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Hi Swarf Rat, Not sure if I gave you a red herring when I said it has a very soft start, I didn't mean to imply that was a symptom of the problem rather it is a feature of how the saw always starts. IE. it doesn't rapidly build up to speed like my lathe does. You could well be right about the...

Hi Vic, Thanks for posting the sand blaster info. A nice tidy shop you have. I like the look of your benches, I might just have to make myself one of those too. Nick

Thanks for the thoughts Swart Rat, I see where your going and Ill check its not a sticking motor contact but I'm not sure it does. It has an electronic speed controller with variable speed controller and it has a (very) soft start. The variable speed control works fine before the motor stops...

Hi Arnold, Yep the build is moving along nicely. I made the valve block yesterday. I'll post up some pictures later. I was hunting about in the shop for some more 3mm bolts. I know they are here somewhere but couldn't lay me hands on them last night. Found loads of BA, 4mm and small self...

Good news. My saw, which is a DoAll bandsaw (A piccy in my welcome thread if your interested), a three phase mains jobby which weighs loads and stands taller than me, with a tiny blade with teeth rather like a junior hacksaw, is back in the land of the living. Maybe it has got some sort of an...

Hi Vic, Your build looks to be progressing very nicely. I like your sand blasted finish too, not something I have ever tried, when you get a free moment can you tell me a little about your set up to do it please. Many thanks, Nick

Thanks for the moral support Swarf Rat, you've been there and done that too then, glad I'm not the only one! Thanks Dean for boring bar info, great reference pics, I'll use them to have to have a go at grinding up some of my own. Yep I think I understand what you mean about grinding an old two...

Finished the cylinder off today. First job was to open up the pilot hole with a 10mm drill this gives me enough clearance to get a boring bar into the hole. Any tips for tooling for boring in small holes much appreciated? Here is the finish of the drilled hole Here we are about to start the...

Cheers Marv, that's brilliant, I can see that a pump center would make life so much easier. I found more examples with the search. I'll knock one of these up before I do the next offset hole. I took so much time yesterday faffing about with the set up I didn't get much further along. I was...

Thanks Marv for pointing me to the rattle.zip archive. I down loaded it and had a read of the text. I think I get the gist of what your trying to do but I have a couple of question which I'm not sure about. Firstly when you put the stick across the bore how do you ensure it is a right angles to...

Right oh, here is a bit more progress from today. I manged to pop into the workshop for five mins and blow me down 2.5 hours later I had made the frame. Glad to say I had the latest version of the plans and all the holes measurements were fine. First off I moved a couple of pop marks slightly...

Thanks Deanofid, must be a terminology thing. Yep over here (in the UK) we seem to have end mills which don't plunge and slot drills which do. Typically size for size, end mills have more flutes and give a better finish, well in my (very) limited experience that's what I have found to be the...

Thanks for the advice Marv. I've added Ball + Telescopic gauges to the tools wish list! Most of the critical holes I have made up till now lie in .5" - 1.5" range. As soon as folks learn you have some machine tools, little repair jobs come your way. I had a nice job to do a while back on a...

Marv, I just had some more thought about using my calipers for the hole size measuring. As I don't have any ball gauges yet I reckon this formula might work. If I take 2*(square root ( (0.5*cord) ^ 2) + (0.5*caliper reading) ^2 )) I should get the diameter of the hole. Where the cord = the...

Black85vette - Thanks for the heads up on the plans version. I think I have the right set but will double check before drilling. I have seen the other EZ threads too so have some idea of what I should end up with! Yep Marv your spot on, that is exactly what happens with my calipers. Well I...

Thanks for all the kind words, I'll share with you the things that I learn along the way, I've got a lot to learn and I'm already learning , Arnold has already triggered a light bulb in my head. As it happens I do have some digital calipers but had been using them pretty much exclusively to...

Hi All, Well today I finally managed to find some shop time to make a start on my first build. I decided to give the EZ engine a go, given that it is a project aimed at the first timer I hope it is just the ticket for me. I'm sort of used to metric and imperial measurements, but my brain...

Welcome Henk, I'm new here too. Your early steam engine story reminds me of my childhood too. I had a Mamod traction engine as a lad. Used it lots, made some really useful discoveries with it too. Like, lighter fuel (petrol) was not a good substitute for meths, it smoked way too much. Your new...

Thanks Tin, I reckon your buddy is spot on with that comment! I left the corporate rate race long, long ago, never to return. Trouble is there is still never enough time to get done what I want to do rather than what I must do and as I get older the stamina ebbs away. The shop is coming on. I...

Thanks again for all the help guys, I've learnt a lot from all the little gems you have given me over the last couple of days. joeby - I had no idea about the danger of running an open chuck either! So in summary, I need to fix/adjust the brake. I don't need to use a thread indicator to do...