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Another excellent build Ken! Thanks for taking the time to post, take pic's, video your journey & sharing your drawings. Always a great read! Fantastic work! john

Nice work! How did you make such a detailed pattern for the smokebox door? It looks great! john

And after you build the engine.....you'll have to build Georges transmission for it. ;) John

Here are the plans I've created for the Birmingham "Dribbler" locomotive. See Birmingham Dribbler - Wikipedia This little engine was originally offered as a "Toy" in the late 1800's & reproduced years later. I take no credit for the design & re-created the entire engine from pictures on the...

Great work as always Ken! Especially like the slow-mo movement. John

With all this debate about rings lately, I'll be watching intently. Nonetheless, it's a great little engine Brian. I can't wait to see what you come up with next. John

I'm designing a burner tray for my "Dribbler" loco & was wondering if someone could give me the sizes of the "Solid Fuel" (Esbit, Meta", other) tablets that are available (Length, width, height). A quick look at the Esbit website shows me 3 sizes available: 14, 5, & 4 grams, but no dim's/sizes...

It's looking real good Ken, glad to see you back on it! Good to hear you're keeping busy at work as well. John

A real nice job on this one Brian, I think the paint turned out really nice! Great work! John

That's pretty cool! John

Dave, I checked my CAD model & it is exactly how you have it with the piston partially blocking the spark plug hole. John

Dave, see drawing #5, sheet-2, front view. The location is shown as .31 ("X") & on cylinder CL. The hole SIZE, which is not shown, is M10x1. (to elaborate...) ;) John

Thank you gents! All very good info! I decided that I would solder 2 "Lugs", front & back of the boiler that also help "Cradle" the boiler having 4 points of contact (center of cradle being relieved) & fastened with 2 cap screws each from the lower frame, Kind of like a "Vee" block, but...

Outstanding! Congratulations! They DO run! John

WOW. That is a nice collection! John

Welcome from NW PA! Good bunch of folks from beginner, to very advanced skills here, always willing to help out, no matter what questions you may have. What kind of engines have you been tinkering with? John

That's beautiful! I couldn't imagine building to such a small scale. Thanks for sharing this! John

Progress, even if slow, progress... Still working on it, had some problems with getting the proportions right. This being a "Toy" wasn't really built to any particular scale. The "Frame" was a cast base, so I spent a lot of time trying to re-create something that resembled that. I ran into some...

Great video Tony! I like how you constructed the cylinder & the lagging is a great touch. What did you use on the lagging? "Super Glue" or some other adhesive? John

That's looking great! John