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I think it's great to be able to help people out with the skills you have. You will be a neighborhood legend.

Amazing work.

I am looking at rotary tables for my Taig mill. In comparing models I see a specification for "Maximum Spacing Error". What does this refer to?

Up on the hill.

Not my favorite amphibole.

We have a Continental Motors display at the Muskegon Heritage Museum that includes their V-12 Tank engine.

Like the Continental. Full scale is made in Muskegon Michigan.

Taig makes a nice little, but reasonably powerful and very accurate lathe.

I started by purchasing three Graham kits. Enjoyed assembling them very much. Still have not run them in properly, or tried on steam.

Thanks for posting.

Hawaii is full of that olivine sand if you have any friends. Here on Lake Michigan, Muskegon once had many foundries because of the availability of Quartz sand. It must work well too.

It's just that easy. Cool video.

I used to pick up pieces to use for sharpening my woodworking tools. I would tape fine grit automotive sandpaper over them. I found them to be very flat. Just the same checking would be a good idea. On a side note, I used to teach Geology, briefly, but I got some of my samples from a...

Corliss I've run. Runs on air supplied by a blower. Flywheel is 10, in diameter. 90 hp engine.

If the parts are divided by critical fits, I think it could work. As far as tolerances, we could figure out what is required and pencil them in. Suffice it to say, I'm game.

Anybody know what collusion is?

Size considered, Erie and Ontario could be considered pretty good lakes. Great is a stretch. 😉. On the build, if it were organized that the same people do critical fit parts, i.e. Piston and cyliner. Wrist pin connecting rod and crank by another, success may be easier.

Thank you. I will use this method.

Oh, and four out of five Great Lakes prefer Michigan.