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When I picked up the package, I knew immediately it was a hunk of metal, Brass was the first thing that popped into my head, but right after I opened it my bro said there's 40-50 more in his truck. I've had a few suggestions on some simple tests to check the hardness & alloy of it. I'll likely...

It's probably a small percentage of people that would think a bunch of chunks of steel was a great Christmas gift... Probably a high percentage here. I got 40-50 chunks of steel round bar, & I like it! They're about 1 1/2" dia. by about 18" long. They came by way of my brother, from a guy that...

Mike & Toni Rehmus were kind enough to send me a free trial pdf issue of Model Engine Builder. Thanks, Mike & Toni, I really appreciate that. I looked through it once, and liked what I saw, but now it's just sitting somewhere on my hard drive. I can see Mike's points about the digital version...

Thanks for reposting those. I'd seen the glass engine video before. 405 views on the hit & miss. That's a super nice engine. Chris

I see no link or any other way to see this video... Is that just me... or has it disappeared? Chris

Thanks john, I've got some learning to do before I start an engine build, but I'm excited about getting into it, so it won't be too long. I'll start a build thread on whatever I decide to go with. I'm sure it'll be mostly questions. Chris

I thought I'd been here before and introduced myself, but I can't find that post, so maybe I didn't. So, here I am (again maybe). I'm new to metal work and I've yet to build my first model engine. I recently bought a lightly used 1993 ENCO 13" x 40" metal lathe, and a more used but still in...