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Hey Guys, I wanted to share this flyaround video of my latest project. I had rotator cuff surgery December 10th and that has had me out of work and fairly useless around the house. I may get to go back to work in a week or two. During this time I decided to learn how to use Fusion 360. I...

This may not be all that cold to some of you, but for me down here in Georgia its chilly, I thought global warming would make my winters nicer :) Anyway I hauled out my sternwheeler to see how good the exhaust would look on a cold day. I was delayed an hour or so which dropped the humidity 10...

Well my steam powered sternwheeler http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=22191 is fun to run, but it is a real event to get 50lbs and 6ft of boat out to the water and back. I want something I can toss into the car and steam on a pond with little effort and support equipment...

This is a few runs edited together by my son to show my steam boat doing some work. If you didn't see the build log its here - http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=22191 I liked the shots of the engine valve gear moving as the water slides by the most. Its just fun to...

Hey guys I wanted to share a big day with you guys. I was able to get my steam engine to the point of running on air and just for test running. I have been working on and off on this engine for a long time and needed to see it run to keep my nerves down. I have so much time making chips without...

Well I thought I would share my version of a power feed for my mill. I cant spend the money it takes to get the mfg's feed so after reading a lot about other homemade power feeds here and around the net, this is what I came up with so far. The motor/gearbox was from all electronics for $25...

Hey Guys this is my first post and I wanted to share with everyone the little steam ( compressed air till the boiler is done ) engine I made. I am no machinist by any stretch, I killed a bunch of metal and even broke a few gears in the mill but it sure was fun trying !!! I did a bunch of...