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From personal experience Boxfords and Colchester lathes tended to be found in apprentice training establishments Myfords tended to be in schools although some had Boxfords This was in the days of indentured apprenticeships and many companies had the foresight to keep a good stock of available...

Hi Todd, many thanks for taking the time to reply it is appreciated Guess if I really want to build one Im going to have to draw it up myself .Unlike the Rider engines Iv not come across one this side of the pond but there is a few videos knocking about and I will have a trawl through patents...

A link to a full sized video Long time no hear Ganesh, how is the world of engineering cheers

Hi , has anyone have any information about this engine or the company who makes/made the castings and drawings available I know its an old thread but Iv been looking for some time but unable to find any info other than a possible link to Little Locos if they are still in existence but again...

Harold Hall website has some cutter grinder ideas that maybe worth looking at . The link is for a simple jig Sharpening End Mills 5 This site has some info on the Tinker and the Stent GadgetBuilder's MiniLathe and Little Workshop Like all things no single design will cover all so some compromise...

The drawings are in Mr Halls book Milling a complete course He also has a good write up and a few mods to the original design on his web site http://www.homews.co.uk/page398.html Iv recently been having a serious look at this design as Im knee deep in dull cutters and need to sharpen at least a...

I think there was a build for a breach loading Winchester signal cannon on the practical machinist forum a few years back.

If you cannot find a supplier you could make youre own A number 8 has a 0.25mm hole I use the late Collin Binny method but thave made a jig to keep the hole on center.The jig has been well worth the time to make and had a good bit of use in its time You can find it here under Closing Punch...

Im another happy user of the Geo Thomas rear tool post although mine is cantilevered as I dont have the long super 7 cross slide Around 4 years ago I bough a new style of blade or new to me its has a T section when looking at the front with a half round ground along the top cutting edge.The idea...

Some very good info about spring making on this site http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs/springs.html

This may help also the book is worth looking at https://steamautomobile.com:8443/ForuM/read.php?1,5080,5115 Good luck with the maths

There are a few smaller designs knocking about Malcolm Beaks MB22 is a nice runner and punches above its weight Also a small German piston valved V twin that Julius Dewaal redrew at twice the size This site has some designs for free including the larger V twin and there was a build on here for...

For small sized compound engines two things come to mind condensation losses and in general they are not self starting .They can be made to self start but its another addition and another thing to go wrong when using RC I doubt an oscillating engine would like to run on super heated steam for...

Sorry Iv never used a turbine other than building one for fun and it was greedy for steam and lacked torque on start up Iv only used a uni flow type steam engine for flash steam model boat You need to consider the temps involved when selecting an engine design as my last one would burn out...

After more cunning plans than Blackadder this engine is nearly finished I dont know who made the castings as they have been through several owners The beam had to be machined from the solid and the geometry redrawn due to errors by a previous builder All in all its ending up more like the...

Machine both parts with the same topslide setting At least thats the way I do it and dont have to worry about resetting Cut the valve then reverse the lathe and use a boring tool to cut the seat from the backside the opposite to the valve cheers

The book is a little old but still a good starting point This French site has a few simple flash boilers http://www.vapeuretmodelesavapeur.com/groupederubriqu13/index.html

This link may answer a few questions Discovering flash steam

To allow fitting of stops?

I used to cut them in the lathe using just a diamond file but as I became more interested in building Stirling engine with glass displacers and hot caps took the time to build Jan Ridders simple cutting jig The only mod I did was to use the flexy drive of my dremel clone to keep it well away...