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Keep at it--looks good!

Wow that looks great!

Beautiful engine! Lot's of good inputs here. Let me add a recommendation of someone I follow on YouTube: Keith Appleton. He is an avid steam engine builder/refurbisher/collector in th UK (London I think so not terribly far from you). Keith Appleton YouTube PM me if you are interested in his...

Hiatus continues. I'm making progress getting the spanner fabricated for adjusting pre-load, but it's turned out to be a much bigger job than initially expected (hogging out 52 mm diameter 80 mm deep to slide over the outboard spindle. Once that's done I need to fabricate the wrench portion)

Thanks Jim. I'm on a bit of a hiatus as I'm back at work and have moved to working on improving my lathe spindle. Hope to get back to the engine after I finish a spanner and increase the spindle bearing preload on my lathe. Evan

That's a new failure mode to me. Speaking of magnets, the batch I bought for this project have gone missing. Probably stuck to something somewhere!

Ken, Thanks. Really appreciate the encouraging words. I applied most of your suggestions (spotting, pecking, lube, layout), but the epiphany I had a couple days ago was the need for a precise order of operations in my head. I decided to fully blue and mark the block after my first...

Off to a good start!

I buy a lot of stuff from DrillsandCutters—drills, taps, reamers. Only one end mill though. Free 2-day shipping with $100 order. https://drillsandcutters.com/ The sell Drill America among other brands. I assume the Drill America at HD would be the same. I’ve been very happy with the...

Hats off! Fabulous build!

Well, today was very humbling. After machining off the excess epoxy (and being very happy with how it turned out), one of the vertical holes broke through to the hole below when I was cleaning out the epoxy. I may be able to drill and plug, but there have been enough "oopsies" to warrant a...

A little more progress today. Finished both journals for the crankshaft and got the main journal silver soldered to the counterweight disk. The MAP/PRO gas in a turbo torch worked ok, but I definitely need to get some fire brick and build an "oven" if I'm going to do much more of this (or get...

I got my first lathe (a 1944 Logan 816) about 2 years ago, followed by my Chinese Enco 8x35 mill about 18 months ago. I've used both for a few things, but the wobbler is the first set of plans I've followed. It's a lot harder than just getting something the right size, single point threading...

A little more progress today. Got all the holes drilled and tapped in the body. The JB Weld didn't cure overnight, so it deformed and leaked when I blew the swarf out of the holes. I dug it out and machined a nicer looking groove, filled it with JB Weld and brought it inside as I suspect the...

Kinda like smoke in electronics--it never works if you let the smoke out.

John, Thanks. I forgot to mention the blood dripping from my knuckle yesterday. It's cool enough for no sweat, and no tears yet, but definitely had the blood! I still have the first block. I have lots more aluminum, and it only takes me about 30 minutes to rough out the block. Evan

Slightly better day today. Only slightly. All the holes are in the right location, but I misplaced my 2 mm drills. Figured I'd drill for the M3 set screws as deep as my stubby #40 (2.09 mm) would go then finish with a 1.8mm drill which promptly snapped. I was able to dig it out with a...

Welcome Lindsay. I'm a beginner as well. I'm starting my first model engine--a wobbler--this holiday.

John, The model is great. I was struggling to print the DWG drawing large enough on my black and white laser printer. Your pdf prints perfectly. I got started today... ...and get to start over tomorrow. I was so excited not to break 2.05 mm drills or the 2.5mm tap that I neglected to notice...

Let the games begin. Won't make too much progress today thru Sat, but hope to start in earnest Sunday.