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For this I would highly recommend this book: http://books.google.ca/books?id=SqgJAAAACAAJ&dq=engineering+drawing+and+design. This is the book that my college uses for a textbook in our CAD classes. It takes you from basic hand drafting and sketching skills to an overview of CAD systems...

If you are thinking of using the small 12gram cartridges found in sporting goods stores, you may want to check out some of the paintball equipment that you could adapt to run the engine. A part such as this: will pierce the cartridge safely and should run your engine for a while. Couple that to...

About 3 inches of snow here in Southern Ontario yesterday. Didn't stop me from cutting through 14 inches of ice (hand auger) and standing (I should really build a hut) in the snowfall and wind to get to the fish. Make the best of what you have. To bad we didn't catch much. -Tom

Did you check the BOM (Bill of Materials) for that drawing? Sometimes where dimensions are not critical, such as in the thickness of bearing blocks, and where stock sizes of material will be appropriate the draftsman will only give a profile, or a profile and a side view to show the depth of a...

I went to these guys when I needed a couple spur gears for my lathe's gearbox. Several retail locations across Canada and the USA. They have both Boston and Martin gears, as well as bushings and bearings. You can even look up some numbers on their website. It's best if you go prepared with part...

Thanks for all the replys, Looked at the vintage plans site. Some good plans for a powered hacksaw, but I think that hacksaw is a little bigger than I was hoping (good sized table to go along with it). Looked further into the plans, found the ones for the benchtop shaper. Has anyone here built...

Just wondering how you guys rough cut your stock. I've fixed my lathe, and it's running great. The only thing is, I don't have a bandsaw, and one is not in the budget. I spent about 15min last night trying to cut through 1-1/4 STL RB (not sure of the exact alloy) with a hacksaw, think I ended up...

Here's my lathe, sitting in the former owner's workshop. Just making a quick repair to the gearbox (maybe done tonight), and should be good to go. That, combined with the wood stove just installed in my workshop (don't know about you Brian, but it just keeps snowing here in Hamilton), will let...

Sorry to hear of the injury, glad to hear it was nothing to serious and I hope it heals up well It's interesting you brought this up. My father's business uses one of these saws, and he will tell anyone that it has actually saved him lots of money. No way for a worker to get hurt, no paying...

Good start. I think we all should keep some of this around, especially with those British Sportcars

It's moved, and now I just need to set it up and the chips can start flying. Many thanks to Stan, who gave me some very helpful pointers on moving, that saved me a bit of work. -Tom

Well, it's all mine. Just have to move it into it's new home (hopefully this weekend), and get going.

I'm not sure how it is located currently, I have not gone to see it yet. As to where I will be placing it, it will be in a shop that has a slab-on grade elevation and a rolling door. I also have a tractor available for my end. So no problem there.

Thanks for the warm welcome all. Does anyone have advice on moving a machine like this. I should probably figure out details like this beforehand.

Just going to toss out an idea here brought about by wareagle's method mentioned earlier. If you are going to make AL mounts with Bronze inserts, why not add a rectangle of shim material between the two halves of the bushing? Nothing to thick, maybe 1-2 thou? That way you could loosen the bush...

Hello all, I have come across your forum and have discovered that there is a wealth of information available here, so I think I will stick around for a while. I'm on the verge of becoming a certified Mechanical Engineering Technologist, and enjoy designing and working on mechanical things. Over...