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no probs . samios plumbing in toowoomba carry a good range of copper pipe if you need any of that .

bunnings in toowoomba carry a good range of solder's thats where i get mine from .

there are no plans on gadgets web site and i dont like to impose with emails to people i dont know . i would of gladly bought the magazine back issues required to obtain the plans but they cant be had . so i scrap the idea and either buy a drill doctor or i go over to my mates place and use his...

thats the standard kind of answer you will always get from jasonb ,he has a subtle way of answering everyone regardless of the level of computer skills they have or the amount of access they have . johno

great , thought i might have a crack at making gadget builders drill sharpener . so off i go to the magazine to order back issues needed for the drawings and yep jan / feb 2012 not available . johno

chuck did you manage to find the plans on the above link , i gave up after an hour or so .made harder by not having seen what sandy c's boiler looks like . johno

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dont feel alone mate i cant find it either ., johno

very sad indeed i just found this thread and i am supprised and had no idea he had passed away . he was good enough to send me a set of plans to his bonza engine last year and asked me to keep him posted on my build of the engine which to date i have not started on . and now i find out he has...

from what i have read lately i think they are good for 200c temp wise and given the boiling point of water i am thinking that they should be up to the task . matter of fact i tracked some down today for my farm boy build . i only need 1 but i bought 4 while i was there , nothing like carrying a...

thanks very much jim , i have been pulling switch's and all kinds of stuff appart trying to find a spring the right size and i never thought of a lighter , thanks again . oh and the one i am building is SN 439 . johno

just wonder if anyone has a picture of what they did re the speed adjust screw on the farm boy catch lever . i cant seem to get my head around exactly what should be there . seems to me that if i get a spring to fit the hole and a small bolt to screw in from the outside that the screw will go...

oh yeah forgot to add i ordered the left and right hand pair of the diamond tool holders today after doing a fair bit of reading up on them i think they will suit me well , mainly because i dont like using the insert type tools only time i use them is if i need to turn off a heck of a lot of...

thought i should add to this post , i am hopeless at doing a running commentary . anyway made a few more bits , oiler ( proud of that bit ) and i cant remember what else but i know i have not put my fuel tank design up yet so i have included a few pictures of it looking from each end and with...

have a look at the grinding wheels that are used on chainsaw electric sharpeners , they are about 4"dia and only about 1/8" wide , the one i have has a 7/8" arbour and is good for 7800rpm . johno

a few pics on the progress of flywheel number 1 . this realy tested out my grey matter to the point that my ears were almost bleeding . still learning how to use the mill and the dividing plates . i dont have a corner round over bit small enough so it will be smoothed off with files and an...

yeah i know i am not much of a poster . but a bit of an update . i have cut the gears and made a fair few of the other parts . i ended up using a mod.5 gear cutter set and cut 74 and 37 teeth to get the required diameter and 2:1 ratio.i thought the cam was going to be a challenge but was easy...

love the sound of those old bolinder's i would like to know if anyone has seen any scaled down plans of those bolinder engines . i can remember the old coal barges ( a lot of them had gypsys living on them then ) back when i was a kid in the UK . dad and i spent quite a lot of time in our...

there is a clip on you tube some where of an engine a bloke made from a vehicle brake master cylinder . johno

i use the correct drill and the correct tap for the job , i also use a lube while tapping and i go very carefully . and i dont break any tiny taps . i am more likely to break larger taps 3/16 and up because i tend to be a bit harder on them knowing they are more robust so i have broke 2 or 3 of...