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Awesome. Now you need to build a plane around it 🤠 David

Unless you are using perfectly clean aluminium ingots, you will have some pretty nasty fumes. Aluminium wheels have lacquer finishes, and usually lots of oil and other gunk. At minimum I'd want a garage door open for ventilation, and a big fan blowing the smoke out. Zinc carries further...

Ford's best aluminium wheel

Thanks for posting the stl. I printed off the patterns,and cast 2 sets. I'll start machining next week

I now have plans for tubal cains vertical steam engine, combining that with the video for his horizontal one, which is made from castings, I think I should be good. Many thanks for the pointers and help. Dave

I think ordinary concrete tends to move and settle as it dries, so the designs that I've seen in concrete tend to use steel tubes that you can adjust after the concrete sets. it also misses part of the point for me which is to learn about machining. If I make the lathe from castings I'll learn a...

I'm working on the lathe... I've come across your work as part of my research into building the lathe.

That is fantastic. What is it cast in it n?

Myfordboy, swdweeb, tubal cain... Yup

That's awesome, thanks

Ah, my previous post is pending moderator approval...

See my post above with photos, I have a small foundry, and a fair bit of experience casting. I'm looking for a pointer to plans. Also, while casting is not difficult to set up, it's very unforgiving if you mess up. It also takes a fair bit of practice to get consistent results.

In particular, I'm looking for an easier built from the machining point of view. I don't really know which type of engine would be a good first build. I don't want to try starting with something that requires expert level skills

The lathe is yet to arrive.🤫 I'm using broken aluminium car wheels for feedstock. I believe it machines quite well. I may also use Zamak for things which need weight, like flywheels. I know I will need to learn how to use the lathe, but there's nothing like a definite project to help learning...

I'm in Dublin, Ireland.

I'm not looking for help with casting, I have quite a bit of experience working with greensand, oil sand, and thin shell ceramics. I'm looking for plans for an engine which I can cast the parts for.

I do a reasonable amount of metal casting, bronze and aluminium. I'm looking for plans for a simple engine where I cast the main parts myself. While I can cast, I'm going to be starting out as a novice with a lathe, so something less complex to machine. I did try google (which led me here) Any...