moves to the right it uncovers the left admission port and when moving an equal amount to the left it uncovers the right admission port. Cheers Rich

Hi Thanks Jason and Don. :bow: :bow: I somehow figured it wasn't quite right. Thats the great thing about this forum, theres always someone to put you right. Many thanks. I'll amend the drawing and re post. Cheers Rich

Hi Although this engine is being built without plans as such. much of it so far being built as I go along some parts need to be more carefully worked out. The steam ports and slide valve being a good example. I will only get one chance at machining them so I have to get it right, mistakes can't...

Hi I had to spend quite some time cleaning up the parts. The valve chest cover had distorted a bit when silver soldering so I had to bring that back to flat with some wet and dry on a bit of glass as a surface plate. After a polish though they are starting to look like something. In this shot...

Hi Yes thats right John, I perhaps should have mentioned it to help those that have yet to try silver soldering. The square piece that is silver soldered to the valve chest cover has 4 light centre punch marks on the valve chest cover to keep the square piece just clear of the surface to allow...

Hi Arnold, John I bought a set of 4 for about £10.00 at a show. Cheap as chips. Cheers Rich