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I am starting to build this engine using the J. Galba drawings. I have 2 questions. 1-Has anyone built this engine here yet? 2-I am building the cylinders out of one piece each. I know how to set up to mill them but I was wondering if there are any build logs on line.

Very nice keep the pics coming

Thanks Guys But I was wondering if there was a simple way with a milling machine and rotary head that one would be able to mill a six bladed impeller like Galba,s engine.You must be able to turn the blank on a lathe then offset the blank in a rotary able to mill the blades. If you can lay the...

Ved I see. I assume the impeller blade is milled just by offsetting the rotary table chuck.then indexing accordingly. Are there any calculations or just an eyeball set up for the first blade.then the rest follow.

I was wondering how to setup to machine one

Has anyone had any experience in building a Centrifugal Pump Impeller like the one J galba uses on his beam engine?

How are you going to do the impeller

Just wondering about upsizing a beam engine. I downloaded plans for "Gerrys Beam Engine". I would like to make it bigger by 50%. Is it as simple as adding 50% to everything.