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Very good work. I'm also in the middle of making one of these engines and the techniques are great to compare.

"Queueing" has 5 vowels in a row ;)

See here http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HSKyHmjyrkA Not sure how the friction is kept down on these machines with only light wind to power them.

Lest we forget

Very nice to see. I'm in the process of finishing the more modern version of this engine with Only a few more bits to go. I agree with the comment about drilling the holes for the main bearing caps. I milled the surfaces flat and superglued the caps in place. I then drilled them from below...

This guy has a great story. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=120704752959&Category=35227 I hope his truck goes to a good new home.

Part of my job involves delivering babies. Nice job but it does give me an insight into new baby names. A very recent mum has named her new baby boy "Kaos" I hope he grows into a lovely boy.

Most of these may be urban myths but sadly the bably names are close. See http://thingsboganslike.com/a-bogue-by-any-other-name/

I have used Startup Inspector http://www.windowsstartup.com/ with good results.

What a boring video. 3 minutes watching someone push buttons on a controller. ???

Uncyclopedia is a great resource. ;D http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Wanker

I thought the obvious answer was an apexian. ;D

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I have a 4" vice for my X2 mill but rarely use it since I bought one of these http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380295313451 It holds accurately and firmly and is fine for the small engine parts that I machine.

Welcome from someone just a little north of you.

I used some of mine last night machining cast brass. I used an 8mm endmill and it cut well but seem to become blunt quickly. Not as good as the ones I have bought from CTC. I then used a 2mm 2 flute to mill out the bottom of the steam valve in my current engine. It is cast bronze. I snapped the...

I'm in the middle of making one of these engines but I am using a mill as well as my lathe. With a method of holding the main casting on the cross slide with a Z axis adjustment it would probably be possible to make it without a mill. Some milling is needed to make the flat surfaces for the...

Can you deliver? 33deg C here today. ;D

I have received my order of about $20 worth of these mills. They were quick arriving-less than 2 weeks. Now to try and use them. I bought some 2mm 2 flute end mills to make little slots in the steam chest of my current model under construction. Hopefully they hold up.

I have one of these http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/3--Rotary-Table-With-70-mm-4-Jaw-Chuck.html Seems to fit well on my X2 size mill and the 4 jaw makes holding items much easier than little clamps.