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Well I took the plunge and traded some castings to my dad for his Unimat, and this is my first engine build. Today I set it up as a mill and cut the flat on the engine base for the cylinder head. It took almost an hour as I could not cut allot at a time, but thats ok :) I also squared one...

I thought I would share my build of the PM Research BLR 2 kit. First thing I would like to mention is that the kit was very complete, having all the materials needed to build the tools and boiler. The castings are top notch, very clean and easy to work with. The plans were clear and were...

If your budget was $1000 bucks and you wanted to build small engines, 7" flywheels and smaller. Steam/air at first from castings then plans. What would be the best lathe/tool set combo ? THis is a starting budget, more later as long as gas stays below 5 bucks a gallon. I know that the budget...

Found this little gem at a antique store today marked as telegraph equipment, it does run off of a 9v battery, I plan on restoring it. The only markings are on the connecting rod, it says Pat D May 17 1910, its 5" long 2.5" wide with a 2 3/4" fly wheel. With a forward and reverse lever...

First of all let me thank those here that posted boiler recommendations and answered my newb questions. My dad did the machining on the Stuart beam engine, I built the boiler and finished the beam. It has a whistle due to the 90 degree fitting on the steam outlet, but it runs nice and smooth...

its listed as a 5/32 diameter but by what? How many TPI? http://www.modelmachinist.com/draincockthreaded532inch-p-937.html

Hi all, I recently came across a castings kit for a Stuart beam engine, my Dad is a doing the machining for me, I am doing the finish work. I would like to run it on live steam and have found two kits that look like they would do the job, the PM research boiler 1 and 2. I have always loved...