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Thanks guys I plan to kick butt but like a good old steam engine ya got to have steam and for that steam you need fire well the fire is coming from all the great get well wishes that I'm getting from all over the world, steam is building up and butt kicking has begun. Ha yes LUC the cancer was...

Hi Guys Sorry that I have not been around for some time now but I have been in and out of hospital with cancer. I'll come and post as soon as I feel able to start with my project again. All the best Xavier

Hi Andy I'm busy sorting out this problem. Hopefully I will be able to get you on soon. I'm waiting for a reply from the guys on the moderators board. Regards Xavier

Hi Andy I'm a moderator on that forum and I will look into it right away as there are NO reason why you should not be able to view any of our threads (we have lots of guests) but you will not be able to post. I will get back to you as soon as this problem has been resolved. All the best to you...

Hi Andy Thanks for the best wishes. You can go here to view the progress http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,37968.msg234204.html#msg234204 All the best Xavier

Hi Guys Well the planting is almost done but I had to have an op to remove a cancer growth just above the eye. As soon as I feel up to it I'll be starting with my project again but right now it's taking it easy time :cool: All the best Xavier

Hi Andy Thanks for looking and the reply. I don't think that I will be able to do any more work on it till the end of our planting season but if I get a gap I sure will be on it. All the best Xavier

You're under estimating your self mate Xavier

Hi guys well not much to report as time was scars these past few day but I did get the cylinder to size also cut it a bit deeper and found a nice base plate, so I started to get it together. I still need to find a flywheel for it and I need to find the center for the other bush or bearing...

Hi Brian This is the kind of work that inspires people like me to do our best Well done to you All the best Xavier

Thanks Brian I managed to modify the honer today so got started on the cylinder. The stones on the honer had to be taken down by 1.5mm so that it would fit in the cylinder I did that with an ordinary file but I would think that it would have worked better with a diamond file any way I should...

Hi Jeff I'm new here too but first let me welcome you to this great forum full of super talent like you so well mentioned in your intro. I'm sure that we will bump in one another again on one or other thread soon. All the best to you Xavier

OK well today I managed to lengthen the con-rod and got some work done on the exhaust valve but I still did not get the cylinder to size. :D still trying to figure out whats the best size for my photos. All the best Xavier

Thanks for looking guys 198 viewers and 2 reply's is not a good start LOL Every plan that I made has been dumped because of availability of materials, so the basic idea is still the same but I keep changing things all the time. At the moment my problem is the cylinder that needs to be...

Hi guys Well I found some useful scrap to work with so I thought that Id post some photos of it, not that there is much to show at the moment.

Hey guys No I did not disappear I went away for the weekend (I do that from time to time) Any way I wanted to let you all know that my plan to build an engine from scrap is coming along. I now have a piston a con-rod and a crank, the cylinder will have to be hand made next is to find a...

Hi Guys Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm planing to go to a scrap yard to find some toys to play with LOL I have some ideas on how to build the engine I'm not sure if they will work but if I don't try I will never know. I once build a cannon I used powder from 303 shells well it worked once...

Great Antman I will have a look at that site, sure sounds interesting. I'm sure that your vegetable patch will come right as soon as we get some rain and the temperature goes up a bit. (I don't like this cold weather) I'm not too concerned about the tractor being a perfect replica so I will...

Hi Antman I'm a bit far from you but a farmer I take it that you are one too? I'm in the Walkerville area close to Mayerton and 80Km from Vereeniging. I have always been interested in steam engines possibly it's the mechanics behind it that makes me drool over them LOL but lets face it the...

Hi Guys I found this forum by accident while looking for copper plating methods and I found what I was looking for on this forum. It has been a while that I wanted to build a steam tractor, looks like now could be a good time to start. All the best Xavier