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Stan, I was quite surprised to find they were an inch dimension. I first measured them with my digital caliper set to metric, when that didn't come out even I switched it to inch, then mic'd them. I absolutely expected metric sizes. I don't know how old it is but I got several stainless rods...

That's a really beautiful engine, Manfred. And a such a great runner, too! Congratulations! Very well done :bow: :bow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu_HnLGc9AU

Joe, Nice plumbing work. My wife wants a new bathroom, are you for hire?? ;D Thanks, the funnels work the way I envisioned from your previous description. It should be interesting to see the water dripping into them and the steam rising.

Nice one, Doc. Or is that two? ;D

Hobby, I hadn't seen anything posted about this in a while. Glad you got it running! Congratulations! Lots of neat motions there. It sure does run smooth!

Looking really nice Arnold. I like the way you made the heads. Well done.

Some good news. Because of the holiday and visitors I won't get any shop time today, but I did manage to steal about an hour this morning before the world comes to life. I rechecked my numbers and went back to mocking up the parts, it looks like I can use the bulkhead has planned with a minor...

Tom, Dean had two threads on springs. He might not have put them on his web site, but he did the tutorial here. Here is the one for thin springs: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=8253.0 And for thicker ones: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=8258.0

Hey Dean, I kinda liked the fan. Though I rather expected it to take off like one of those old pistol toys that wound up a propeller then released it. Glad you found the problem, and that it was a simple solution.

Thanks Dean. Yeah, I am pretty much flying by the seat of my pants, with one eye closed. And an eye patch over the other. Though I've been thinking about this off and on for 20 years I hadn't thought any of it far enough through to have a clear idea of how I was going to attack the details. I...

Tom, Amazing stuff. Way too teeny tiny for me. I've suspected for some time now that you were a doctor. Now I'm thinking of amending that to arthroscopic surgeon.

Thanks for the heads-up, Marv. I'll be sure to vent it. It was nice and cool this morning so I headed out to the shop to knock some things off the to-do list. First up, the replacement VFD for the mill arrived Thursday so it was time to get that hooked up and programmed. Everything went...

Stew, I'm watching. My freehand grinding is quite awful so I really need something like this. Thanks for posting it. It's giving me ideas.

Siren: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=2562.0 Governor: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=3472.0

The siren, I believe, was started by Powder Keg a couple years ago. The flyball governor was Brian Rupnow's project, though others chimed in with links and suggestions.

Zee, It's a fair bet that the display model they show doesn't even function. It was probably put together with super glue. It's all show and no go.

I'm interested, Bob. I'd really like to see how it turns out. What are you using for dye?

Oh my! Oh my! Oh my! :bow:

Hello George. The answer somewhat depends on where in the world you are standing. In the US the first number is the largest DIAMETER you can turn over the bed, however in the UK the number is often the RADIUS you can turn over the bed, not the cross slide. In both countries the second number is...

Thanks for the confirmation, Marv. I'd been hoping you'd jump in here with a critique, or at least point out an obvious flaw when it shows up. No, this is not an LTD, though I do plan to use an alky burner instead of propane. That should cut down the BTUs some. My hope is the alky burner will...