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Famous line from a famous Aussie in a famous Aussie movie.. pretty apt here though... this machine can be yours for the give-away price of $265,000 USD... its one flea bay right now... 8) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdFVy3ezwyY

As I finished up tonight and slurped on a brew..... I looked at the mill and saw something I dont see often in pics that others post. Magnetic LED lamp (2 actually), very useful all round.... Telescopic magnet.... almost vital for older backs..... Sticky pin, something I use almost every...

or..... how the hell do I do it? I jumped in tonight and it was a case of sink or swim.... I sank...... :fan: The problem is simple... I have had great success with flat surface milling using the shaper and thought this going to be a straight forward process also. Not so. :wall: I have hit 2...

I had grand thoughts of making a quick change tool post for the lathe. I sought out any number of build threads, some designs I liked, some not so much. One thought was quickly apparent re the tool post itself, this is a large lump of steel to begin with, it isnt going to be cheap dollar wise...

Ive been watching shapers being sold for 6 or 7 months and while I dont need one, I certainly WANT one. Problem is they dont surface too often and when they do they normally go for largish chunks of money. Sort of not too high a priority. I have a golden rule which says I wont throw money at his...

This sort of snuck in under the radar. Nothing was planned but this opportunity came along and away it went...... 'This' is a set of angle plate raw castings I saw on Flea-buy. I put in a bid of $20 and damn if I didnt win it. ::) It all arrived yesterday, I picked up some suitable sized...

A few months ago, in another thread (I cant remember who or where) it was mentioned that granite bench topping would probably be suitable for a marking out table top. I thought that these are damned expensive as a mate just had some installed for megabucks. Then I though... these have to have a...

Some of you have seen her before but it wasnt a good pic. Shes recently molted and had a huge feed of mice so its taken a few weeks for her to calm down a bit. Her interests are eating mice, sleeping, sleeping, sleeping and catching up with HMEM and sleeping..... Yes, thats my arm and my...

I have a heap of small holes to tap shortly and I want them to be firstly straight, and secondly I dont want too many (nil!) broken taps. I therefore need a piloted tap driver. Almost all my holes are 4 BA so ive built this around that particular size. I will make a few more in common sizes...

Never being one to look a gift horse in the mouth.... but this time I did take a second glance. I just had DELIVERED TO MY DOOR... some brass. 2 pieces 10mm by 34mm by 2000mm (2 metres) long 1 piece 25.4mm by 19 mm (1 inch by 3/4 inch) 400mm long plus various short bits It cost...

I know that there are a few casters of molten metal out there. I have a question.... Im using the standard green sand mix that is often mentioned on line. Im NOT getting the surface finish that I would like (we are talking casting brass here) Is there a secret that I havent encountered? Am...

Ive just machined up one cylinder and partially machine the other...... as per the pic My point is I quite like the cast appearance of the cylinder with minimal machining and flashing removal..... what do you guys think? Im happy to cast another cylinder to maintain the 'patina'. If I use a...

Just a couple of pics on tooling. I keep mine in wooden boxes, much easier on the cutting edges. Also keeps excess dust off. Thats an issue here as Im right on the edge of a desert and believe me when I say "it gets in!" Ive seen you guys with your tooling in handy reach on the walls next to...

Im on my knees begging for help.......... ;D Im in the process of thinking about my boiler. My build will use the boiler to mount the engine pairing and therefore has to be (at least mocked up) in place to mount the cylinders and slide carriage pretty soon. Ive read lots about miniature...

Recent trip to the Darling River at Menindee which is about 100kms east of Broken Hill.... (which is where they filmed much of the Mad Max films...). This is an annual event which the same group of guys have been doing for 15 years, usually 6 of us but this year only 4. First stop 3 hours into...

As requested, this thread will take me from the design stage through to finished castings for a live steam twin cyclinder engine. It will be after chrissy before I post up progress (gotta get through chrissy alive first!). I hope I can meet expectations.... The engine is Mr Westburys twin as...

So I read what I could find about wigglers and decided that I definately 'needed' a set. Its duly arrived and while I know how to use the straight shaft units I am a lil stumped at the purpose of the offset indicator... I am assuming thst its used for finding centre of holes?? (please excuse the...

Guys, Ive had a very sad awakening. Up until now my lathe requirements have been handled very well by my 30 year old Japanese beasty. Its quite large and to be quite truthful I would have to go and measure the bed and swing if you asked. I joined this forum out of mild curiousity, just interest...

Hi all, just thought I would drop in a couple of pics and design work for your thoughts... These are parts for a final drive for an off road chassis Im building... any questions or comments, fire away please...

Really quite pleased to find this site. While im not a model engine builder as such I am a cast-er of metal and I have read a few threads with much interest. Im looking forward to learning heaps from you gusy and maybe I can add a little back. Cheers Artie (Rob)