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Well, we got past 2022 disaster creating Hurricane, Hurricane Fiona, 2023 Spring drought, Forest Fires, Floods, and record Setting Summer of heat and rains here in Nova Scotia, Canada. Time to pull out the Tiny Power's twin cylinder steam engine plans kindly provided by a builder. The plans...

My thanks! Quincy

Hi, As a Pastor I had the funeral of a son who was a very good machinist. The family offered me his PM Research 6 kit as I am an amateur, stress amateur, hobby machinist. They were not able to find the plans. I found a build on Youtube. Would I be able to build the mill engine based on the...

Seven years ago I asked members of this site about the Popular Science December issue's plans for the above. Life was busy, and soon delivered a number of changes including two fast growing cataracts, and a year later, a retinal detachment which caused the loss of perspective. Quite literally, I...

Hi, All good points, my thanks! I am a newbie machinist having only had the basics one term while studying to be a mechanical engineering technologist in 1975!. Then several years ago an old machinist friend died and his family gave me his 1943 Clausing lathe and I purchased his metal cutting...

Two years ago I had surgery for two fast growing cataracts. Then this past summer my right retina detached. The result is distortion in my eyesight and relearning how to accurately do layouts and drilling etc. Question. My old 1943 Clausing has a milling attachment. However in spite of my...

Hi, three weeks ago I developed a retinal detachment in my right eye which at its worst blocked out 85% of my vision. Now, recovering with a gas bubble ( built in carpenter's level) distortion, straight objects appear wavy, the horizontal is now about 10 degrees off kilter and double vision. So...

Hi Marty, sorry about whatever happened with my reply. I cannot seem to get it to work. Perhaps I need to register for something more. I did get your email and will get those plans copied and sent. Don't worry about the funds just yet. I have your address from your e-mail. By the way, as part of...

Greetings, I contacted a retired engineer yesterday and received the missing pages to part 4. Does anyone know a way to shrink a scanned page so that 31 pages can go out in the email fairly easily? Quincy

Hi, just checking and out of an eight part series I am missing either August or Sept. 1995 which has part four of the series. My apologies. I will check with some club members who might have the missing article. Quincy:hDe:

Hi Marty; I was looking through some of my old Modeltec magazines the other day and came across the plans for a half size fan. As this magazine is now defunct I do not know if there are any copyright laws covering my scanning the relevant issues and sending them to you. ( If there is, then this...

Greetings, I just came across a WWII? vintage US Navy three scale rpm tach and have repaired the case and have managed to free somewhat the shaft that allows the three different scales to be measured from 300 to 11000 rpm. Would anyone have the instruction card or any manual that came with this...

Hi, I am at the stage where I am pondering how to make the tiny valve linkages for John-Tom's two cylinder marine rotary valve engine- my first engine. http://www.john-tom.com/MyPlans/Steam%20Engines/RotaryValveEngine.pdf I welcome any advice especially as I consider; a) how do I turn such...

Hi Team HMEM; Now is some serious bling! My thanks for all of your insights! Now, where does one get one of thoses nappy milling machines with readouts which do a lovely accurate job when coupled with such skill ? I suspect that I end up doing it Sheriff Deadeye approach- eyeball it carefull...

Greetings, in building the two cylinder rotary valve marine engine as my first model I noticed that some photos show what some have called "bling" that is, engine turning or jewelling. I have been able to find tools for sale that accomplish this but would rather not shell out any more cash at...

Hi, I have found three video builds on the net which include builds of the 10V. Will try to post pictures once I get done with building the twin cyclinder marine rotary valve engine which is a first build. Quite a thrill to make the pistons the other day. Thanks Team Stuart! Quincy

Greetings, My thanks to all replies. One HMEM has kindly sent me a copy of the drawings for my reference so that I can puzzle my way through the process. In addition with three web sites with pictures and a copy of the book it looks like all I need now is... skill and patience. Hmmm, parts...

Greetings all; I purchased the Stuart 10V kit from a club member but when I got home there were no plans. I called his wife in the hopes that she might be able to help him locate them. He has macular degeneration so spotting things is not easy. I have the book on building vertical steam engines...

My thanks to all! And just after I asked for info on machining the crank, and just before I turned in I flipped through the book on building the 10V and saw the section on ... machining a forged crank. Sorry for missing that and asking you yet another question! So, I will humbly close with three...

Hi, my thanks for all of your kind help! I just found Harold Halls' excellenmt site tonight and located several others plus borrowed "Building a Vertical Steam Engine" by Andrew Smith. I have asked the owner selling the model to help me and he has kindly offered to do so. I am totally in...