Recent content by JimDobson

A friend of mine Dennis in New Zealand got the haul of a lifetime of literally hundreds and hundreds of parts for Cranko Steam Engines, an old New Zealand company that made Steam Engines from the end of World War II until they closed down in the mid 1950's. All Cranko steam engines are highly...

OKMO Microcosm Model M31 Vertical Steam Engine Single Cylinder First run on live steam of this beautiful brass casted vertical steam engine. Really happy with DIY Modifications that I did and the two timber plinths. Made lots of items using my metal lathe and milling machine. The condenser pot...

Is there a way when parting off to have the left over nib (that at least I always get) stay on the piece that's in the chuck and not on the piece that's been parted off? I've tried adjusting my parting tool every which way over the years and never managed to have that nib not end up on the...

OKMO Microcosm JO6B Miniature Stirling Engine First run of this wonderful little Stirling engine and also a shout out to Nobby Clark and his Myford lathe and steam engineering workshop YouTube channel in England in the U.K.

OKMO / Microcosm S01 Steam Powered Helicopter Really like this helo! Had some fun in the workshop as usual making the timber plinth, drilling and countersinking the aluminium base for a brass wood screw to hold the base to the timber plinth and designing and drilling the mounting holes on my...

That's pretty darn cool!

LOL yes, as useful as teats on a bull :) but fun! and fun to make! Someone has suggested to me a water wheel on the last spout....now that has the tired old brain turning. All the best for Christmas and the New Year.

OKMO Microcosm P71 Mini Pump mounted on a custom wood plinth with custom plumbing. I had a lot of fun machining up a lot of the metal work and also doing the woodwork and then putting this all together, I have a lot of hours invested in this. Silver brazing up the three copper pot water return...

have a lot of hours in this P71 pump from eBay, enjoyed every minute of making all the metal parts and woodworking. Only thing I haven't done yet is bend and cut the return that will flow the water into the 4" copper water trough as I'm still pondering a few ideas. I did toy with the idea of...

Microcosm Vertical Single Cylinder Steam Engine Model 31 Had a lot of fun building a new plinth base for this engine as well as a chuff pot/condensate trap and some other modifications, enjoyed the woodworking and metalworking and making a lot of the parts on my lathe.

That was me......"if one drop of oil is good, more must be better" but not when its on the armature.

Here's a Sunday morning video of a DIY homemade lamp that I made a few days ago running off a PM Research model generator -

Modified Jensen 20G Orphan Steam Engine Running off a 4" MSM Copper Boiler

Lifted from Cotswold Heritage Richard -