The Home Machinist!

Even running on air without rings you should always use some lubrication, ....running on air, I just use normal steam cylinder oil... Its heavy weight offers good mechanical protection while air testing

Round is fine....just so long as the block doesn't bottom out and bind up in full gear

I would rather build two steel boilers than a copper one

Brass gauges are rare in this age of plastic.....your better off to get a steam rated gauge, remove it from it's plastic housing, and make your own brass case.,I have done this many times

Yes !!!!

What month and year, did the kozo k27 project start in live steam magazine ?....

You really don't need reamers at all, if your machining your own drivers in the lathe, just bore the axle hole to size.

That's why businesses fold, they don't satisfy the customer

The post office definitely needs a little competition....it's ironic, how the govt can break up a business they see as an unfare monopoly, yet, they can run a monopoly like the post office

Whats with the wierd contraption on the stack, blowing exhaust out sideways

Some cylinder drain cocks with a 3 way valve to.operate them would be a welcome addition.....im not sure thats being currently offered anywhere ?

I had the same experience, in early years of live steam, as a lot of people here have explained....but in.the end it turned out to benefit me.....the "OLD MAN" that owned the machine shop where I worked, in his earlier years was a patternmaker.....when he learned of the hobby I was in, he helped me ...