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I have a nice generic Chinese mill type "ZX32G". It is sold under a huge number of different names. I got it directly from China with no name on it. It is the only mill I have owned so I have no experience with others. The case is, I do like to make things with high accuracy. And when I started...

First attempt to run my new "Stuart" Twin Launch steam engine! It didn't turn. Guess it has a timing problem or something. It,s a bit tight too. Anyway, it's based on plans bought from Stuart. It's scaled up by 1.3 to make it easier to make more detailed parts. I'll have a look at it and see if...

I need some advice from you guys. I’m planning on my next project. It will take a year so I better do it right. I would like a steam engine. Twin or triple with lots of details and the style very often used in medium size steam boats. That would be for instance the Stuart Twin or the Stuart...

Hi Guys and Gals, I’m closing in on my current project and my mind is already searching for the next. I’m thinking an old style, open valve train 4 stroke. I want this engine to be the slowest running engine imaginable. This calls for design features that aids these properties. From big engines...

Hello my model engineering friends, I’m finally got around to start making my first boiler, for my first build, the Stuart 10V you can see in the background. Surprisingly amount of work involved in a boiler. Starting to understand why internal combustion engines got popular. I have no plans...

Hi, I want to improve the Z-axis on my ZX32 mill. Not a CNC conversion, but it will probably require the same considerations as if I did. I will of cause make it compatible with making it a CNC if I go to the next step. The reason I want to do a motor driven Z-axix is that I want a more rigid...

Hello my friends, Just wanted to tel you about my new ignition system for my Farm Boy hit'n miss engine. I was looking for a suitable coil for it and found this...

To all my fellow model engineering friends, Quite often I educate and entertain my selves by reading this forum and watching related videos on YouTube. In fact, I have learned ALL I know about the subject this way. Grateful to all you contributors at any level. Besides education the entertaining...

Anybody knowing anything about these engines? http://www.cad-jung-shop.de/epages/62479729.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62479729/Categories/Baupl%C3%A4ne/Bauplane_Modellmotore They have a selection of plans for various configurations of a 17,5ccm cylinder. Looks very nice. Would be something to...

I have been searching for plans to build an old style generator that will go together with my old style engines like the Stuart 10V and soon the Farm Boy. Preferably without permanent magnets so the drag will be less when just coasting. No luck so far. Anyone seen anything like it ? Rudy

Got a package from Australia a couple of weeks ago. So I will attend to this before I continue with the Farm Boy project. It's a small side job and I want to put it to work. We are talking about "Diamond Tool holders" and the "Acute Tool Sharpening System" from Eccentric Engineering. Both...

I’m well into the build of my FarmBoy hit’n miss engine and is about to do the crank. The plans cals for tool steel solid made. I was hoping to make it with silver steel (tool steel) rod and webs of bar stock. I can’t easily get the materials, so I’m wondering if cold rolled steel for the webs...

How often doesn't your caliper bump into the machine somewhere because it is too long? And what do you do about it? Wonder why I didn't do this the first day I got my machines. The first evening I had it in the shop I found my selves use it all the time. Most measurements we do are less than...

I’m planning ahead for the ignition system for my ongoing Farm Boy hit’n miss engine build (have a thread on it). The first option I came across was the Rimfire. This one is rather expensive and will be even twice that shipped to Norway. And it seems to be available in just the long version...

Hi, I thought I would show you how I did a simple threading too for my milling machine. Probably not the first doing this, but at least I haven't see this method in use. The nice thing about it is that you can use it for all types and sizes of taps and you have grate control over the process...

I have just finished my DRO mill installation. After searching the wild west web for numerous installations I really didn't find any help for the X axis of the kind I got. I found a solution and thought I would share it with you in case you want something similar on your mill. I bought a 3-axis...

I have started to plan my next build, a Farm Boy hit’n miss engine. Plans are purchased and the serial number is 651. Looks like a fun machine to build. Lot of machining. I am wondering about how to source the material for the flywheels. They are some substantial chunks of iron. 1x6” blanks are...

Anybody having an idea for a geared motor suitable for replacing the hand crank to move the head up and down the column on my milling machine? (Sorry for the possibly wrong term. I'm from Nowhere (Norway :-). BTW, the mill is the one over by the window. I believe about two rews per sec. would...

Hi, I have completed some very useful mods on my band saw that I would like to share with you. This band saw is really a delight to work with. It cuts effortless trough anything and leaves a very clean cut. It can be tilted to vertical position and be used as a table band saw. However, the...

I want to share my method for truing a lathe chuck. At least I haven't seen it used. There are several fixtures you can make to preload the jaws. I simply glued them with hot melt glue. Very easy to remove afterwards. Not much resistance when I tightened up the chuck to take in the play. Maybe...