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I thought this may of interest to some of you. Below is a link to my thread regarding my Gatling gun project I've been working on for about a year now. That project got me interested in other technology from that era and that's how I wound up starting on my first steam engine and finding this...

Thank you. I went ahead and finished up the base components this afternoon. Tomorrow morning I'll line ream the bushings, and maybe finish up the flywheel.

I worked on my bearing blocks this morning. I have a stash of oil-lite bronze so I decided to add bushings. I also deviated from the plans on the bearing block at the steam connection by making it wider, I'll make the connector to match.

I mocked up the base and frame set-up this afternoon, it's starting to look like something now.

Parts is parts.

Not a very good picture, but I managed to get the valve and nut done today, along with roughing out my flywheel.

Heck, I don't care what they do with my photos. They're just images.

Thank you for the kind comments, I'll post pics as I go. ;D

Hi, I posted my first project before introducing myself. Below is the link. I got interested in steam engines after beginning my half scale Gatling gun project. I guess I became fascinated with the machines of that era. I've been an aerospace machinist for 24 years, but in the last several...

I posted this over at The Home Machinst, but this seems like a more appropriate forum. This is my first attempt at a steam engine so I decided to start with what appeared to be the most difficult part. So far so good, I can cycle the cylinder with compressed air. Next up is to machine the valve...