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    I too got a nudge...

    Hello everyone, It has been a long while since I've posted anything on the forum. Just didn't think it important. This forum has really grown. So much so I didn't even know where to post this note. I've gotten into clock making and have been making tools for that endeavor. Being disabled and...
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    Finding the center on a pc. of round stock-milling machine tilted 45*

    Hello guys, Wow, how this group has grown. Looking through the posts, I see we have some great chippers out there. With that in mind, I've come up with a problem I can't figure out. I'm in the process of making a spring winder from plans I got from Model Engine Builder and one of the pieces had...
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    Machining Club starting in Central Florida....

    Dang, I hope it's okay to post this here, just didn't know where else to post this too... I had posted a while back on the FAME group to see if there were any clubs for the newcomer to get involved in in the Central Florida area and to do what clubs do. At anyrate I got some responses and...
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    Drill rod question

    Hello again, I'm looking at the wrist pin I have to make and it's dimensioned at .094" and made from drill rod. The peice is to be hardened and polished...should I get some 3/32" drill rod or go with a #40 or #41 peice of rod? I feel like a putz not knowing, but I don't know, so any reply will...
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    Source for Cast Iron

    Hi guys, Well, I've decided to go for the gusto and attempt to make an NGEZ-1. Getting the materials for it and would like a good source for the class 40 Cast Iron needed for the cylinder liner. I'll be using 2024 T351 for the crankcase and cylinder head and have ordered it from Online Metals...
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    To mill on an angle...

    Hello guys, I've a tool/setup question... When milling an angle and not having a sine plate nor the money to get one and all the gage blocks, can one of those digital protractors be used instead? Thank you, Ren
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    Brassy 2 in Aluminum

    Well, I mader my first engine and I shared about it with other groups I belong to, and Mike invited me to share here and I had forgotten I was a group member, so... From the sunny, yet humid state of Florida, in the town of Lakeland, the one, the only, first showing of my first attempt at making...
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