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Has anyone anywhere ever built the # 12 engine? Thanks Tom

Bought a used Bridgeport recently, and am getting close to getting it ready to run. Current project is building a heat sink to mount the stepper drivers to. Needs about 24 holes drilled with a #36 bit at reasonably precise locations, then tapped for #6 screws. Unfortunately, the piece of stock...

This is going to end up being a long thread. Wish that weren't true. Started in on a 1/8 scale steam locomotive (from a kit) perhaps 7 years ago. Soon bought a Sherline mill to augment my ancient Unimat lathe. The kit consists of several hundred lbs of cast iron. Other builders tell me that...

A new (to me) mill followed me home yesterday. The seller threw in an old Chinese built vise, but it's missing the fixed jaw and the jaw pads (if that's what they're called). http://tomwade.me/tw/machinist/nm//images/18-4-2010-7.jpg The jaw pads seem like a fairly simple project. I've got some...

On Elmer's Tiny plans, he specifies a 5-40 thread on the steam inlet pipe. Is this a 5-40 NC thread, or a 5-40 MPT, or some other type thread? Who has the taps and dies? Thanks Tom

Elmer makes reference many times to "Brass or Hard Aluminum" as a material for various parts. What currently available alloy(s) are suitable to use where Elmer calls for "Hard Aluminum" Tom