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Marks Monitor Build A little history can be found here USS Monitor - Wikipedia The Iron Clad USS Monitor was designed and built by John Ericson for the US Navy during the American civil war. The contract required the ship to be built in less than 100 days for a cost of $225,000 with a...

Mark's Lost Resin Casting or Old fart learns new tricks. I have been doing sand casting and lost foam casting for awhile and that works out well for larger parts. But for smaller parts lost wax or plastic works better. I could only do the sand casting when the weather permitted as it needed to...

I am setting up a bench-top foundry in my shop for doing lost “resin/pla/wax” casting and I need a small kiln. I looked at commercially available units and found the prices quite sobering and then the shipping costs and for me (10.3 percent) sales tax. So I looked at home built units on...

UC100 Motion Controller Well it happened. My old PC with a parallel port lost its magic smoke and died. I was expecting that to happen so I had backed up my Mach 3 program a while back so I wouldn't lose the setup for my CNC router table. Not wanting to spend a lot of money I opted to try...

You have to hand it to the Canadians, they make it look so simple. Kinda looks like Brian Mid engine conversion Mark T

I have completed my Bernays Steam Engine. Here is a link to my build thread Mark's Bernay Engine And a link to a You Tube video.

If your taking a break why not listen to some music. Click on any green dot on this world map and listen to that station. Radio Garden

Time to start a new build. This time its Bernay's Steam Engine. For those unfamiliar with this engine I am supplying a You Tube link of an engine built by another. I love this engine because of all the moving parts and its unique design. This project has been on my “To do someday” list sense...

About 20 years ago I built a homemade router table. I mostly did wood projects at the time for my boat shop. I used a Porter Cable 3.5 HP router that could rip through a lot of lumber without any protest. Over the years I replaced the bearings three times and the brushes twice. It is on the...

So we all get the same question, whats it do. Well you could have your engine do this. Mark T

I am using a 6” rotary table I bought from Grizzly. It should have been painted brown so a buyer would know what a turd it is. Its sloppy, the center hole is off center and has almost a full degree of backlash. So I would like to hear from you guys. What 6” table would you recommend. Mark T

I see the project of the month is now dead. Sad

Time to start a new project. This build will be of a Holt 75 engine built to the plans offered by George Britnel. Thanks George, nicely done. No instructions provided, just the drawings so its going to be a great strategy game. I expect we will be seeing others building this engine to George's...

I would like to recommend these close up work glasses. They are light weight and comfortable to wear and best of all only cost $13. They come with an assortment of lenses and have a light. Bought them from Amazon.com...

Hi If you are using Draftsight cad, it probably crashed on March 1 2017. See the link below to fix it. https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/ Mark T

What height should the fuel tank be in relation to a venturi carburetor?

Hi Got a start on a display area for my models. Two of them are big and they each weigh nearly 100 pounds. My space is small so the models had to be stored close to the wall. To provide for displaying both sides I have built a shelf that sits on a Lazy-Suzan. The drawer slides are rated at...

Hi After 4 steam engine projects I think I now have the skills to tackle an internal combustion engine. After looking at my options I have decided on building the “Snow Engine”, a model designed by Doug Kelley. I have purchased a set of plans in the form of a booklet titled “Build The Snow”...

Hi Its done. For information on the build see http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=24759 For a youtube video see https://youtu.be/wOb7zlnBhxs The Minnie was designed by Leonard C. Mason in the late 1960s. I found a used book with the drawings and a how to write...

Hi I have a great source for scrap Brass and Bronze. Boat repair shops that specialize in ski boats produce a lot of scrap yellow metal. For whatever reason they just toss the scrap in a pile behind the building. If you drop in and show them what you make from scrap they often offer some of...