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Now that my fathers steamboat has made it's maiden voyage and runs well on the water the limiting factor is needing to bring it back in every 5 minutes to hand pump in more feed water. In the youtube links below is the type of feed water pump I'm looking to build. Does anybody have any links...

Soon I will be making a few 3/4" poppet valves for a hit-n-miss. The head is cast iron. I have 4140 and 420 stainless to choose from. I would prefer to use the 420 for anti corrosive but would the 4140 be a better choice for wear characteristics.

I am starting the turning on the crankshaft pulley for a hit-n-miss engine. Plans call for a straight turn on the OD of the pulley. Shouldn't it be a crown for the belt to self center. I was thinking the pulley may have been originally considered decorative but should there be a crown on it if I...

I am currently working on a 1/2 scale Stovepipe Domestic. For the crankshaft I decided to use a piece of 1x2x12 303 stainless from Speedymetals. They spec that it has been Hot Rolled, Annealed & Pickled. After the rough machining it has warped quite a bit along the mains journals. Specs say...

Hello, For my next project I would like to build a hit-n-miss from castings so I'm looking for opinions and links for my next build. My shop is a Bridgeport and a South Bend heavy 10. I would like to build a larger model and if needed I have access to a 13 inch lathe for the flywheels. I like...