Many thanks, Hubert! We Anglo-Saxons must and will stick together, even in our differences concerning model engineering processes and practices! LOL! My second model engineering project was a Stuart 10-V, which I built with a small Atlas lathe and some hand tools. My first project was the conversion of a twin cylinder air compressor into a steam engine, which ran quite well, something sort of like a Sirius 2X. What are some of the other tools you are making or have made? I have made several for the lathe from the sketches in Mr. Sparey's book and I am quite pleased with their performance. Have a great day! Al Messer --- shep <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Al > > Our hearts go out to you all at this time of a great > national calamity. We > particularly think of you, whilst your eldest son is > doing search and > rescue, and trying to control looting, in these foul > and dangerous > conditions. > > To talk of more happy things - Pierre's engine > sounds interesting indeed! > I spend most of my time making tools. Presently, > rather crazily at my > age, I am making a small, but heavy and hopefully > precision, screw-cutting > lathe. This is being machined from large lumps of > solid cast iron - > producing masses of swarf and dirty carbon dust! > When visitors see my > workshop, they ask 'What do you make?' I answer, > 'tools'. They then ask, > 'what do you make then?' and I answer 'more tools'. > In order to divert > these questions, I made a few stationary steam > engines, including one > oscillator from scrap with a 1/16" piston. > I was making a Stuart 10V engine from castings, when > I had the crazy idea of > making one half that size, about 3 inches high. It > was easy to reduce the > plans to about 48%, but from there on everything had > to be made out of the > solid (mainly brass). The making the body of the > engine, the flywheel, and > the minute slide valve, created interesting > problems. To my amazement the > engine runs beautifully on compressed air, making a > noise like a bumble-bee! > Looks quite pretty, too! > > Cheers! > > Hubert > > > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:04:24 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM ? > > > > Sounds like a very interesting engine, Pierre, in > > fact, it sounds a lot like one the power plant for > a > > free lance locomotive I am working on at the > present. > > It is fabricated from Steel and Brass and is all > > bolted together as I do not have a heat source for > > Silver Soldering. > > > > Thank you for your concern, but I am app. 400 > miles > > from the Gulf Coast. My eldest son is there with > the > > National Guard, doing search and rescue, and > trying to > > hold down the looting. > >> > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.