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If any of you are struggling through various CAD interfaces and terminology like I often do this video is excellent. There's a bit of language in a few places. It is geared more for artists who learn visually, so I found it very helpful. Splines set the foundation for surfacing in almost all CAD...

This looks like an interesting modeler for entry level folks. It'll likely cost money but currently in development. https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity

Hello all, I have several steam engine projects that I want to do, but I don't want to re-design everything several times over to get things to scale right. Scaling timing, porting, and throw is never linear either, so it's hard to keep track sometimes. Below is something I've thrown together...

Hello all, I'm hoping to (someday) build a live steam Daylight. References have been difficult to gather, so I took a trip to get some video. This is raw video without sound (out of focus in places, yee be warned!). Hope a fellow modeler might find it useful.

Just a brief video of a run of screws that I did for my steam engine by inverting the Sherline lathe gear attachment set. I wouldn't recommend this if you are forgetful (I like checklists) or might mix the speed control for a water faucet during a panic! The application is quite small and light...

Hello all, I've spent some time in the past as a toolmaker (below) and have done some aircraft/rotorcraft stuff. I've been getting into garden railroading recently and am working on a G-Scale-ish live steam yarder to pull sticks around in the yard. Looking forward to interacting here! Regards...