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That's looks awesome, thanks for the great build thread too. I'm also a Sherline user, so it's great to see what these little machines can do.

Very nice.

I use these: http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=20235&cat=1,330,49233&ap=1 To carve brass. I have a turning rest, similar to a wood turning rest for my Sherline lathe. It does a great job on brass. Just have to take light cuts.

Didn't you know that common-sense has been legislated out of existence? It's now illegal.

Try these from A2Z: http://www.a2zcorp.us/store/ProductDetailNP.asp?Cguid={18DCA0E7-5B5D-4106-AD83-9597A4B4F209}&ProductID=3834&Category=TNut:Sherline I have them and they sit below the table.

For the railroad name, you could try acid etching of the brass. Been a while since I researched it, but it didn't look too difficult. And I must say, very nice job you are doing, like others have said, it makes me want to build one, but my wife says no, as I have way too many other projects on...

That is so cool!

Remember safety first and always chock the wheels when lifting your toy tractor :) Very nice work.

Everything above the carriage is new. I used a piece a 1x2x6" aluminum, machined the dovetail in to lower side then used a brass gib for adjustment, pretty much the same as the Taig. But, I installed the lead screw nut into the carriage and them made a new lead screw. It attaches to the cross...

I'll get more when I get home. Unfortunately, that'll be in July. Sent from my iPad using Model Engines

I put a Sherline handle on my Taig cross slide. I didn't like the length of the original slide, so I built a 6" one. Sent from my iPad using Model Engines

Hello all, well, after watching all the awesome engines being built here, i have finally got to the stage where I can contribute something other than jokes :) In 2007, while working in Australia, I happened upon a small store in the East side of Melbourne. Miniature Steam Pty. So, I decided to...

I bough a Makerbot Replicator 2X last year. Not cheap, but got good results out of the box. I have since upgraded the heated build plate to an improved model and a few plastic pieces to aluminum. Here is a pic of some helicopter tail rotor rigging tools I printed up Sent from my iPhone...

That's pretty interesting. Just invested in a Makerbot replicator 2x. Now I have another task for it :)

You could try putting a dab of valve laping compound to the tip of your screwdriver. I've done that before to remove Phillips screws with damaged heads. Give the screwdriver a little extra holding power.

Should have mentioned, that was a brass casting.

Well, broke a 3-48 tap in a casting last week. Tried the alum and water method on a small hot plate to warm up the water. Watched a nice stream of bubbles and debris float out. Took three days, last day I looked in the cup and thought "why is there brass chips on the bottom". They were there as...

I will make the assumption that you should never use your tongue as an applicator ;D

The lubricant is added to the fuel. The designer mentioned that enough fuel oil mix would get into the crankcase by passing by the rings to lubricate it. Are you building one? Got any pic's? I started on mine about 10 years ago, it's a long project :) I have all the cases built and the...

Select the door and hit the 'Explode' button once. See if that helps.