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This last week I completed enough of swarfrat's VATOC engine http://swarfrat.com/TheVATOCEngine.htm to have it run. I may bling it up a bit or I may build another one but up the scale a bit and then bling them both. This was a fun project and I don't think it would be beyond anybodies ability...

Great set of plans. It knocks and is pretty loud but it runs. :-) As our UK cousins would say I'm quite chuffed. It's from the HMEM EZ build plans. I didn't do a build log since world+dog has done this one and it's a pretty well documented build. It's pretty noisy, but it runs...

I'm pretty new to this so I don't know if it's something I'm doing or of it's the material. I'm making 4 screwless vice clamps. More or less like these; http://littlemachineshop.com/Projects/Drawings/ScrewlessViseClamps.pdf I bought 4 pieces of 1018 cold rolled steel 1.25" square x 2.0" long (...

Well I got the roll around cabinet built, drawers made and installed and mounted the mill and lathe on the top that I talked about in my intro. http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=12291.0 Anyway after reading about John, BogStandard's, lathe rebuild on the madmodder site...

Hello, I'm Charles. I live in Round Rock Tx. I've been doing woodworking for some time and a few years back did it professionally when I managed a cabinet/millwork shop in Bee Caves. Just got the machining/model engine "bug" after watching some videos on you tube. Really enjoyed Tubal Cain...