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I'm passing on some advice my late Wife gave me. PREPARE IN ADVANCE. I have a lot of machinery, expensive models, tooling, tools and such. I've taken the time to take pictures of what I have. Then went to eBay, found exact or similar items and printed out what people are asking for items. I...

LLoyd, I run my steam engines on compressed air. I have 125 psi available. My smaller version, I built, ran great. The original displacement calculated out to 0.1103 cubic inch. The new displacement, as you predicted, is 0.8824 cubic inch. I did make a twin V compressed air engine with both...

I want to build another Rudy Kouhoupt's 5 Cylinder Radial, only bigger. If I doubled the dimensions on everything, do you think I will run into unexpected problems? I'm an amateur machinist. I did build the smaller version of the 5 cylinder, but now want to build a bigger one. Grasshopper

Looks like I may have to re-make some parts. Thanks, Grasshopper

Brian, I have been away from machining for a while. If you don't have your head in it, you WILL make mistakes. I took some time to build some 1/8 scale race cars and road cars. Anyway, I've been looking at getting back to finishing the beam engine. All the parts are done and I'm dry fitting...

Mr. Brainbridge, pages 20, 21 and 22 of the PDF file are just what I was looking for. Thanks. Grasshopper

Thanks Shop Shoe. I was hoping to find a page with solutions where I don't have to wade through hundreds of pages just to find my answer. Something like my one page of fractions and decimals. When I want to tap a hole, they tell me what drill to use. Something simple like that. Something where I...

I've come across so many blogs and threads where the machinists say they use Loctite (insert number here) for a particular assembly of their project. With so many Loctite products and numbers, are there any places where I can go to or download from with a concise explanation of what to use for a...

Great video. Maybe at some time in the future, I'll figure out and get a CNC machine. Grasshopper

When machining the two valves, how do you control "tool push"? Do you use a steady rest on the middle of the part?

With searching I found the PDF plans. Here's a link to them: https://www.classicsteamengineering.com/attachments/08-02-12-bernay-rev-12-pdf.18158/ Grasshopper

Did you design this yourself or did you build it from existing plans? Can you point me to the plans? Grasshopper

What is the advantage of a helical gear over a spur gear? Correct me if I'm wrong. I thought helical gears in vehicles ran quieter than spur gears. But spur gears are stronger than helical, that's why racing engines use spur gears. They don't care about noise, just strength. Grasshopper

John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans". Glad you're back. Grasshopper

I often make a rectangular openings in metal plates using progressively smaller end mills. You still end up with rounded corners. Can a square wobbling rotary broach be used to square off these corners? Grasshopper

Foketry, Is the avatar picture in your postings a LaFerrari. If it is, I just got a 1/8 scale die cast model of a LaFerrari that I'm just starting to build. Grasshopper

The Porsche 917 is close to my heart. I saw it race in the 1970 Sebring 12 Hour. I also build plastic and die cast models. I'm currently building the 1969 Ford GT40 in 1/8 scale: https://www.model-space.com/build-the-ford-gt-model-car-us.html I have been waiting for someone to come out with a...

What is that bore measuring device? I've never seen one like that. Please, teach me something. Grasshopper

Terry, Thanks for the info. I just tried it and it really works for me. Grasshopper

Thank you, Tim Grasshopper