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Ross, good to hear you are interested. All the pics from the "other" site are in my album here. I have 11 grandkids now, another granddaughter a few months ago. That makes 2 girls and 9 boys. 45th wedding anniversary last Saturday. I spent some time down your way in singleton about 44 years...

I was "taken" by an article in M.E. written by a fellow Australian, on his build of a scale Lister 6/1 diesel, c/w diesel pump and injector. I started out by trying to use the drawings in ME, but they were lacking in some details, and were contradictory in some dimensions. I finally got enough...

Excellent craftmanship of a difficult subject. Radials are very complex. Congratulations.

Great job, simply beautiful work in all regards and over all the disciplines!!

In my work, I have a pdf to .dxf converter, it works on pdf's that were "printed" from a dxf. It will not convert it if it is a scan. Glad it was of some help

I do not want to upset anyone but... Does this work?

Here are some pics of my fabricated loco cylinders.You can see more pics and explanation in my photo album

I think the heads are barstock if memory serves me right. I did see, and may have the drawings for this, or one very similar. I also would be interested in some castings.

Simply awesome job. Maybe I can learn a few things if I study the pics lots!!

I started building this home grown Traction Engine with a set of home drawn up plans approx 1.5 times a Sweet Sixteen. The Sixteen has a sliding cylinder inside a cylinder. It does not have a normal cylinder and slide valve arrangement. I scaled up the slide cyl in slide cyl unit, built it but...

Welcome from me too. I have 10 grandkids, 9 boys, 1 girl,from my 3 daughters! I am a home machinist, RV er, dirt track racer, m,cyclist, and expired pilot. Good luck on your new endeavor, both at home with your kids and on here.

Thanks for the reply. There is no rocking up to compression,& the valves do seal, I think I need to increase the C.R. I did just read that topic. The engine only has a 7/8" bore, that is why I figured that the big space was useless. The piston does not have rings, but if I put my hand over the...

This is my Farm Engine from Strictly IC Magazine. I need to know about the compression that is required to make it run. The plans call for the piston to stop about 3/8" from the top of the cylinder. I built it like that and it had no noticeable compression. I then remachined the cylinder so...

I am in BC, at a place called Cultus Lake. About 60 miles(100kms) East of Vancouver. I work in New Westminster as a Maintenance Manager. Thank you all for the welcome.... :)

Hi all, i am an Aussie by birth, but I have made Canada my home. I have been a model maker for as long as I can remember, and I have a photo of myself, with a broken arm, operating my dad's home made lathe when I was 8 or 9! I am 62 yrs young. I have a small home workshop with a lathe and...