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Kvom, just leave some useful holding stock and you'll be fine. Trim it back bit by bit and there's no worries. It worked on our compound anyway ;o) Sent from my iPod touch using Model Engines

Welcome from Cambs too! I'm predominantly steam based, but I'm sure you'll find what you need here. Dave Sent from my iPod touch using Model Engines

And another face pulled in to size, plus the first holes - the 12 M3.5 for mounting the crosshead wear plates and guide bars. I know I'm repeating myself, but this casting is a pure pleasure to machine ;D Next job getting the lower face drilled & tapped, then I can get studs made and go for...

Harry, Two things, firstly would you like a copy of the SW models as I pull them together, and secondly do you fancy joining in a multinational but small email group discussing anything from historic steam history to the latest machines and tooling? PM me your email if you fancy jumping in ;o)...

Hi Harry, Many thanks for taking the time to list all of these - I'll print a copy and tick them off as we go. Pete - it'll be fine! If i can do it with fingers like a bunch of sausages then i'm sure you can too :) I ran out of time to post pics, but here's the underside of the first...

Hi, Thanks, and I'm glad you like it so far. Do you have any more info on the scaled engines please? Better to learn from others mistakes than your own... Dave Sent from my iPod touch using Model Engines

Thanks Baron :) Inspired to by the fact I had timing belts and pulleys, and I didn't have an A belt, lol.

Well after a longer rest than I planned, the bedplates are now back on the mill with finishing cuts underway - more pics soon ;D

And the Mk2 exhaust now done too. I tried cold bending (the tube split), hot bending (too large a radius), and in the end the only way to get the tight internal rad was to machine it from solid. Finally this and the governor can now go on and the cylinder be dropped to the correct height. Not...

Very nice work indeed - keep it up :) Frame stretchers next?

The current build of my entablature seems to entail a hell of a lot of polishing, which I generally finish off on a wheel at work. To save time I really needed one at home, but didn't want something that was too big, so I had a trawl on eBay and came up with this cute little watchmakers...

Many, many thanks for the kind words, but it's not just me - Dennis has been doing amazing work on these castings too :) Btw Gus, congrats on the Wyvernish too!

And more machining on the condenser casting - 5 out of six faces are now to size and have cleaned beautifully. Just the face carrying the crossheads to go, then we'll be thinking about some drilling :)

Nearly there now! The governors remade and the valve links are on :D

Hi Brian, Welcome from the UK :) Dave Sent from my iPod touch using Model Engines

I can't follow the link, can you post a YouTube link plse? We've rescued 2 weimaraners now, and one was brought back from a hell of a state. Personal opinion, if you mistreat animals, you deserve that experience yourself. Multiplied. Sent from my iPod touch using Model Engines

Ved, If you fancy some (ok, a lot of) places to visit then pm me. Or if you fancy a meet up at any of them? Dave (Cambridgeshire) Sent from my iPod touch using Model Engines

LMAO!! Mentally, that's what I was doing, Gus :D Dave, it's my own fault, but whereas I could have left it upstairs under a cover, I do love to look at it and think through solutions to the last few pieces. So, with having permission to keep it on the dining table I made the most of it...

Ok, back to the drawing board for the governer body. In finishing the part it became apparent that one of the drillings had wandered, more than likely where it crossed the through hole, and was about to break out of the side of the part. I opened it out to 3.5mm with a vague idea of dropping a...

And the last two pairs of reference faces cleaned up, so now time to take some accurate measurements and work out how best to start finishing this to size. I know I keep banging on about it, but this is such a pleasure to machine :D