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Hi Folks This is a Boring head I recently completed. It's designed by Grahm Meeks from across the pond. He did a nice job of creating and machining it. I had to try it myself when I came across it while researching another project. I did change a few things around a bit, as I never could color...

I'm in the midst of building the Hoglet engine and am looking for a source of spring material for my kick start spring. Not looking forward to cutting down a six inch wide panel and trying to bend it to shape. If anyone has any advice to give before I take this on l'd appreciate it. Thanks...

Hello I recently desired to reduce the cutting speeds on my Jet VTM 830 below the 210 RPM speed. I once purchased a back gear driven unit from a man in Augusta, Georgia for my band saw. It worked great but I couldn't find hide nor hair of him or the Dar-Jay pull-gear unit he was hawking. I...

Hello I have a jar of stay silv black flux I want to use but noticed it is dried out. I use the white version of this product most of the time and have added water to it at times to rejuvenate it. But can I do this with the black version also, it doesn't say on the jar. If I can thin it out...

Hi All This is a marine boiler in 4" O.D. Type K copper tube I'm currently working on. I'm fabricating a sight glass with blow down capability and thinking about where to plumb the rest of it. Should a bottom drain be installed and ported overboard? I have two bushes on front and might use one...

Hello I recently started playing around with DraftSight and I liked this french twin marine steam engine but thought it rather small. My boiler size is to be around 7" did. and I'd like to see this engine paired up to it with 1" bore/stroke. I first ran the mm dim's by converting to 1/16" to...

Hello I wanted something different for my A3 build so initially it was a duplex steam pump and now it seems I wanted a more intricate rod. I may get this engine built by retirement or i'll be assembling all the pieces I've made over my lifetime at retirement, whatever. I was forwarded these...

Hello Folks I have here a handy little rollerrrr I put together from junk parts to keep me from breaking my sheet metal roll. I managed to roll 3/8" x2" hot rolled in this thing w/o much effort.

I finished this awhile back and thought I'd post it here as I am new to this forum. Great runnig model with many challenges in construction. Plenty of room to improvise as you need to come up auxilaries like water pump, radiator, ignition and such. It has 1" bores with equal stroke and synthetic...

Hello All I thought I'd throw an introduction in here before I take off in god knows what direction on one of these forums. I need to quit my job to build all the stuff I find interesting on these sites. I have a machinist trade background but love spending a little time on what I call...