I traded about an hour of shop time for a new in the box PM Research Inc. 5BI casting kit. The guy I got it from told me he ordered it in March of 1990. He told me he attempted to build a smaller steam engine kit and scraped the cylinder. That put him off doing this kit and put it away. Subsequently he sold the machinery his farther had passed to him. I purchased a Rockwell Drill Press from him so that is how he came to know me and my little shop.
This 5BI is cast of all red bronze. I looked at the PM-R site and discovered this kit all bronze kit is no longer sold. The current 5BI is a mix of bronze, cast iron, and aluminium. Due to the economy I'm covered up with work from people wanting parts made for stuff they would have scrapped out just a few years ago. Machining this kit may take some time.
I'm uploading a couple of pictures of the kit before I remove the parts from the box and start working on them.
This 5BI is cast of all red bronze. I looked at the PM-R site and discovered this kit all bronze kit is no longer sold. The current 5BI is a mix of bronze, cast iron, and aluminium. Due to the economy I'm covered up with work from people wanting parts made for stuff they would have scrapped out just a few years ago. Machining this kit may take some time.
I'm uploading a couple of pictures of the kit before I remove the parts from the box and start working on them.