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My first finished project. I have a Myford ML7 built in 1953 with a vertical slide I use for milling. I was brought up Imperial but latterly I have become more familiar with metric as I ride more modern Japanese, German and British motorcycles, so all my tools, apart from the lathe are also...

I rode the bike down to this Victorian pumping station, because it was in steam, today. Here are a few pics. There are 6 boilers, three of which are in use at a time. The flywheels are 20ft diameter and weigh 24 tons, the beams 25ft long weigh 13 tons each. The pumping capacity was 1.5m gallons...

Hi The title says it all really. I wondered if it is common practise to tilt a marine engine down towards the stern of the boat so that some sort of straight coupling could be used, or mount the engine level and fabricate a universal joint to the propeller shaft? If a universal joint is...

I am putting together a shopping list of metal to build a small vertical engine as my first build. Most pieces are no problem but I like the traditional spoked flywheel in brass and can't find the required 3 3/8" or 90mm one I want, or anything near to it. I sourced a cast iron one from an...

This is my first post with a picture so I hope it works. I want to build something like this but I need more details. I know it is simple, but unfortunately, so am I! If anyone has a plan for such an engine I would be very grateful. My tools are metric - both the hammer and screwdriver...

Hi I'm a newby to engineering and being recently retired I have some time on my hands between walking the mutt, gardening, washing up and cleaning the car! I have an old Myford ML7 (1953 model - nearly as old as me) and I am a keen motorcyclist. I have a newish Honda CBR600F5 and an oldish...