The Home Machinist!

This is a pretty much perfect temp for brass, judging by color.
I've found it a bit tricky to " guess" the temp by color in the past and have the unfortunate tendency to be a bit cold...
This pour was just about perfect. I used Matt casting flux from Riogrande..

I work for a municipal water company that replaces these meters every so many years. Over the past 5 years we have been switching to " smart meters" fitted with radio transmitters. The old meters are sorted andvsold for scrap. All the meteres, even the larger 4" ones we thought might ...

Not bronze or anything fancy. Just red brass.
Sounds like you were just not hot enough to me...

Yes, the ceramic shell is indeed porous...

I would machine the back of the wheel first so it could be mounted flush to a backing plate in the lathe, then machine the rim of the wheel, face it off, and bore for the axle in one set up. Then transfer to the mill and indicate off the axle hole, move to the position of the crank pin and drill and...

What personal safety equipment would have been readily available to a foundry man in 1906 ??

and if gassing the SS bound core just is not your thing, you can buy a catalyst to cure it here.
http://shop.clay-planet.com/metal-casting.aspx

I managed to get a set, and there is also a gentleman on the HMEM site that is working on a set of drawings for a bar stock engine. Depending on my work load I hope to make some castings for the engine by the end of the year.

Pretty sad. Obviously they knew it was there and had the theft planned. On the brighter side (if you can call it that) Its doubtful that they just stole it for scrap metal, so hopefully it shows back up as a complete engine.

depending on the size of the gear you may want to consider purchasing gear rod stock and part of the thickness of gears you need..
https://www.mcmaster.com/gears

I would be interested in a set as well.

I can see your original question has NOT been answered. Oblivion sounds right to me. :shock: The first response answered the question, and you're correct. It was closed, which is akin to oblivion. A loss to the hobby, as was the passing of Anton Bohaboy. H You would think that they would pass the t...