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Hi,i am building an lbsc rainhill and would like to use ,lubricators on the steam chests,i have seen pictures of them but have no idea of the construction,could anyone enlighten me,perhaps a drawing maybe Thanks Don

A kind person has given me a nice gift of this engine It was in a bit of a mess but mostly all there,i was wondering if anyone would know the make as i would like to restore it as near as i can to original, the body is cast alum.with cast iron cylinder and guide,the boiler may not be...

Hi,a friend gave me this yesterday,ive been tinkering around with it since then,i wondered if anyone had any information on it.I cannot find much on the internet Don

Hi,i have been looking for some scale 3.5 inch track about 3.25 meters long without success,i have bought some from PNR,but it is no where to scale and looks awful,another company wanted £117 for 1.5 mtrs. Wondered if anyone has any ideas please Don

I have a vgn fz 31s laptop and have installed win 7 on it all working ok except the fn functions and buttons,i have googled is and down loaded the 4 drivers needed but the last two were not suitable for my machine so come to a halt now,can someone help please Don

Would anyone know where i can get 3 1/2 inch gauge scale lamps,please Don

Long time since i subscribed,been making a skeleton clock,but now ive got something to talk about,just before christmas my brother rang me to ask if i would want to take on and keep his Maisie ,it is 90% finished. He is 90 now and finds he cannot handle it any more,so after one nano sec of...

i couldnt help myself when i saw this in another post,took about 4 hours and i had all the material,runs like a watch. don

This is my version of Stew's and Les Moore's Overcrank,minus the large flywheel and govener.I shall make an angle valve for the top of the steam chest. I was a joy to make and something different,now its back to my skeleton clock. Don

Thought it was time to post a few of my finished engines,well allmost finished ,I have in mind to go back and add a few bits and pieces here and there. Don

Thought someone would like to see how I added a 60 set of holes to my dividing head.Just out of interest.Needed to cut 100 tooth gear wheel. Don

I need to cut gears in .6 MOD and .55 MOD so I have been trying to find info on the form to make the cutters,can someone help please. Don

Well I am still racking my brains for a new project,I thought I had found it with the John wilding Congreve clock but realised it was to big for our house,so thinking of the John Wilding Skeleton clock,anyone made one of these? I know it's not an engine but for me it will make a nice change with...

I decided to do some maintnance on my Myford Super 7 lathe and found several gears with no teeth on them in the quick change gearbox,Myford want a fortune for them.Would anyone have a clapped out box with some gears or know of where I can get second hand gears please,I live in the UK. Don

Someone in the USA has used a pic of my beam engine as advert for plans,the cheek of it. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beam-Steam-Engine-/320991429844?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item4abc9484d4 Don

He has been modeling for as long as I can remember and at 87 does very little,he tought me all I know I just wish I had his patientce Don

I have 18 pics of my brothers engines I would like to post,I have uploaded them to photobucket but how to put them on a post as one block i don't know ,can someone help please Don

I am fed up with every thing being magnetised like tool bits drills etc How do I rid myself of this curse . How can I make one ? I have bid on a couple of Eclipse models on EBay but they go for silly money Don

Thought i would upgrade the DRO on the X axis this afternoon,very very pleased with the result no squinting and straining any more,will put a shield over it later and add the Y axis when they come in stock at Arc euro. Back to my Paddle engine now Don Nearly fogot the picture

I would just like to wish all who post on here a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I have finnished till the weather gets a bit kinder,so see you all in the new year sometime. All the best Don