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Here are some more photos i hope answer your questions, I found that the leadscrew wobbled a little so i did'nt want a rigid conection and the way i have connected does'nt take up any more width, you do need a dog clutch so you can still move the table manually for setting up, you can't turn the...

Well it's almost finished, just a cover to make and relief it does seem to work after quite a bit of time making it. i did buy a power adapter with ajustable voltage and 1000mw output and this seems OK, My only change would be to gear down the speed a bit more as i'm working at the lower end of...

Many Thanks for your quick replies guys, looks like i have permission to get one myself, Very useful to get others experience. Geoff

I have a bench top Mill/drill similar size to the sieg x2 and am thinking of geting a boring head to make larger holes upto 40mm, and wonder if a small mill is capable of useing a boring head as whenever i use a onesided type of cutter or countersink the machine wobbles a bit and clearly is not...

Hi Vic try this link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150854583486?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 for the controler. Geoff

Hi Dave I really like you engine so far, a lovely finnish on those columns, it reminds me of the lady stephanie beam engine i did recently and i wonder how they assembled the real thing, they could'nt pick up the whole thing and screw the columns from under the baseplate, Can we see a image of...

I have just got this new lathe and am very pleased with it but soon found the toolpost supplied ment a lot of packing pieces would be needed for all the tools i have. I did'nt want to buy a QCTP as i would need so many extra holders. So i thought i would try and use the system I had on my...

I am progressing well with this project and have made a second test piece lefthanded so it does'nt stick out from the front of the table, i now have the electronics and had a test run with the wires dangling off the end to see if it was likley to work and was pleased with the result, The drill...

Hi John Thanks for your interest, i'm still working on this project and feel i'm making good progress now i have worked out a clutch arrangement. Today i started on modifing the feedscrew and finding a way to measure it's exact position, and found it has a slight wobble so i will have to allow...

I have a Warco wm14 mill which i like very much and having used it for a while I have decided to try and make a power feed. I am using a spare small drill screwdriver as i think they contain many of the qualities you need, such as 2speeds slow and medium, a clutch in case of a jam up, and a...

Hi If your not sure about soldering just loctite it and mabe pin it as well with 1/16" rod as i have, it can look good. Geoff

Well done drysdam It's great fun to turn some scraps of metal into a working engine, i found i wanted each new one to be a bigger challenge. How about this Kit with a boiler to make for GBP43.00 on ebay UK, this was my first build...

Here it is again, it's not quite complete but i'm finnished with it now i have done the work to make the govnor rotate, do you have that feeling you should make another one now you have learnt so much making this one. if i do it will be larger than the 8" length of this design. now i see why...

Hi I was going to add this to the my lathe thread but i thought it might get lost in there. I am thinking it would be very usefull to have a small review of individual machines so anyone thinking of buying a new lathe can look up that model and get first hand opinion of that machine. So i`m...

Hi Thanks for all the encouragement it was a great help, I`ve carried on and got almost to the end and it runs very well, so i thought i would add a picture of the progress so far as i added the air vessel and guvnor and finials which all add to the bling effect. It certainly is a fiddly engine...

Many thanks for your encouraging replies everyone, I am surprised at the number of responces it seems you have felt the same at sometime. I feel the overall advice is to take it one step at a time and make the project as best as you can, as you are probably only going to make it once, Thanks...

Have you ever felt you have taken on more complex project than you planed, when i started this model 4 months ago i had no idea how long it would take and i did`nt make it easier by scratch building instead of buying the castings. I had seen pictures of the castings but thought they looked a bit...

An interesting machine, i thought i had seen it somewhere else, it`s a Sieg SU1 universal mill sold in the U.K. by axminster tools and costing a whopping £984.00 they also do a power feed for it. Geoff

Ian I just think 6 bolts look better and are easy to align to an edge. Geoff

Here`s another pic