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Evening all, As some of you know I have recently acquired some old machines my GGrandfather made. I'm in the process of tidying them up and would like to ultimately run them. So to aid in the clean up and to run them I was thinking a compressor would be useful (small air jet gun to clean...

Thanks for the reply Sean. I do need to get to a group sometime, if nothing else just to prove to the wife that I'm not the only person mad enough to think about this as a hobby..;) My G Grandfather was called Edwin Short and lived in and around Port Talbot all his life, he died in 1972 so...

You are right, the ones that were on show were shined within an inch of thier lives. I must try and get some photos from my cousin as he has them now.

Hi Colin, Give me some time to work out what is what and i may give you a shout for some advice...there is a stack of things in my Aunts garage and a train (about a foot high and 3 feet long) at my parents...both of them want to clear space and would like items to go to good homes. I'll be...

Hi Don, I'm up near Abergavenny. Chris

Evening all, I've just come across the forums and website as I am looking for help with my Great Grandfathers work...see my other post: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f26/help-great-grandfathers-models-22061/ I'm an engineer by training ( Aerospace degree) but most of my work has...

Thanks for the swift reply. I'm checked them all for movement and they are all suprisingly in good condition, move very easily with no rough patches or noise. I'll look into getting a set of tools and see what i can do to sort them out. Anyone got any suggestions on air supplies or bast...

Evening all, I recently returned from my Aunt's house where she has been clearing out some boxes from my Grandmother...you can see where this is going can't you. My Great Grandfather used to scratch build model engines (we think he started post WW1 upto and through WW2) - some of his best...