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Hi all, I thought I would show you my completed engine, I have worked on this for the last 7 years, on and off.. (well, more off than on to be honest.) I guess it took me about a month of actual machining by the time I remade parts etc, it's been a learning experience that's for sure. The...

Hi all, I just finished my Grizzly Stirling engine, actually it's a little bitter sweet. My late father (passed end of 2016) started the build back in Shetland, UK - he made the power cylinder, block and the stand but never got around to completing it. I shipped all his tools etc out to NZ and...

Hi everyone, I thought I would put a couple more pics up of the shop, my tool gathering has become a bit of a problem! Those tins you see in the first photo - they are the old Golden Virginia tobbacco tins that have been collected over the years, I have about 1700 of them :)

Hi all, I have been offered a lathe for $300 NZD which is roughly 200 USD, from my research it looks to be a Stanko or Stankoimport 1N611P I have googled a bit and found basic info about swing, bed length etc but not much else. The lathe seems in pretty good shape but I think the speeds...

Hi all, Sorry I am not a regular poster but I do visit the site a lot. My father recently passed away and I have the job of clearing out his work shop and sending all the tools (including a Tom Senior Mill) our here to NZ! I was working through the tooling the other day for the...

Hey everyone, just finished my first wobbler which was based on the Western Kentucky University plans, As mentioned on this forum previously, the plans, while freely available are missing a number of critical dimensions around the valve plate and cylinder, if anyone wants these I am happy to...

Hi folks, been a while since I posted but we moved house last year so I have been busy setting up the shed again 12mX12m I just bought my mill last weekend and still haven't had a chance to make any chips. I bought a (semi) nice vice for it, some parallels and a clamping set, I also just...

Hi guys, I am about to move into our new house at the end of the month (with huge shed) and decided to give designing my new metal/fab shop in Visio a go.. but wondered if anyone had or knew of a set of workshop templates available (free) that I could use.. cheers

hey folks, Just starting to look around now for a milling machine for home, I dont really want to spend much more the 3,000 NZD and second hand would definately be an option if one came up. I have been pondering over this mill - http://machineryhouse.co.nz/M123 I just wondered if anyone...

hi guys, I thought I would put a quick note up for anybody living in Auckland NZ, I volunteer as an engineer aboard an old 1935 steam tug, William C Daldy, we are having a static open day on the 6th and 7th of April to partly burn of our remaining coal before heading to dry dock but also so...

Hi guys, thought I would post a few pics of my workshop, when we bought the house I was given a blank canvas as per the first couple of photos - this is basically how it is today.. unfortunately I can't fit a Milling machine in so have to look at getting a bigger workshop now and starting all...

Hi guys, I have been floating around on the site for a while and have to say it's a fantastic source of information. I am an IT manager to trade (woefully dull) but in my spare time I enjoy restoring motorcycles, I have a 1971 Triumph Tiger TR6R.. I also volunteer my time on board a 1935 steam...