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There's something wrong in this video clip, but I can't quite put my finger on what exactly... Members sensitive to bagpipe "music" might want to mute their speakers before playing ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rzkCkFIus&feature=player_embedded Arnold

So what's the use of building little engines ? ;D One use is entertainment while cooking dinner ;D 'Scuse the background noises; Shrek the parrot insisted on having a bit of a say. The Lamina - it's a bit of a heavy drinker - not of own choice, but I've forced about 3 liters of meths down...

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Having fitted the DRO to my mill, I looked through my list for a project to try it out and get to grips with it. Even though I have an itch to build a complex and detailed engine, I thought something fairly simple would be better to try out the DRO to get the gist of working with it. One of...

When I bought my mill two years ago, I commented that I'd get a DRO in my dreams. Dreams do come true sometimes ;D - it takes a bit of planning, budgeting, a bit of hard work and a stroke of good luck. And a supplier who's willing to ship to a way-out location at a fair price. Some weeks ago...

;) The heading says it all; I'm attempting a Lamina flow engine. Stan did a lot of research and provided much feedback - thank you Stan :bow: Andrew & Robert built their ones with a free dashpot sample for the piston. I can't get one, as it's for US shipment only, I'll just try and make my...

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Elmer's Kimble engine has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and have literally been nagging at me to be built. I can't seem to find any other build logs on it, and have only found one short Youtube video of one, so this is a bit of a journey into the unknown. The engine seems relatively...

I mentioned in my tooling log that I'll be starting another "Elmer" build. Besides all the Elmer engines that I still want to build, two needs immediate attention. The Kimble engine has been nagging at me for a long time; it WANTS to be built, and I will build that one soon, but once again it's...

I've been out of the shop for quite a while now due to non-shop-related burn injuries to both my hands. After spending a most frustrating 5 weeks just watching TV and waiting for things to heal up, I'm ready for the shop again, and wanted a fairly simple project to get back into the swing of...

I want a small turbine, and the great Mr. Elmer Verburg published plans for one. My build is loosely based on his design, and about the same size, but I'm taking some liberties and doing some things my way - which might just bite me in the back :big: Having said that, I feel it is also VERY...

Is there any kind of "standard" for marking and or labelling model build projects ? A bit of an obscure question - so some background: I'm partially in negotiations with a "local" museum (500 km away) that approached me for building them some engines to auction off to raise funds. They want...

I've hinted in a couple of posts that I'm busy on some design work of my own. My long-term goal is an O gauge 060 locomotive with functional tender that's fairly easy and cheap to build and a good no-nonsense runner. I've learned many valuable lessons from building and running little Fred, and...

Not an advert - I happened to get some M1.4 and M1.6 taps from my local optician, and he sourced them from this company in Germany at a reasonable price. I had a look at their web page, and there is a lot of consumables available of interest to model engineers even though they specialize in...

With a couple of compressed air/steam engines under my belt, I feel like a foray into the world of flame lickers... I have quite a couple of plans available, but for most I would require items (mostly small ball bearings) that are unobtainable locally, and hence require running the gauntlet of...

Marv once suggested that one must keep a list of all the little tools that would make life easier while machining. I took that advice, and have a growing list (it'll never end!) and will peck away at it as and when I have time - or foresee a need for specific items for an upcoming build. It's...

I finished my elbow engine. The build log is here And a short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bD_QPQwd7E Regards, Arnold

I've been spending a lot of shop time on experimental work, and reached a point where I first need to build a bending roll to continue - GH Thomas's design is perfect for my needs. Checking my stock inventory this morning, I could not find some of the material I thought I had... I've not built...

I'm trying to get my head around all the basic calculations that goes into designing boilers, with a specific interest in all-copper boilers silver brazed together. A good amount of my hobby time have of late gone into trying to get together and understand as much information in this regard as...

One of the accessories that's lagging for my mill is a boring head. I could buy one, but that would not be nearly as much fun as building my own; some of you might have guessed by now from previous projects that I like building my own tools ;D Once again, Dean's boring head build serves as an...