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What an amazing resource :D I've just been downloading titles on lathework and model engine making into my e.reader....... and one of the books shows how to make a 'piddler' (sigh). Not being rude here btw, by 'piddler' I mean those Victorian live steam toy locos with simple pot boilers and...

That's a very nice lathe and mill you've got there. You should be well and truly set to make anything you want :)

Not the best Price 16 wheeler drawing I could find, but you can still get the general idea from it.

Thanks for the encouragement guys :) Brian, - steam donkeys were used on the timber tramways here in New Zealand too. Some of them even had rail wheels put under them with a basic chain drive so they could move themselves around :D Thank you very much for the link to the donkey engine thread...

Thanks for the welcome Jim :) From what I've seen so far this forum is a wonderful and inspiring place to be. Tin, - The Kozo books are amazing, but the only design I think I'd have half a chance at would be the A3 Switcher. As much as I love geared logging locos I think I'd have a very small...

Thankyou very much for these links Jeff. It would great fun to build full sized replicas of early bicycles and motorcycles and I'd only need to do a pre-1910 search on Google patents to find more potential projects than I could shake a stick at. :D

Thanks for the great welcome everyone :) With my railway models I'm mostly keen on '0' gauge and 16mm scale narrow gauge on 45mm gauge trackwork. There is a small gauge railway society over in the next town, but they only have 5 inch and 7 inch gauge ground level tracks which is much larger...

Now that is an extremely useful looking set of drawers and I just happen to have a large sheet of plywood cluttering up the place. Good drawer space in a workshop is beyond price and I have so many wee bits that need to be properly put away. Thanks for sharing the plans :)

Hello everyone, I've never been a member of a model engineering forum before so I'm looking forward to seeing what forum members are building and also to learn more about this great hobby. My interests have always centred around railways, interesting elderly motorcars and bicycles. Growing up...

I have an illness which affects my balance and causes me to have very slender reserves of energy so I tire easily. Depression is one of the symptoms of this illness as well, but fortunately I'm on meds which work well for me so I don't get too much in the way of bad days where my mood drops...

What a beautifully finished pair of engines. The larger twin cylinder engine is particularly fine looking.

Thankyou for documenting your lathe build so thoroughly John. I'm one of those people who purchased Dave Gingery's books some years ago, but never actually built my own lathe. My excuse is that an old rattly monster of a lathe was offered for sale cheap in my local area so I bought it instead...