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    New spings made (two to a length of piano wire),...

    New spings made (two to a length of piano wire), need to get new disks for my dremel to finish them off.


    Pete
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    Hi Kody, Thanks for that reply - The Blowfly...

    Hi Kody,

    Thanks for that reply - The Blowfly is 5" gauge 0-4-0, slip eccentrics and as simple a live steam locomotive can be. Just as well considering my previous experience is a single...
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    Cheers Dave, Hadn't thought about heat...

    Cheers Dave,

    Hadn't thought about heat treating so may try that later. Just seems I have to suck and see though to judge the correct size.

    Many thanks

    Pete
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    Making own springs

    I have been trying to wind my own springs for the Blowfly locomotive I am building but not having much success. The Springs are 7/16 OD, 1/16 wire 8 turns and an inch long. I have tried using a...
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    Sticky: Also Tracy Tools in the UK never had problems...

    Also Tracy Tools in the UK never had problems with them.
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    So I am finding - I've only been doing this...

    So I am finding - I've only been doing this around a year and it seems there are new tools each month!

    Finished my riding car and am now starting my Blowfly - possibly to be called 'Louie'.
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    So the real answer is to buy both :( Such is...

    So the real answer is to buy both :(

    Such is life

    Pete
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    Thanks Big Shed, That is soooo much better...

    Thanks Big Shed,

    That is soooo much better than the so called manual I recieved with my mill. Interestingly neither manual shows the drawbar as it is on the machine - just a long bolt with no...
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    Found the 'Manual'

    OK - Managed to find the manual :) and have found how to access the draw bar (hidden under a cover I thought was part of the bodywork). Will have a go this morning - nice to have a public holiday...
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    I have this set so once I can remove the drill...

    I have this set so once I can remove the drill arbor I should be able to continue - is that right?
    https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Products?stockCode=C922B#specs

    Pete
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    Thanks Guys

    Thanks for that info folks. Wonder why it took a year before failing? - and why sell it as a Mill when it should have been described / sold as a drill by the sounds of it?

    Will have to look into...
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    Help with AL60M Mill

    Using my mill today and the chuck head fell off. Looks like a morse taper attachment but it won't stay on now - even with the lightest cuts. I am reducing an area about 3" x 2.5"

    Machine is...
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    Hi Stu, Havn't been out to the shed all week...

    Hi Stu,

    Havn't been out to the shed all week - suffering from the flu at the moment :(

    The fitting at the top is for attaching an air hose (at the moment I run on air not steam), with the...
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    ... and here's the final product ..

    Nameplate on base with engine
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    Finished!

    Well here is the finished engine on it's stand. The nameplate was by Graziano (see his thread here https://www.woodworkforums.com/f12/engraved-name-data-plates- 121349 )
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    Very Happy!

    Just to say I received my Steam Engine name plate yesterday from Mark and am very happy. Excellent work and very reasonable :U
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    Hi Eskimo, If your talking to me - this is...

    Hi Eskimo,

    If your talking to me - this is the first time i've used a lathe since high school back in the 1970's. My lathe arrived February this year. It's just a case of practise - and a very...
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    Hi Stuart, Carbon tap. Rather than scrap the...

    Hi Stuart,

    Carbon tap. Rather than scrap the baseplate I have bolted the cylinder down via three of the four feet and will fake up the last fitting. The other bolts have been upped to M2 size as...
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    HI Stuart, The cylinder was turned from 3/4"...

    HI Stuart,

    The cylinder was turned from 3/4" Brass square and it is the exhaust port you can see on the top. The steam chest goes on the flat face towards the top of the picture, on the side of...
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    Suum Cirque

    Here's the parts I have made for Suum Cirque, from the 'Best of Model Engineer - vol 1'
    All just about done except the base plate drilling and assembly....
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    HI Sterob, Once it runs it is a great...

    HI Sterob,

    Once it runs it is a great feeling. However I think there was enough in the scrap box after this first engine to have probably made a second. What you are seeing in the final product...
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    Awesome work gentlemen. Many thanks for the...

    Awesome work gentlemen. Many thanks for the design. I have downloaded the instructions for when I will be good enough to start my own locomotive.

    Pete
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    Here's one I've just finished

    This is the Argus double acting oscillator from 'The best of Model Engineer - vol 1' Still needs to be mounted on a plinth etc. Very happy as the last time I touched a lathe was in high school back...
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