The Home Machinist!

SOLD!

No interest? Anyone care to make a reasonable offer?

No interest? Looks like eBay is next.

Thank you, Bill. My relief is palpable.

I have a copper bell steam whistle with a bronze base and valve. The valve has "Crane 125" cast in it. Unit stands 12" tall and 3" wide (approx. measurements). Bell has small non-invasive dent. I have never tested it for sound. By all means, check out the images. But check out th...

I have a 1" scale turbogenerator of unknown manufacture, built of brass. It has not been opened for cleaning or lubricating, as it has merely been in storage. A test on air last week saw it generating +5volts A/C . Don't know why it was A/C but there's plenty I don't know. Pictures attached. I'...

Understood!

Bring your shovel, El Quacko!

Joey Kelley videoed and edited this Youtube film for a group of youngsters on the island of St. Maartin. It begins with an introduction that may appear "gravelly", but Joey is a pretty good film maker. It's a run on my newly completed but in need of track leveling and all the goodies which...

Thank you, everyone, for your advice and oversight. It's an awful great amount of information to take in. I've soldered copper pipes in our home system, but with live steam it was just about over my head. I was using silver content plumber's solder at first, and finally had luck with 60/40 stain gla...

I spent hours trying to solder copper to brass and brass to brass this past weekend. I finally got results using a propane torch and a liquid flux, and resorting to my wife's stained glass solder. Bonds seem good and solid as well as air tight. What a pain! Yes, I cleaned the paired surfaces. Yes, I...

I can connect interested parties directly to Andy Morrison.