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I know its been a while since I've posted but this group is probably the most level headed bunch I know. I hope you won't mind my venting a bit and asking for some advice. I've known this particular couple for nearly 20 years and always considered them to be close friends. Recently, he...

without comment..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlY_zxgnMAg&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YfTtGCsiD8 Steve

http://www.wimp.com/nasasatellite Steve.... :hDe:

As some of you are aware, I work for/consult/sales manage the Jensen Steam Engine Company. It's a tiny company which was founded in 1932 and still supplies the whole world with the best available quality toy steam engines money can buy. No brag.... just the fact....(grin). It's been a labor of...

I've got a small but important repair to make to make things right for a client who purchased what we both believed to be a class one condition steam engine. In order to fix the problem, I need to solder an end plug into a 3/4 brass tube which will then be soldered into a threaded bung. The...

I visited with one of my local scrappers this week and got a warning. He said copper was on a tear right now and was closing on $3.70 per pound (local), with Brass hard on its heels at $2.60, both likely to rise even further after first of the year. Aluminum seems to be relatively steady for the...

After dealing with all the recent health issues and getting most things under control, I just couldn't seem to get my head back into the Tandem Compound project. I finally decided to set it aside for a while, at least until I can backtrack and pick up on where things were going when I left off...

I've been working toward getting the little Victorian engine ready for an upcoming show. While I am working on it, I decided to do some upgrading to the engine such as a new fuel system and the 3 ball governor I shared in another thread. I also modified the linkage that locks out the push rod...

My original "plans" were to eventually convert the little Duclos Victorian engine to a Vapor Foam system, but time caught up with me and I added an aspiration carb to get it running in time for a local show. Once again the engine is scheduled for the same show and this time I managed to get into...

On one of my property lines, a huge old oak tree succumbed to disease over the winter. The particular fungus made the wood decay quickly, turning the tree into a "widow maker" with a bad habit of dropping large limbs to the ground. Since there are children next door, I scheduled a tree service...

Today was suddenly a real bummer, when I visited my favorite scrap yard to have a nose around the brass area. I spotted some nice HSS tooling and picked out a few items. I then weighed the lot and approached the cashier's window. When I asked what they were charging for HSS, I was informed they...

Today, a few friends and I attended a local open house where a collector of old machinery shared his toys. There were antique cars, a double decker bus, a couple of hit and miss traction engines, a Case traction engine, a plethora of full sized stationary steam engines as well as a number of...

Before there were engines, there was still motive power from a non polluting source. I'm a huge fan of old Water Wheel powered grist mills and our area is blessed to have a few of them still in operation. We even have one that is water turbine powered, but it's no longer in actual operation...

I just got the current catalog from Micromark and the first page shows their new 7X16 lathe powered by a 500 watt variable speed motor. The Tach is now optional but all the other specs seem to be pretty much the same as the older 7x14 version. $749.95...

The shop is now hospitable again and I'm back in gear for this season's first build project. I'm hoping to stretch things enough to do a couple of different builds, but time will tell. I've spent the day turning out cylinders, so I'll share a bit of what was accomplished today. I started out...

Now that things are warming a bit, I'm anticipating migrating back into the shop and getting started again. I've not been totally idle during the cold season. The 3D rendering shown below is the result of many hours studying photos, modeling things out in 3D and putting together a few guiding...

Not everyone is....LOL http://interesting-weird-educational-videos.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-feel-good-snow-dog-frolicking-in-deep.html

The new system is coming together but it hasn't all been roses and bon bons. I've learned a bit about Windows 7 and some of it is downright annoying. The good news is that Leon's copy and paste fix for some of the older 16 bit programs was successful and the Windows XP compatibility mode is a...

Upgrading computers is always an adventurous exercise, usually seasoned with frustration. I've spent a good bit of time today downloading driver updates for older printers, which is pretty normal. I finally hammered them all into submission and everything is working as it should, so I took a...

Things just happen..... universal forces seem to conspire when I'm in proximity to tools. I mean it's not like I was actually looking for anything specific, but more like they found me. A recent trip to Travers Tools, for some small item, began innocently enough. There I was.... just standing...