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I was very interested recently to see a free Alibre to CamBam plugin at (www.spiked3.com). It allows you to import features/shapes from Alibre into CamBam so you can apply machining operations. Unfortunately I was disappointed when I found that it would not work with Alibre 11.2 and the free...

The Z axis on my mill is driven by a stepper (I either drive the stepper as CNC from PC or using a hand operated jog wheel). I can't therefore easily tap threads because I can't feel the insertion or retracting force of the tap. I've seen a clever gadget which makes tapping on a drill press...

It might be a bit late to start a thread on this I guess because I have done a lot of the work already. I've been interested in Stirling and Hot Air engines for a long time and in about 2002, my wife bought me a Stirling Engine kit for my birthday. It turned out to be a box of barstock (cut...

I can see some light at the end of my Stirling Engine build and am therefore thinking about how I will fire it up. I'm planning on putting some bling on this if I can follow the advice from rcplanebuilder. I'm therefore hoping to use a spirit burner with a spirit that will not produce soot. It...

I'm not what you would call a train enthusiast - I am more of a all things mechanical enthusiast - however I have a niggling itch to build a locomotive for myself and my little lad to ride on. We are lucky enough to live relatively close to the Abbeydale Miniature Railway built and run by the...

Well I was convinced by the guys here that took the plunge and bought Alibre (can't post in that thread at the moment because of the database improvements ;)) so I decided to dive in too. I've not tried any 3D cad before so I have a steep learning curve ahead of me. I thought I'd have a go at...

I'm quite new to CNC so bear with me. I have got EMC running on Linux controlling my rebuilt Denford Triac. I have created a DXF file of a simple 2D shape using my PCB editing program and then used a program called dxf2gcode to create a gCode file that EMC can use. As a test, I also installed...

Ok, I have read quite a bit about silver soldering (books and on the web) and there is a thread on here too (On the subject of silver soldering...) but I wonder whether anyone has a video tutorial of the entire process from preparation and fluxing through the actual soldering and then then...

I can't recall seeing any diesel powered model engines. I would have thought they would be more popular than petrol engines because of not having to have the spark electronics but presumably the complexity of injectors and pumps outweigh this? Having said that, I've seen model aero engines that...

I've been reading through a thread by Cedge on the building of his Philp Duclos "Victorian" IC engine Project. It is beautifully finished and has left me stunned :o How do you go about getting a finish like this: Hats off to Cedge :bow: :bow: :bow:

Hi All, Just came across this site while reading this blog. Very pleased to have found this forum as I think it is just what I have been looking for. I am relatively new to model making and have only so far turned a few bits and pieces for practice and to fix broken things for friends...