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HaHa! It would fun to this going down the road at 70 MPH - if they could get to that speed!

Man I barely have my materials collected and some of you are done already? It's going to take a specail effort to get ahead of what has been submitted so far! Some imaginative ideas already - Kactiguy's wire engine is great, sparse but effective and shred's engine is massive and a true finger...

I can't even imagine how you made some of the parts on this machine! ??? It is just fantastic!

Soot & paint for socks, this implies you had shoes! What I would of given to have shoes in those early years... Great photo's. My daughter and I are planning a trip to England the first part of September. These pictures are how I see England in my minds eye, though I know most likely everything...

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. The encouragement is much appreciated. I will try to answer some of your questions: Bogstandard: Have you a rough sketch with dimensions? I have a simple layout sketch done in Sketchup (see below). I like this program very much for getting a feel of the...

After watching John Bogstandard's build up of his fantasic finger engine, I thought I would try one myself. It is nothing as wonderful as what he is making, but it was good fun practice! Here is a little video of the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR-BmQus9kk

Very nice! and sooo shinny!! Great job and I like the speed it runs at.

Nice pictures and diagrams. Intersting valve arrangement, I am looking forward to future reports.

Nice engine - I hope to build something like that someday!

Very nice! Looks like a little arcing on the points, do you think they will get burnt or pit real fast? Would a condenser help?

That is another Great engine!!! Thanks for sharing. Wes Thanks Wes. This was my first one, got the idea from a 1930's book for boys on how to build and engine with wood, sheet metal, and nails! I took the basic idea and made it heavy duty! It was a test to see if I could even make a little...

Brass_Machine: It ended up like this: Beware! I had the radio turned up and didn't realize the camera would pick it up so well! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60l7whGQ5OI

I made a ball turner and it will cut some fairly weird shapes if you mess with it a bit, here a a couple of examples: This is what I came up with for a ball turner, kind of a conglomeration of several I had seen on line: Sorry for the fuzzy photos.

Howdy, Just got here myself!

Since I'm new I guess this is how you reply to questions: Powder Keg: It about 16" tall, base is 7.5" x 6.5", fly wheel 7.5" dia. Dickeybird: Yes - I used DesignCAD and SketchUp to try layouts and especially the valve porting. As for the 1962 blue double cab, yah - someone had raidused the...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. As for casting, I've only made about 8 attempts so far besides melting aluminum to make ingots, but it is why I had to buy a mill and lathe so I could do something with the castings! ;)

Hello, I have just found this group and I am very impressed with skill and expertize of the members. I hope I can learn from you all and maybe contribute something sometime. As a way of introduction, I am posting a couple of videos of my 2nd attempt at building an steam engine (compressed air)...

Fantastic - I am new here and this is what I aspire to try to build. Beautiful work!