After 6 months now using the Boxford, I`ve decided along with advice of friends and other model engineers that I`m going to stick with this lathe and for the reason I`m investing the next few weeks in refurbishing it to a former glory. I`ve not much money to spend on it but all it should [...]
21 Jul, 2010
Posted by: admin In: Skeleton Clock
My last three attempts at wheel cutting have been a steep learning curve. Not centring the cutter, not tightening the wheel, cutter not sharp enough….. A friend over on the Madmodder Forums offered to lend me a hand and so I visited his workshop and managed to make a multi-tooth cutter and [...]
Still pushing on with this, I have now cut a new cylinder to size and with a better finish from a 16mm OD test-tube with 14mm ID. This is the graphite piston to a perfect polished fit. This is the first time working with graphite and I`m very impressed with the fit!
Wasn`t quite finished in [...]
I made an attempt at an LTD Stirling Engine several months ago and failed quite miserably. I know these things are temperamental but after my first attempt I did have quite a few ideas for improvements…nothing new, things that people have already been doing but stuff that I ignored! So over the last few months [...]
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