The Home Machinist!

no on the dust compote.....tried that and it all fell apart and out the grate.

probably yes on the grapefruit lumps...is what I used to gather up here...

ah...now it comes into perspective.

have a model T like that.

You cannot tell that it has hydraulic brakes until you get really close....

always loses points at car shows because of this -> but would not drive it across a parking lot without.

i get my methanol from a racing fuel supplier: $50 for a 5 gallon can.....very pure....burns clean with very little odor....

other stuff, won't ignite in the burner I am using....

Green coke is also known as uncalcined coke...which is what comes out of the bottom of the distillation towers BEFORE it is put back in to remove all of the volital material. You can Google search it.. .it is readily combustible as opposed to blast furnace coke which is pure carbon and does not burn...

The problem that we have with the smaller fireboxes is that just getting the currently available coal to burn is a never ending problem. I hear my house with coal, and living on the edge of Amish communities, getting coal is not a problem. However the clinkers and slate that come with it, while mana...

Or in my case. .I built a house for my wife around my shop.

Lathes.co.uk

Do not let the name fool you. Atlas shaper stuff is there.

Be patient, I virtually gave away two shapers just to get them out of my basement.

Troll around, you will find someone looking for a good home for theirs.

While they have their uses, a small milling machine has many more.

Gene Allen is the person with live steam background.

'Man plans and God Laughs'.....

Hey jack:

What'cha got in yer moozeem out there in the west that us east coast farmers would preciate? Any trakters or one of them cumbinz fer pikkin' corn?

Have a picture of your machine?

Theoretically, the stepper idea will work, but the original ratchet mechanism is quite simple -> and by the time you do everything needed for the stepper, you will have done much of the same work.