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The shaper I am making was started by a friend who was an agricultural engineer.He fabricated it from plate and welded it together.The drawings are for a shaper that appears to be bigger than a gingery shaper and although onle 18" high is very heavy and there is more to add.My friend worked a...

I got interested in hot bulb engines after meeting an old fitter from Richard Hornsby's engineering factory where he started work in the brass gallery at the start of the last century .His knowledge of these engines was a great help in me understanding them.After I retired I went to the...

High ,It is not easy to start in this hobby but the journey is rewarding.I had no lathe but wanted to make an astronomical regulator .I won't bore you with the way I built it, but I did.It is surprising what can be achieved with perseverance and a will.Stick with it the forum will be here for...

Welcome Zane ,Grantham Lincolnshire.UK

Hi I have completed the govenor on this engine and would like to know at what rpm the engine runs at and as the cam shaft runs at half engine speed at what rpm dose the govenor need to activate. Frank

Benster,is the lathe fastened down,if so it is possible that the bed has a slight twist and by adjusting the hold down bolts to remove this may be the answer.I have done this to get accuracy on my Myford,just a thought. Frank

John I always before I cut teeth use a pencil mark on the centre of the cutter the full circumference of the gear and check that I have not made a mistake.Tedious I know but time well spent.Beat of luck with the next one Frank

I have a vernier caliper with rounded jaws on the outside edge allowing the measuring of bores.These have limitations as you can't detect a taper in the bore.I made a set of differet size size tapered parallels with round edges on the staight side ,used in different formats measuring with a mike...