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Saw you posted a vid - great to see you getting back into it. 👍

Well said, the internet is indeed a hellscape. Life is too short for that. Model engines are all good, and that should be enough.

It’s a nicely built engine - looks great! Well done Vederstein you should be happy with that - great presentation as well. Nothing wrong with the model supplied by PM Research. The negative criticism is not appropriate and detracts from the thread. I like the video presentation with some still...

That's a matter of manipulating the scanned model - which I can do. First of all, someone has to scan the real thing with a 3D scanner. The resulting file then goes to someone like me, a dashing, handsome, suave and sophisticated person with skill, wit and charm, and more importantly some high...

He’s been unwell, but is back at it. He posted another video last week.

I got time to drill holes. If you want you can watch the process here. It’s just drilling holes. I’ve been kept from machining somewhat by freelance engineering so this is all I got to do for the last month. Bonus! Shedland Christmas light show spectacular! Not much to it really. I did a...

It’s a popular model. Which is a good sign.

Hi Nikhil, I just started this engine, and I am using the Reeves castings. I can't say how they are on average, as I have only seen this one set of castings, but I am very happy with mine. The beam is straight and looks like the pattern halves were properly aligned. All other parts look well...

Ah that is sad news - thanks for letting us know - but she had a good run, and that is something to be thankful for. An inspirational Model Engineer.

Probably the same way machine shops do it. Most of the machinists have no CAD or CAM ability - those machinists get the support of an expert in that area. To date that hasn't been available in an affordable way to the hobbyist, but it is now. Saves learning anything new until one gets further...

Thank you for taking care of that. I am currently in the midst of helping a couple of people on different projects, which is great. JasonB and I had a discussion offline and agreed that overall the thread discussion has been positive, and that his points raise some awareness aspects for people...

Well, I guess it's a free for all, since the moderators and admin either can't or won't deal with their site. So to anyone needing CAD you can go with someone random with very few posts, who "has CAD on their computer and is willing to help you", or you can go with a professional design engineer...

There’s more to it, as there always is. It’s amazing what people create by having the gumption to dive in and tackle the learning issues as they come up. MXWelder has his head on straight and knows what he is about. I am glad to have the opportunity to help him a bit. Hopefully I can help others...

Nobody is asking for someone elses entire loco to be redrawn. That’s just not a very likely scenario. Entire redraws are more likely only people who have their own engine design either on paper, or possibly modelled using Fusion or whatever. Anyone who is adjusting an stp file or indeed setting...

The customer and I go through all those kinds of details to figure out what it is that they need. I doubt if a complete redraw and remodel of existing designs (by others) is going to be a very frequently required service. Usually there is a specific need or small amounts of parts that need...

I'm pretty sure the EAA free version is gone now, as you say. SW finally came out with a maker version to compete with Fusion I suspect. If SW Maker is to Fusion as Solidworks full is to Autodesk Inventor, then everyone will drop Fusion pretty fast because Inventor doesn't hold a candle to...

I can help you with this. I’ll send you a PM separately.

Yes it will be a very enjoyable build. Once again thanks for the channel shout out - always appreciated.

Ah ha! Found your build thread. Enjoyed the video the other day. 👍👍

Nice approach on that custom collet in the 4 jaw. Top work.