Howdy Folks, Greetings from the Rocky Mountains:
I'm a new member that has been following this outstanding forum for some time. After watching and "listening" to the absolutely impressive amount of machine shop talent on this forum, I've decided to take the plunge and join the fun. Here's a bit of background: When I was in my teen age years, I worked with my Dad in his home machine shop. He was an outstanding craftsman and taught me the basics of machine tool operation, an enduring education that I've treasured for the past half century. When he passed away about 20 years ago, I stored the equipment for later use. Now that I'm "Redirected" aka "Retired", a few years ago I pulled the equipment out of storage and started a journey down memory lane. What and experience this has been.
The basic inventory of equipment that I have is a Logan 9" lathe, Clausing vertical knee mill, bandsaw, drill presses and more tools that I know how to use.
So, for my membership dues in this organization I decided to construct my first model engine. Dad built a number of cast models in his later years, but I never made a steam model. As so many of you recommend, I decided to dust off my machining skills by building a basic wobble engine. The following photos highlight a design I found on the internet by Paul Jorgenson. I've taken some liberties with his design and added a few modifications, just for fun. Having not built a flywheel before I messed around with conventional designs and came up with this one. Then, since I screwed up the crank shaft sizing, I "fixed" my mistake by installing a ball bearing. Overall it was great fun and now has inspired me to move on to other engines, such as some of Elmer's other basic models.
// Curly
I'm a new member that has been following this outstanding forum for some time. After watching and "listening" to the absolutely impressive amount of machine shop talent on this forum, I've decided to take the plunge and join the fun. Here's a bit of background: When I was in my teen age years, I worked with my Dad in his home machine shop. He was an outstanding craftsman and taught me the basics of machine tool operation, an enduring education that I've treasured for the past half century. When he passed away about 20 years ago, I stored the equipment for later use. Now that I'm "Redirected" aka "Retired", a few years ago I pulled the equipment out of storage and started a journey down memory lane. What and experience this has been.
The basic inventory of equipment that I have is a Logan 9" lathe, Clausing vertical knee mill, bandsaw, drill presses and more tools that I know how to use.
So, for my membership dues in this organization I decided to construct my first model engine. Dad built a number of cast models in his later years, but I never made a steam model. As so many of you recommend, I decided to dust off my machining skills by building a basic wobble engine. The following photos highlight a design I found on the internet by Paul Jorgenson. I've taken some liberties with his design and added a few modifications, just for fun. Having not built a flywheel before I messed around with conventional designs and came up with this one. Then, since I screwed up the crank shaft sizing, I "fixed" my mistake by installing a ball bearing. Overall it was great fun and now has inspired me to move on to other engines, such as some of Elmer's other basic models.
// Curly
