Christmas came early to me today!

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Thanks JR!

Im not sure where I got the original sepia photo. Off the web, probably the place you mentioned.
When I looked at some...

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As long as she’s asking, forget the wrench and show her the air drive units.
might as well go whole hog!

Love mine. ( but it’s...

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No, I didn’t pay that much!
But it is new.

Sid...

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You have the beginnings of a nice water pump there!
it seems that your timing of the 4 way valve is terribly off. It actually needs some dwell time...

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Yes! There is a standard rate they pay per photo, text.
If you contact George, he can let you know.
in my two recent cases, I got the...

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That’s true. A lot of stuff is interchangeable. And yes, there is a lot of stuff available on eBay.
I think first I am going to make a follow...

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I forget what model that one is.
i wouldn’t mind having one of those too.
Hardinge makes top notch equipment....

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5C spindle.

I never saw one either, until I started looking into a way to mount a rear tool. Then someone pointed it out to me here.
...

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It's an accessory that Hardinge had for their lathes that allowed you to easily mount cutting tools from the back side, or what ever else you might come...

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I recently had a couple of articles published in Live Steam and Home Shop Machinist.
With the proceeds of one of those articles, I bought this item....

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Brian- agreed with the gear not engaged with the rest of the assy. I’d it were, and this could roll down the tracks, you would benefit from that in...

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Brian- adding a larger flywheel might help.
(should)
Something that you might be over looking is that when the entire vehicle is connected...

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Wouldn’t it run on air at this point?
looks a little tight??...

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Is that a 125 Elsinore??...

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Well, now we’re making some progress!
Looks better. I’d still get rid of the big ass rod ends. Although, the spherical aspect probably helps...

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Yikes!!

Those are huge???

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In the full size version, we were contemplating the leaf blower connected to the stick for forward / backward / hover position and the throttle control...

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I had seen over on another engine building site, Brian had mentioned an idea that he had for a helicopter that was power by a steam (air) engine that...

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What is the part for? Looks like a con rod?

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To answer the question, my tools, CAD engineering and machine tools make money for me. Not my primary source of income, but could be if things went south...