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Great job. The mechanism is fun to watch running! Mike in Plain City, Utah

Welcome Larry. This is a great forum filled with great people and a wealth of wisdom. Mike

I love a big engine. Fun to watch

Brian, I have enjoyed and learned much from your sandblasting and powder coating adventures. I am going to make the siphon valve for my HF sand blast cabinet. Good luck on getting your engine to run. Mike

I recently purchased an old Rockwell scroll saw. In the process of fixing it up I discovered that this type of saw was made to be used as a die filer also. You just remove the blade and the top blade chuck and clamp a file in the bottom chuck. These machines are great saws also and can be had...

Good to hear of another hobbyist in the Salt Lake area. A lot of my hobby friends have passed away in the last couple of years. Mike

I did the same to my saw vise years ago. Works good.

Mike When will the next issue be published?

A very experienced model builder friend of mine told me his secret for his valves to seal. He made bores for the valve stems loose so they could wiggle around and seal easier. It works for me. Some may think this is blasphemous. Good luck Mike

Brian, I would suggest you drill and tap oversize and make your own threaded insert and loctite it in. Then you could use steel material for the insert. I have made this repair on my projects lots of times. You can also put a grub screw in the outer thread to secure it in place. Good luck. I...

Dave, That would be very generous. Let me know how you would like me to send the money for shipping. [email protected] Thank you Mike Nay

Dave, Is that for one set? How many letters are included? thanks Mike

Dave (Smithdoor) I saw that you mentioned foundry letters. Are you interested in selling them? If not, sorry to butt in your thread. Mike

If you can let me know the cost of shipping for the modeltec magazines and would send you the money for shipping. PM me [email protected]

I would be interested in the modeltec magazines.

Bob Shores was a great supporter of the hobby. Many years ago I saw an advertisement for his book in Live Steam magazine. I called him and asked how to get a copy. He told me that he would send me a copy and if I liked it, to send him a check. He said most people in this hobby were people...

I was taught this method for using telescoping gauges by my first German Immigrant foreman. People try to put the gauge in and then tighten and pull it out. I was taught to wiggle it back and forth in the bore so it can find center, then slightly tighten the gauge and then roll it through...

I am retired now, but have worked in several machine/repair shops in my 50 year career. All of those shops had various sizes of compressors that ran and stayed pressurized to over 100 psi 24 hrs per day 7 days per week. Most had some form of automatic drain valves and they all have pressure...

Just to try them out, I used the trial version of Mach 3 and cambam. The lines of g code were limited but to cut simple shapes on a mill it worked great. Eventually I purchased the full version of Mach 3 and it has worked perfectly for me for a few years. When my XP computer died it was easy...

Michael, thanks for putting up this build log. It gives me some good ideas on set ups when I start mine. Mike