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Hi shopgeezer, that's the threaded part of an old shoe tree.

First of all, merry Christmas to all. => Very, very good looking beam engine, Russ. Adding mahogany is an interesting idea, cosmetic wise. But it prevents you from running your beam engine under steam. Anyway, waiting to seeing a video of it running on compressed air. By the way, what is...

Great thread, Bouch. This is going to be a great engine. "4 corners, neat and square" (bonus points if you get the reference!) -> Not sure to get the right reference, but it seems you're talking about "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel."

Here's the entire Youtube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJI32Fv9J0Q

FreeCAD is indeed a very interesting 3D modeler although it's still crippled with a few bugs when rendering complex parts. It lacks a dynamical assembly module. Nevertheless it's perfectly free and very promissing.

Such a nice job! Because of its reservoir, it kind of reminds me of Cugnot's "Fardier", the very first steam automobile: Here's a link to the related topic in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot

Hi FC4, Your project sounds great. Here's a link to a French site dealing with model submarine propeller construction. The translation is not that good but the propeller is really nice. Hope this helps! Akitene

Good evening Bill, Very nice boiler indeed. It looks very much alike the "Trident Major", an internal flue marine boiler designed by Edgar T. Westbury.

Good evening, The Cracker has been based on a Byers 0-4-0 geared loco; here's an excellent site dealign with this charming little engine: http://www.susan-parker.co.uk/susan-byers-industrial-locomotive-project.htm What's more, there are a few hints and drawings about designing a model for o...