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by hi-standard
Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: solidworks
Replies: 11
Views: 6758

i probably shouldn't have said home package ,more an educational package ,one is available but you have to be doing a very specific course to be able to purchase it . i believe the cost is about 200 euros ,less in the states i'd say ,but as i said they are very strict as to who is able to buy it . i...
by hi-standard
Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:22 am
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: solidworks
Replies: 11
Views: 6758

hi again guys , yes there is a users forum on solidworks own website ,i haven't been on it so can't really comment though if it's anything like there software it should be excellent . I hear also they have online tutorials which sound interesting ,again i haven't really got the time to spare just no...
by hi-standard
Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:21 am
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: solidworks
Replies: 11
Views: 6758

solidworks

hi , i need your assistance ,I am currently doing a cad/cam course and the software we are using is solidworks .it's an absolutely brilliant program but the problem is i am running out of interesting things to draw. does anyone have any drawings of maybe something like a vintage motorcycle engine or...
by hi-standard
Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:35 am
Forum: Gunsmithing
Topic: walking cane shotguns
Replies: 7
Views: 17841

thanks guys ,but i live in ireland so your concerns while welcome don't really apply . i work with a man who i only recently discovered is a registered gun dealer so any legal worries can be allayed by simply handing over the gun every night after work . and anyway i am more intrigued by the design ...
by hi-standard
Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:28 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: simple stationary steam engine
Replies: 22
Views: 7884

thanks for the welcome canyonman . yes the name hi-standard is taken from the pistol as i have an interest in all firearms but especially pistols. I live in ireland where we have just had our pistols returned to us after a 30 year ban. they were taken up to be ballistically tested in 1973 for a 2 we...
by hi-standard
Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:23 am
Forum: Gunsmithing
Topic: walking cane shotguns
Replies: 7
Views: 17841

thanks for taking the time paulj . i had heard about these guns from an oldtimer who told me that a lot of "gentlemen" poachers used these small bore shotguns to knock off pheasants and other game birds from large estates ,a way of getting one over on his lordship :wink: I had never seen o...
by hi-standard
Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:08 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: simple stationary steam engine
Replies: 22
Views: 7884

thanks fellas ,but don't fight over what dorin said ,i didn't take it the wrong way believe me .
i must be the type of post you get all the time ,pity there is no way to have beginners projects posted in a seperate area for all to see all the time.
thanks for taking the time dorin and canyonman.
by hi-standard
Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:02 pm
Forum: Gunsmithing
Topic: walking cane shotguns
Replies: 7
Views: 17841

walking cane shotguns

does anybody have pictures or drawings of a walking cane shotgun ? I seen one recently at a gunshop i frequent but the owner wouldn't sell it or let me inspect it properly. The caliber was .410 i believe , you twisted the handle and then pulled it to open the breech and make the trigger pop up. who ...
by hi-standard
Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:52 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: simple stationary steam engine
Replies: 22
Views: 7884

thank you ,dorin
by hi-standard
Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:35 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: simple stationary steam engine
Replies: 22
Views: 7884

simple stationary steam engine

hello i m a new member and this is my first post ,can anyone assist me with plans for a simple stationary model steam engine that can be made without the help of a milling machine .
i do have a lathe and a tig welding plant however and plenty of files ,it need't be beautiful just has to work .