Search results

:big: :big: 'MY' machines if only.... ;D I can only wish for machines like these lol, ONLY the top and bottom pic are of my machine :( the rest are at a friends engineering company's workshop where they have already got 3 cnc mills all XYZ's and a manual bridgeport clone 3 large manual...

Disaster the plastic clutch selector broke so had to make a new one this time from mild steel drilled out the bulk of it bored out and knurled Drilling the screw holes in a dividing head countersinking the screw holes and fitted back on and packed with grease

Thank you -B- (Krown), Arnold, Zee and Rob, Yes I will be trying to get her up and running shortly but at the moment I am working on stripping nextdoors kitchen out as they are having a new one fitted, and their old units and worktops are going into my workshop to give me storage space and...

bending the pistons and making the jig Milling in a slot with a ball nose cutter the same size as the pistons My m8 got hold of my phone and photographed me, here i am milling on his XYZ 4000 CNC machine MIlling out the corner of the jig First Piston in the jig and held in place in a vice...

you can buy short drill bits http://www.imperialsupplies.com/grp261.shtml I do not know this company it was the first in the list when I gogle searched for short drill bits Regards Andy

Nice ..... Very nice :bow: :bow: that rearlly does look the biz but I dont envy you will all that drilling to go Regards Andy

That is sweeeeet looking but more impressively it runs without a flywheel woohoo1 Well done Regards Andy

Congratulations on a well deserved win for what I see as the best looking engine that I have ever seen IMHO it has had me drooling all the way through its build :bow: :bow: and Congratulations to Paul & Brian too they are also worthy of a win in their own right Regards Andy

:big: sorry that just tickled me

big brother and little one born today, just needs a polish I will not be using this one its just an ornament for mantle piece tho I am toying with this idea of having a model engines flywheel powering a model workshop complere with lathe mill grinder power saw tool chests etc etc all driven...

Hi Sinan wEc1 Welcome to HMEM regards Andy

Hi Dave wEc1 Welcome to HMEM regards Andy

Hi bluelammy wEc1 Welcome to HMEM regards Andy

Hi Jason wEc1 Welcome to HMEM regards Andy

Hi Trout wEc1 welcome tp HMEM like Zee said th_wwp :big: regards Andy

Its a one of a kind m8, done from memory of ones I've seen before, I am thinking of making a 2 and 1 inch version and also a real small one The finish is with a fly cutter and a quick burst spray of wd40 and a very slow feed rate (by hand)

just for you Zee ;) sorry no coins in this one lol but you can use the caphead for scale its an M6

turned down OD to size, parted off, and faced off (wrapped in aluminium from a beer can) piloting the center hole main drill after pilot drilling (pilot drill still visible on the compound slide behind the toolpost) holes already center drilled and piloted and main drilled Reamed the...

Me and you both m8 and theres plenty enough bronze to get 3 cylinders (IF NEED BE) lol I cant wait till my project list gets down to only half a dozen Great stuff I trust you will be posting your progress too ;) right here we go the vice Base is done - just stopping for a munch and a coffee...

WhoooHooooo look what arrived last night the bronze offcut to make the replacement cylinder also working on a saddle stop/mount for an X axis dro and the start of a machine vice as I am already set up for milling i will do some more on the vice first then change over to turning mode do...