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Ken That's a good looking engine. I'm not much on guns but I appreciate the integration and style. I agree that the angular plates seem a little out of character. Your plans to change that will help bring it together. I like the reverse control but I am a little puzzled as to the...

Not yet Brian. Funny you should ask as I was just thinking about that today. One reason I was thinking about that part of the came for the recent trial assembly. I have recently changed from a 3" aluminum pipe to a 3 1/2" aluminum pipe for the faux boiler. To be true to scale, it should be 3...

Ken This project is so old that it predates a lot of things. I'm glad you dropped in. There has been some discussion of the term "donkey" and I am mystified why it isn't called a "steam horse" or a "steam mule" which are the animals that it replaced in the logging industry where they were used...

Here is today's effort. The right front frame has been profiled to shape and attached to the main frame. There is a little more fine tuning to the shape but it is close. The boss surrounding the shaft bearing is 1" diameter and will be reduced to about 7/8" after the clutch actuator assembly...

A small update. The donkey is proceeding but slowly. One of the problems of reviving a project after a long period is that many of the parts made previously don't look as good to me as they did at the time that I made them so a lot of the parts are being remade. This gives me an opportunity to...

John I'll check the angle again and try it with a little more. I like the way this cuts but if I can improve it, I'll like it more. In this case I was going for stock removal over finish. I had more than .25" thickness to remove so I made a lot of chips. Maybe this is not the right tool for the...

John I know the thread is about slow mo cameras but the flycutter chip is also worth talking about. Here is the cutter that I was using and the chips it produced; The depth of cut was about .060" across a 1.5" wide surface. The cutting radius is about 1" turning about 700RPM with a...

Chuck I know lots of people that have something in common with your engine. They have got their head where their butt ought to be. Jerry

Brian I think you are going to wish you had drilled the holes for the hinge pin and tested the swing before painting. Jerry

Brian I think the off center draft holes add just the right touch. Good thinking. Not actually "out of the box" but "edgey." Jerry

That is what I see. Slower response and frequently not found. Sometimes it is found on the second or third try but other times not found for five minutes or more. Jerry

You kids make me laugh. Retirement is easy.......after you get it figured out. My advice would be to do everything you ever wanted to do in as short a time as possible. After that, slow down, you will have figured out what you really want to do. Jerry

Very nice video, John. I spent most of the day yesterday with a fly cutter, which is ground to your example, on aluminum. I have been using this style of cutter for a while now and I am always impressed by how well it works and how easily it cuts. I love this tool and the results it gives. I...

I know I'm not the oldest guy on here so maybe some of you remember the shortages of WWII. Anything that broke, had to be fixed. All scrap metal had already gone to the war effort, so something to fix it with had to be taken from something else. My dad was not an engineer by trade or training...

Einstein would have you believe that nothing can exceed the speed of light. E=mc2 and all that. Apparently, in all his observation he never observed things going south. I don't have the ability to measure that accurately, but in my shop, when things head south, there is no speed limit, easily...

I can usually find something to talk about with anyone. I love fishing and that covers a lot of people. I used to play golf and that works with some. Cooking and eating is almost universal so with those few topics I can get around most parties. But if I want to be left alone to contemplate my...

It is hard to imagine how anyone can exist without an understanding and appreciation of mechanical things but they do exist. Some of them even seem happy. Jerry

Ken I used a 3.5" hole saw on aluminum not long ago, I can't remember why, but I do remember that it was almost too much for my little X2 mill. Even with plenty of lubrication (WD40) and frequent clearing of the kerf and picking chips out of the gullets, the overload kept stopping the motor. A...

Jason Congratulations on completion of a great project with so many interesting details. There is much to be learned from your example of craftmanship and artistry. Jerry

I use a spot drill because I learned of their existence on this forum. Another thing that I learned here, I think, is that a center drill is used to make a seat for a tailstock center, and that the hole made by the tip is just to provide clearance for the point and that the center drill must...