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Hi Guys With another long, cold winter approaching (I live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula) I am planning my workshop activities and thought that it would be fun to machine a "rotary" style engine. By that I mean a steam (or compressed air) engine in which the crankshaft is fixed and the...

Hi Guys I have built several simple engines (wobblers) but would like to build something a little more complex. I have been looking at Elmer's #6 Slider and feel that it would fit the bill, however I think it is a little too small for me to build comfortably. I do not have any # 3 taps or...

Hi Guys, I thought that you might enjoy a chuckle today so I am posting a couple of pictures of my latest project. For some time now I have wanted to build a solenoid engine. I have watch several you tube videos and have always thought "how hard can it be?". While helping a friend clean...

Hi Guys As the title says, I am wondering if a cheap infrared thermometer could be used to measure the temperature of a pot of molten aluminum. I have been casting aluminum for several years and have never had a pyrometer, but judged pouring temperature by color and fluidity of the melt. It...

Hi Guys I have been casting aluminum parts for several years (mostly successfully) using a "Ginery style" Charcoal Foundry. As you know, it works well, but is a "fair weather" operation and difficult to do in the winter, especially here in the Upper peninsula of Michigan. I am rebuilding my...

Hi Guys I am always impressed with the great projects shown on this forum and am a little embarrassed to show something this simple, but I guess we all start somewhere. This is my version of the "E-Z Build" published elsewhere on the forum. I modified the plans slightly and used 1/2 inch...

Hi Gang After looking at some of the excellent work shown here, I am reluctant to display my efforts, but will do so anyway. I just completed a modified version of the scaled up beam engine that Brian adapted. It is exactly what I was looking for as I do not like the "micro miniature" stuff...