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Welcome to the form, it is great having a person with the gear manufacturing expertise to pick there brain when having problems with building gears.

I agree 100% if I didn't have my wood shop an metal shop I would go crazy, it is still too cool out to work in the yard and garden so having my shops has saved me.

So I have finished my Burnell Steam Trip Hammer see attached photo's. The Hammer works great and you definitely don't want to get your finger under it. It is a wicked tool now I just need to find a use for it, maybe cut the pressure down and use it for cracking walnuts. Mike

So I have tried Onshape and then you need a program that will post the file to G code so now you have two programs to do a single job. I have been using SurfCam since 1999 and it has served me will, the down side is the price of the yearly subscription which I offset by doing some jobs to help...

Hello the 220 v single phase motor needs to come to a complete stop before you can reverses it if you just hit the reverse switch it will run the same direction that it was just running. Mike

Hello to all I have had my new 14 x 40 Grizzly lathe going on three months and I am very happy with it. Its very accurate and very solid. I would purchase again if I need to. The over all fit and finish of the machine is very good. I have done some pretty heavy work on it with zero problems...

Well for years I have been purchasing used tools from estate sales, I like the older Brown and Sharp tools along with Starrett. I started out with a $50.00 purchase in 1965 and the tools all were Craftsman, used for years and have been updating ever since. You can go broke purchasing new...

It is Shelf Pet Models https://www.shelfpetmodels.com/ I have build this engine and I will look for some photos to post. MF

Hello I live in Port Angeles and I know that there is a model steam club and track over in Kitsap not sure where or who to contact.

Hello I am presently building a Model Steam Hammer I purchased the castings from Brunell Models. So just a heads up the castings are pretty nice but the drawings are horrible. 80% of the dimensions missing and the ones that are there are wrong, so be ware. Mike

Hello Jeff Thanks for the SnowCam drawing. I will try this out on my engine and let you know how it works out. Mike

Hi Jeff Could you post a drawing of your new cam profile. Mike

So When I built my Snow engine I used a spit coupler threaded with LH/RH threads this allowed to adjust the stroke of each piston, the nut has two allen head screws to lock once the stroke is set. The piston rods are 1045 chrome hydraulic piston rod material. Cylinder liners are cast iron with...

So just update you all I have purchased the Grizzly 14 x 40 Gun Lathe have it in shop all setup and running. I am very pleased with the machine it is put together very well and runs very smooth, so time will tell but so fare very pleased. Mike

A good way to stop the leakage around piston rod is to use some Loctite I used Red on mine and zero leakage if you need to disassemble just heat piston up with a torch. Mike

When Silver Solder is called for the surfaces needs to be clean I would stay away from the steel wool it will leave a residue on the surface and the pickle bath as well. I use emery cloth then carburetor cleaner then flux and your ready to go. Copper will carry the heat off very rapidly so you...

I'm located in Port Angles WA. I haven't had the Snow Engine running since August, need to get it out and crank it up after the holidays I will try to find some time to crank it up and get some video to post. Just installed a new lathe so now I need to put my shop back together, then I will...

So I didn't get all my photo's loaded of the Snow Engine so I will try again. Mike

Hello to All Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year. So several years ago I built the Snow Engine, I doubled it in size so the bore is 2 inch, the piston rod is 5/8 chromed 1045 material cylinders are cast iron with steel housing the fly wheel came off an Ideal hit and miss engine. I had...

The Aluminum Bronze material is great for slow moving parts that have a source of lubrication such as grease its a very hard close grain material, 660 bronze is a softer material and so it will hold lubrication like lube oil. I would not use Aluminum Bronze for head stock bearings on a lathe...