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    Poppin Vacuum Engine

    It was a fun little engine to build. I'm currently remaking the crank from bar stock as the one I used was built up from drill rod and some key stock. I'm hoping that the one piece crankshaft will turn a little truer than the built up one. Fingers crossed, it's a bit fiddly when it's so small...
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    Poppin Vacuum Engine

    Here is a run before I polished the base plate.
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    Poppin Vacuum Engine

    I recently completes a poppin engine. It was a fun project to get me back into machining. Poppin Vacuum Engine by Sparticusrye posted Nov 7, 2019 at 7:25 AM
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    A new A3_Switcher will be born

    That's a very good looking locomotive.
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    Marks Holt 75

    Very Nice work, an excellent start. I'll be watching as you progress. I just finished a Poppin vacuum engine on Friday and the little crankshaft was difficult and it only has one journal. I bent it on the first try and ended up making a built up crank.
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    Holt Engine from Coles

    Beautiful engine, any video of it running?
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    New Lathe: Feed direction?

    The lathe I learned on in school was like this. You get used to it but it is a pain.
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    Dynamo build by castings

    I would be interested in a set of casting depending on what it would cost. Would make an excellent addition to any engine project. What is the designed operating speed, RPM?
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    Kozo A3 in 1.5" scale

    Excellent progress Kvom. Looking forward to seeing you loco unde it's own steam.
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    Gas Turbine build, pictorial build log.

    Very nice progress, I'll be watching this post with interest. I wanted to build one but haven't got to it yet. Seeing your progress has renewed my interest. James
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    Plans

    I'm presently building one of Jerry's engines. The plans are well made and easy to follow with a decent explanation of each drawing. I'm working on the Bill 1903, but it's on pause until the weather warms up and my shop gets a little more hospitable. The only issue I have had is that the Bill...
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    Model Clutch pulley by Joe Tochtrop

    From what you've described this post seems to use something similar. http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=15826.0
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    Tool dig in. Part, slide and moral totally shattered.

    Hauk, I've been fighting my parting tool as well, as can be seen here: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=14214.msg162798#msg162798 After I replaced my parting tool holder, since that's what I ended up breaking, I read your post here and used some of the advice. Having...
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    Co-Axial Indicators

    I use an edge finder for locating parts in a mill. They're easy to use and cheap. Fairly accurate. If I need to be more accurate I put some masking tape on the edge of the part and then move the end mill up until the tape gets cut. Most masking tape is approx. 2mil in thickness. Easy to do...
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    Bill - 1906 Four Cycle Gas Engine Build

    Well I'm back, I was deployed for a few weeks but have returned home. I also found sometime over the last couple days to spend sometime in the shop. I decided to make another attempt at the cylinder. That darn parting tool caught up again only this time the setup in the chuck was strong enough...
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    9x20 Lathe Chucks

    I have a B2227L 10x18. I use a 5" 3 jaw and 4 jaw chucks. I find that the 4 Jaw gets close to the bed ways when turning bigger parts so a 6" might be a bit large.
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    Rotary tables - how often are they actually used?

    I haven't used one often, but I did use one to help a friend to customize a flywheel for an air engine. He had a complex design that he wanted machined into the hub. So I had a large Rotary table with an indexing head on it so that I could achieve the compound angles that he required. That was a...
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    Radial Rebuild complete: Videos up

    That is a beautiful piece of machinery. Love the sound of a radial.
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    Taps and dies and nuts and bolts?

    Hi LazyLathe, I am also in Canada and had an issue finding suppliers for smaller model engineering tools. I found that going to a local Fastenal was good for down to about a 4-40 Socket Head Cap Screw. They do carry smaller sizes but it is all pretty much a special order. I ended up going to...
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    Bill - 1906 Four Cycle Gas Engine Build

    I was away with work for 5 weeks and then 3 weeks of vacation with my familly. I've finally had sometime after getting home to make some progress and a small step backwards. The first thing I did once I got back to the shop was make the flange that the cylinder bolts to on the crankcase and...
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