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Thanks Mike for the encouraging words. I did start out model engineering graving. A good friend of mind had a watchmakers lathe and he introduced me to graving. Thanks again for the kind words. Don

Thanks Dave, Ron, Idahoan, Les and Brian I too love working with brass. Thanks for all you kind works it keeps my focus and glad you guys are watching over me. Don

Hi Steve, I agree with Bez your friend is you friend if he is a true friend. I would take him aside just the two of you and express that you are his friend and no matter what,will stay his friend, and that you are not comfortable with being put in a situation of condemning the ex wife for any...

Today I started out to make a lamp pole. The photos below show the progression of the built. I started with a piece of 1.5" 360 round brass to make the base assembly with. In the turning process I had some pratice at graving. I had done some graving before, but needed more practice. I also had...

That is neat and simple. Looks like the rocking beam engine like my first engine in the photos. Don

Thanks John for the documentary on the D bit. I have made a few but I need to use them more often. Don

Hi Les I will be tagging along also. I like the way you go about your work very interesting and I can learn something here. Thanks Don

Thanks Jim looks like you were looking at CFellows Froment engine on your last post. Don

wEc1 Welcome Dennis, we have a bunch of great guys here. You should fit right in. Don

Great work Stan I will be following along also. That tapmatic must of hit your checkbook hard all the ones I priced were way more then I can justify. Don

Dave glad to see that your son is interested all I had were girls and I have been trying to get my Grandsons interest but with video games and ball games after school I don't see them enough to get them interested. They do love my engines and want me to run them time to time,but that is about as...

Wow! Ramon this is quiet some setup I love it. That is one useful attachment. Thanks Don

Jim, Ryan and Dave thanks for you comments and interest I really appericate you guys watching. BTW Well I had another day of playing and today I decided to give the engine a pair of shoes. Ruby design this engine with just to bedplate but it just don't look right so here we go. I started out...

Ramon thank you for following through on this I had been very interested. I would like to do some kind of indexing on my own lathe. And build a tool post drilling and grinding attachment. This would save some time from having to move things to the mill. Don

Ramon I just can nor get enough of your threads. I enjoy it very much. You never stop amazing me on how much there is to learn in the craft and all of the steps you take to complete it. Thank you very much for your continued progress. :bow: :bow: Don

Dave thanks for the karma and your comments. Brian and Ron thanks for the interest in my project. BTW I sandwiched paper in between the bearing and installed and squared them to the bedplate. I started out by setting up the bedplate and bearings on to my angle plate and DTI them in the...

Next I decided to drill the holes to install the cylinder top and bottom covers. I installed my vise and mounted the cylinder block on the mill. using my edge finder located the top and left corner and using my DRO to drill and taps the holes. The bottom cylinder cover. I also completed the...

I had some time in the shop today and managed to get some work done. I started off by completing the Eccentric straps. The Flywheel was next in line and was cut from a 1 1/2" 360 brass round stock. I started cutting the resection and hub side and then drilled and reamed to 1/4". Then I rechuck...

Thanks for pointing that out Manfred. I would like to know what material the rotor will be made of? I know the rotor in your demo was polyurethane. Don

From what I see in the photos are you going to make one with an iron rotor and one with polyurethane? The motors are looking good in your photos. Don