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Thanks, Rich, but I have long since checked with both the Craftsmanship Museum and the Village Press. No one seems to know much about this, though the Craftsmanship Museum has one of these rollers in its collection. I'd love to build one of these, but no one at all seems to have a line on the...

I used to do something similar; I used spray lacquer instead of glue, and it worked well.

Just a note on burns here. If you have a stove-top tea kettle, make sure the lid is on properly before you pour that boiling water into the teapot. Though not quite "live," the steam will poach your little fingers in a trice--and please don't ask me how I know....

Hey, Steamchick, I don't know if that helped Doug, but it certainly helped me.

For those of you who remember this thread, I took the engine outside a couple of days ago (the rain has stopped and the temperature has moderated) and tried again. Still no luck. I discovered that the intake valve spring was too weak to fully seat the valve, so I replaced it with a slightly...

Ah, northern Ontario! Years ago I stayed in a motel in Dryden and plugged my van into one of their outlets. Come morning and -39 degrees (choose either temperature scale) I found that the outlet wasn't working when my 350 cu. in. V8 groaned once--and actually started. Couldn't have been very...

Attached is part of the parts list for my lathe. Index # 1063 is the nonexistent saddle gib. Moot that.

Working on it, Andrew. Right now (and for the next few days) it's just above freezing and raining outside, and I don't want to try it indoors.

That's a good idea, Andrew. I guess I could have done that with mine, but I didn't think of it. Besides, I had the room between teeth for a 1/8" hole.

It's not the cross-slide here, it really is the saddle. As I said, "I dunno," because I really don't. In any event what I did worked.

Just my $.02 worth: After reading all this yesterday, I went down to my shop and really looked at my second-hand Craftex B2071 Chinese lathe/mill combination (please don't laugh; I'm very sensitive about this 😢), whose saddle has been shifting unpredictability ever since I got the machine...

Thank you. If you look earlier in this thread, you'll see that that is what I intend to do eventually. For the moment, though, I can rest easy, as the ends of crankshaft are drilled and tapped, and the flywheels are bolted on. Ugly, but effective.

Still working at this. I thought I was pretty well ready to go, then noticed that the flywheels were a really sloppy fit. Turns out that the crankshaft and flywheel keyways were not exactly accurate, and it took forever to find the combination of shims that would make the flywheels fit tight...

I still like to think that there must be drawings out there somewhere....

Wow, KellisRJ! It came right back to me. Help, help, help! This must be one of the most elusive plans I've ever heard of!

Thanks, Rich. I've looked all over on the Internet and even the Craftsmanship Museum in California was unable to help. I will check Live Steam and Modeltec, though. I don't know if the plans for this we're ever made public, but I would certainly like to find them. I have made Rudy's beam...

Thanks for your reply, Jim. I am, however, looking for the Copperhead roller specifically, as the Kouhoupt design appeals to me. If you ever do run across it (and no, Village Press does not have it) please let me know.

Still, and always, looking for these plans. Hasn't anyone at all seen these?

Just a little update. Though I can't take this outside till all the snow is gone (April really is the cruelest month), I am almost ready to. I managed to drill the crank gear on the shaft and fix it with a roll pin. Despite all my careful measuring and positioning, it came out just a tad off...

Thank you, Chiptosser. I'll be very careful to get gears, crank, etc. in the proper relative positions before I make things irreversible. I already found out what you mean about the engine's running "wet" so I will certainly place some washers between the muffler halves. As for flywheel...