I appreciate all the input and understand the size issues pointed out. My primary goal is to make small desk top steam/stirling type engines. Mostly with a flywheel diameter of 80-120 mm. I do have access to larger equipment aboard the steamship that I work on, but these items are for my...
Hey guys, I am getting ready to invest some serious money into some good quality shop tools, I was looking at the lathes, mills and drill presses (among other things) at Micromark, anyone know the quality of their stuff?
Well, the ship might have a web page, not sure, it's got a very large fan following I know that. She's still running though, I am the conveyorman aboard her. We run about 8 months of the year hauling bulk cement from MI to various places around the Great Lakes. She was built in 1906 and is...
Hi, sorry, I don't have a web page, kind of a Luddite in that respect. I work aboard the St Marys Challenger. She's pretty old, built in 1906, she still utilizes a Skinner uniflow steam engine, last of her kind.
Hello everyone, I just purchased my first engine kit. It's a predrilled stationary steam engine "Danni" kit. I thought it looked nice and want to expand my machine skills, and I work on a steamboat so there ya have it.