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Haha :) I'm going to make it in a two piece fashion, starting tomorrow! haha

Hi Chaps sorry I haven't been around, I've been super busy in real life and haven't had much time for machining. All I really have to share today is a great waste of time but I thought you might get a chuckle out of it :D I started to make the valve rod and I've got some lovely stainless...

Only a very small bit of progress so far this week due to various things meaning my lunchtimes have been kept away from the shop. From where I left off with the cross slide, I really definitely did things in the wrong order. I started off by milling the sides down to size, leaving the...

Choke? :D more things to make and tinker with..

Really impressive, Dick :)

I'm really going to enjoy this thread! Thanks for sharing. I was never really a train person - but the company I work for now does a lot of work in rail and I've started to get the bug!

Of course - are you talking about lathe tools?

hee thanks baron! Cheers Capn!!

Update time! Whilst I was waiting to see if my eccentric strap worked, I thought it would be a good idea to start on the crosshead guides. More hacksawing! Then milling to size. I decided that this chunk was big enough to make two cross slides out of, and that if I did then they...

Sorry this one might be a little long I've been saving a couple of steps up accidentally! :embarassed: I decided to make the eccentric next as I had the material and knew what I was going to do. I started with some brass in the 4 jaw and dialled it in as best as I could. I lost the DTI so...

So progress has been super slow on this compared to my last build, but I don't mind. I've been taking time converting elmer's plans to metric. The next step for the base was to start milling out the slot. I couldn't work out a satisfactory way to give it a radius, so I left it vertical and...

Hee hee thanks Baron, The girls on the shop floor have gifted me a pair of side snips which apparently must stay with me at all times for fear of using a blade!! Quite a deep cut on my thumb has made certain operations on the tools a little uncomfortable so I've been taking my time, but it's...

Yep!! Managed to cut thru a vein, wont be doing that again in a hurry!

Thanks for that paul, now the Sub-base is finished I need to hacksaw out a blank for the base, I'll try that. Unfortunately I had a fight with a scalpel this morning and the scalpel won so I spent the morning in the emergency department. Doris says I'm not allowed in the shop today, so that...

I got the base set up in the mill ready to tidy up the edges to size And got to work! Re-viced the work piece and cleaned up the last edge After using a drill blank to indicate the work I got ready to drill the three mounting holes, looks like my maths was right! Didn't take...

My first project served its purpose, and now I think it's time to make something I can be proud of! I'd picked this engine before I realised that Stan was making his. When I did see, I thought again, but then I reasoned that having someone as good as Stan making his at the same time could be...

Hiya chaps I'm calling the simple oscillator finished. It's ugly and wobbly, but it works and has served its purpose as a learning tool. I'm going to use this experience to enhance a build of Elmer's #33. Thanks for all your help! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN1Gp0-_7NM

Welp, Here's what I think will be the last video of the oscillator, I got it running up to 6.5 BAR even with all the bits that didn't fit properly and it still felt quite comfortable! I've learned a lot whilst cobbling this together, and next I plan to make something that looks OK as well as...

Well. I've got the Imperial plans printed out in A3 size, I think I'm just going to convert and overwrite into mm, then make them as accurate as I can. Unless anyone thinks this is a bad idea???

Hiya Chaps, After my rough and ready I'd like to make something that looks pretty, and is a step forward. I really like the Elmer's 33, but imperial measurements make my eyes cross! does anyone know of a metric set?