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Hello everyone, Unfortunately, Rick, I never got a chance to talk to the fellow. Hopefully he will be at NAMES in April and I will be sure and talk to him and get some photos. Chris

Hi Bill, Great work, the air cleaner and starter cup look fine. Last year at NAMES a fellow across from our table had a B&S well under way. I think it is half scale and in steel (wow!). Unfortunately I didn't get his name but I thought you might like to see a couple of photos. The Briggs and...

Hi Zee and all, I, like Dave, made one of the little steam locos back in the late 70's. Dickens is what they call it in Live Steam Magazine. If you notice on the photo I added a steam valve at the boiler outlet. I don't think the original plans called for one, but it is quite useful in taming...

Ciao Paolo and everyone, Your Ceriani is a very nice looking machine. I am curious, is it made in Italia? The dovetail ways are an interesting feature. Chris

Hello everyone, Here is a photo of my Logan model 815. It was sold new at a machinery dealer here in Springfield back in 1946. I got in 1976. After going through it and replacing all worn shafts and bearings I also replaced the spindle bearings and made a new spindle. The spindle threads...

Greetings, It is patina, the engine was built in 1995. Chris

Hi all, To answer Lorenz question: Yes it is my own design based on the operating principle of a commercially available punch and die grinder. I originally used a vertical spindle (as shown in the drawing) but later made a horizontal spindle for it. It is used to sharpen lathe tools, special...

Hi all, Thanks for the comments. I am located in central Illinois (Springfield). The little vertical steam engine is made of bar stock. The frame is a soft soldered brass fabrication, the cylinder is a bit of bearing bronze, and the piston rod is a parallel portion of a sewing needle. The...

Great job Jeff it looks and sound great. It is a real thrill when you hear that first putt, it is almost as if it comes to life. All of those hours of seeing inanimate parts and now it moves on its own. Great fun. Thanks for sharing. I've made three of these engines and do enjoy them. By the...

Hi all, Thanks again for the warm welcome and kind remarks. To answer the question asking what fuel I use in the hit and miss engines, I use Coleman camp stove/lantern fuel. I have had good luck with it and it is not nearly as odorous as pump gasoline. Chris

Hello everyone, Thanks for the kind remarks. I believe they call this type a swing grinder and indeed it does. The column and of course the head/motor are free to swing from side to side and to rise and fall. There is a ball bearing at the bottom of the column that acts as a thrust bearing and...

Hi Lorenz, There seems to be some of us out there that do enjoy making small machine tools. Some are more interested in form, others, function. The English author, L.C. Mason wrote a fine book called "Building a Small Lathe". Anyone considering to build a small lathe would find this book very...

Hello everyone, I am going to try and attach some pictures and a video. Hope it works. Chris

Hello everyone, My name is Chris DiNardo and I live in Springfield,Illinois. I have been interested in model engineering since the early 1970's. Machine tools, tooling, steam engines, live steam railroading, hot air, and gasoline engines are some of my interests. In my shop I have a Logan...