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by John
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Solid Copper Riveting. What I have learned.
Final Lasering on Armstrong RML model cannon
3D Printer Plate Adhesion Problems
Armstrong RML model No 2 Finished!
Bronze Casting a model Turkish Bombard-1
A Visit to an Old Friend
Cheap Epoxy Metal Repair/ Filler, and Initial Painting Model Cannon
Silo Art Trail
Salt Pans, Sand Hills, Blue Skies.
Bush Camping At Hattah-Kulkyne
2 Model Cannons- Materials and Processes List
Australian Ship Sunk by US Navy
Model Cannon. Last (?) Teardown.
A Dilemma. Wheels or handles for running back the Armstrong 80pr RML Cannon.
Walking Dead Chess Men
Casting Brass Chess Pieces- 2
Pre-teardown Model RML Cannon
SWMBO Break
Chess Men. Next step, make a tree
Painting a Brass Label
Chess. 3d printing complete.
Now, THIS is a SHED!
3D printing a PLA chess set for alu/bronze casting
Chess
I have a brain
Operating Manual for 80pr RML Gun.
Setting Elevating Gears on the Armstrong 80pd RML Model
Book Review. “….Royal Gun Factory….”
Where to Make a Cannon? R.G.F.
A Useful Book. How to Make A Cannon.
Motorising a Mill-Drill Table
300pd Blackpowder Cannons at Williamstown
Elsternwick Armstrong 80pd RML’s
Hygrometers, Humidors, and a bit of model cannon stuff.
Battery Point, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia.
A Session on the Ring Roller
Old Photos of Armstrong RML’s
Armstrong 80pr RML’s at Portland, Port Fairy and Warrnambool.
A (model) Cannon for Christmas
Aluminium Bronze
Who Would Like a CANNON for Christmas?
Wooden Base for Model Cannon
One down, one to go.
Pointy Projectiles
GSMEE Annual BBQ
Assembly Modules
Painting Covers a Multitude of Sins
Not One of my Skills…Riveting
Warts and All
Model Cannon. Final Photos before Teardown
Sights Set On Completion
Gunners Platform
Fitting the Loader.
Pruning Trees. And how to remove investment plaster from castings.
33.9/34 Not Bad.
A Record for Number of Casting Parts?
Testing Designs with 3D Printing
Brake for a 5 ton Cannon
Typists Correction Fluid
And Some More Bling on the Cannon
Happily Using Technology
More Small Cannon Parts
Armstrong RML Elevation Protractor
Next Project?
CNC Machining a Small Part
Fitting the Barrel Elevating Gears.
Barrel Elevation Gear
More Bronze Pour Problems and Cheap Spanners
Cannon Update
Tension Drilling.
Small Pliers
Ducks in a Row and Bevel Gears.
Ratchet Gear.
More Gearing Up, and more to come.
Rack Off
On the RACK
Gearing Up
Gears. Modularity Counts!
Blood Sacrifice
Casting Bubbles
And then got better….
It got worse
Learning from MISTAKES
BRONZE POUR- everything went wrong!
15% Phosphor Copper-2
Metal Casting Research
15 Phosphor-Copper Shot.
Spur Gears -1
Bronze Casting. Can You Bake the Investment Twice??
Japanese Knife
Bronze Tyrannosaurus Rex
Soft Jaws
First Bronze Castings
Trunnion Mounts -3
Making Sanding Belts
Covid 19 Problems
Trunnion Mounts -2
Trunnion Mounts -1
Using a Banggood tool to make spacers
Axles for a Cannon Carriage
Recovering from Friction Welding
Friction Welding
Carriage Assembly, and Gun Spiking.
Armstrong Cannon at Flagstaff Hill, Warrnambool. (yes, 2 r’s)
Casting Aluminium. It is just too light.
A Chuck in a Chuck
Armstrong Cannon Chassis Wheels
Model Armstrong Gun Cypher
How were Trunnions Joined to 1866 Barrels? Correction of a previous post.
Lasering the Model Armstrong Cannon
and some Carriage Wheels….
Model Armstrong Cannon. Assembling the bits. And a riveting improvement.
Firing a Model Cannon
My Daughter Has Caught the MetalCasting Bug
The (non) gripping power of rubber
Lost PLA Casting – 3rd pour
Brass Melt. Dangerous!
Video of Casting Small Complex Cannon Parts
Second Pour.
Tomorrow’s Pour. And a family member is interested!
A Closer Look at the results of yesterday’s Metal Pour
Metal Pour
Making a Tree
Riveting the Armstrong Cannon Chassis Model
Getting Ready for Casting
TURKISH BOMBARD – a-post-script. And metal casting setup ready.
Armstrong Cannon Wheel Assemblies -2
Armstrong Cannon Chassis Wheel Assemblies
Riveting for Real
Book Review. “Mortal Wounds”. Not for the faint hearted.
A Transom on a cannon. And a lost hearing aid.
Lost hearing aid.
Armstrong RML. A Little More Progress!
Armstrong RML Model cannon. Assembly -1
Small Steps. Armstrong Cannon.
Book Review. The Trafalgar Chronicle – 4
91 x 4 drilled holes. Yes, counting.
Armstrong RML Cannon Model. Making angle iron pieces.
Armstrong RML Model Cannon Parts
Armstrong RML Chassis Girders
Armstrong RML. The Chassis -1
Model Armstrong Cannon. Machining the trunnions-3.
Armstrong RML Cannon Trunnions – 2
Armstrong RML Cannon Trunnions 1.
Rifling the Model Armstrong RML
Laser Cutting High Speed Steel
Bronze Casting 3. Equipment.
Boxford TCL125 CNC Lathe, 3rd AXIS.
Bronze Casting -2
NBN. At Last!
Repairing Failed 3D Prints
Bronze Casting. 1.
3D Printing Question
Model Cannon Barrel. (T)rifling Thoughts.
Naval Gunnery. A Book Review.
Another Model Cannon Builder
Armstrong RML barrel
Armstrong RML. Roughing Out the Barrel
3D Printing a Cannon Barrel
3D Printing is FUN! (but still slow)
Armstrong RML
3D Printing is SLOW
?Next Project
So Many Mistakes! Am I Too Old for this hobby? Or is it the heat?
30 watt Laser in action.
Melbourne Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Xmas meeting.
A modification to the Radius Master
Between the Classical Greeks and the Romans. The Hellenistic Kingdoms!
Bucket List. A Book Review leading to..
A Modification to the Acute Tool Sharpening System
RadiusMaster
Lathe Toolpost Milling attachment (CNC)
Tycho
Antarctic Sphinx
11:00 11-11 Remembrance Day
101 years ago, today.
Zhiyun Crane M2 improvement.
CNC Lathe Toolpost Mill
CONFESSION
Model Krupp Gun from Emden
6″ Vertical Boiler, Triple Expansion Steam Engine and Southworth Pump, all working together. Fairly well.
A VIDEO GIMBAL
34 degrees. Is it summer already?
Thinking about future exhibitions….
Royal Geelong Show 2019
Boiler Feed Pump Pumping
First Steam for Boiler Feed Pump
Workshop with security
A Workshop as Dark, Messy, and Dirty as Mine! Well, almost.
Mounting the Boiler Feed Pump
Boiler Feed Pump -Working
Workshop in the Deep North of Oz. North Queensland.
Next Tool Project…A CNC Laser Cutter
Southworth Steam Boiler Feed Pump Progress.
A European Workshop
Book Review. Battleship Bismarck. A Design and Operational History.
Another John’s Workshop.
Workshop Photos. Are all Modellers Obsessive -Compulsive Neat Freaks?
Bad Paint Job
The Boer War. A Book Review. Excellent!
Southworth Steam/Water Pump
Three more workshops. Why are they all so neat? Or am I just very messy?
TWO WORKSHOPS
Fit after 9 day influenza?
Houseguests
Southworth Steam Pump- first parts
Steam Powered Water Feed Pump
CNC Mill Upgrade -8
CNC Mill Upgrade – 7.
CNC Mill Upgrade – 6. Where to put the computer?
CNC Mill Upgrade -5
CNC Mill Upgrade -4
Upgrading the CNC mill -3. Moving a threaded hole in steel plate.
Installing the lathe gear
German Battleship Helgoland – book review.
CNC Mill Upgrade -2
Cutting the Gear
Not Antarctica Again! Groan…
Preparations for gear cutting
CNC rotary table and preparing a gear blank
Google Earth Antarctica Photos
CNC Mill Upgrade
Back to the Trevithick Dredger Engine Model – the lagging.
Model Engineers have Other Interesting Hobbies.
Modelling Jeeps and Tiger Tanks (books)
Large Scale Warship Models (a book review)
London Museum of Science Revisited
Final Day in UK. 2 more museums.
Portsmouth UK. 2 more great museums.
Fort Nelson. The Ottoman Bombard revisited.
BT. Before Trevithick.
Tin Mines
First Steam Locomotive.
Bolton Steam Museum
Museums Have Changed. “Rocket”.
Pontefract. Where playing around can cost your head.
National Rail Museum, York, UK.
The Most Powerful Steam Engine in the WORLD (?).
Harrison’s Clocks
Another 1000 ton Machine
Big Triple Expansion Steam Engines
Trevithick Dredger Engine at The London Science Museum
Broken Lathe Gear – Update.
OZ to UK
MASADA
A Fraternal Photo
Free History Books
A New Hobby for Metalworkers (a book review)
Lathe Woes
Back in the workshop, a Lathe Problem…
The Trafalgar Chronicle
How the world’s greatest navy was defeated by beginners. A book review.
Early Railways…A Guide for the Modeller (a book review)
Trevithick Engine by Lumix, and an Ottoman cannon.
Travel
Sir Ding Dong.
Video of the gas burner which works
At Last, a burner which does the job!
Travel Appeal
Another Good Read. “The Mongol Art of War”
More Gas Burner Experimenting
Experiment Failure
A Coal Grate. And Monster Emperors of Rome.
Trevithick Dredger Engine. Gas or Coal?
Not Another Book Review!
The Battleship Builders (another book review)
M1 ABRAMS TANK (a book review)
A Visit to The Boiler Inspector
Somebody is responding to my Antarctica Posts
Antarctica Again, Again
Next Project
Painting the Dredger Engine
Housekeeping
Trevithick Blower
Trevithick Dredger Engine. Almost There.
Oh Shit!
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Experiments With Propane and Paint
Trevithick Engine. Tweaking the gas burner. Winning?
Model Trevithick Dredger Engine on Steam. Fail. Well, maybe a bare pass.
Workshop Tidy
Drilling is not boring
A Long Drill Bit
Moon
Sight Glass on the Trevithick Boiler
Trevithick Dredger Engine. The Dredger
A Tour of the Model Dredger Engine
Making Springs and Other Stuff
Well, what a nice day!
Gas control on an historic model?
Historic Model Compromised?
Fitting the Boiler Feed Pump to the Trevithick Dredger Engine.
A Day In The Workshop.
Trevithick Dredger Engine Burner
Trevithick Gas Burner Problems
A Gas Burner for the Trevithick Dredger Engine
Trevithick Dredger Engine – Base -4
Trevithick Dredger Engine Base.- 3
Trevithick Dredger Engine Base -2
Trevithick Dredger Engine Base
Trevithick Boiler Feed Pump, and a base.
New Oxy-Propane Torch just watch!
Brass Lust
Timing the Trevithick Dredger engine-4
Timing the Trevithick dredger engine-3. How embarrassing….
Timing the Trevithick Dredger Engine_ 2 making the fittings
Timing the Trevithick Dredger Engine – 1. theory.
Trevithick Dredger Engine. The con rod bearing wedges.
I GIVE IN
Another axis for the Boxford 125TCL
Trevithick Dredger.. attaching the flywheel and driving gear to the mainshaft.
Making a Lead Ball for the safety valve
How Many One Off Parts Can You Make Per Day?
Boxing Day in Oz
Trevithick Dredger Engine.. the steam valve operator.
Trevithick Dredger Engine.. the firedoor fittings. Or silver soldering tiny pieces.
Trevithick Dredger Engine ….Con Rods
Trevithick Dredger Engine… hinges for the fire door.
Antartica Again!
More Trevithick, and Xmas
Trevithick Dredger Engine… No more aliens, just a gear
Trevithick Dredger Engine.. connecting the water pre-heater
Back to the Trevithick Dredger Engine. No aliens… promise.
Antarctica Again. Bear with me. This is so weird.
Why the SECRECY about ANTARCTICA?
Paranoia
WTF!
Read this response to Antarctic Weird
Bye Bye
Trevithick Dredger Engine- the stays
More Antarctic Weird – 2
Trevithick Dredger Engine Progress
Woodworking for the Steam Engine
Dredger Engine- Crankweb and Firebox Door
Scale Trevithick Dredger Engine- the Supports, and crank-webs.
Trevithick Dredger Engine Guide Bars
Trevithick Dredger Engine Guide Bars and Crosshead
Trevithick Dredger Engine- Valves
Home Invasion
Trevithick Dredger Engine….progress
Antarctic Weird.
Soldering the Trevithick Dedger Engine
Trevithick Dredger. A start on the Engine.
Hydrostatic Trevithick Boiler Test
Model Engines on Steam
Hydrostatic Boiler Testing
Why I Don’t Sweep Up Swarf.
Dredger Engine Bling
Trevithick Dredger Engine. Finishing the flat end plate.
Trevithick Dredger Engine- soldering the big boiler flange.
Trevithick dredger engine – second silver soldering session.
Trevithick Dredger Engine Boiler Bushes
Trevithick Dredger Engine Progress
Trevithick Dredger Engine – what was the original design? -2
New Spindle Motor for the Boxford 125TCL CNC lathe.
Trevithick Dredger Engine. What was the original design?
Drilling holes into the Trevithick Boiler
Trevithick Dredger Engine- First silver soldering session
Back to the Trevithick Dredger Engine
How does a 6″ vertical boiler enhance house decorating?
6″ Boiler Lagging -3, and back to the Dredger Engine.
Boiler Lagging -2
6″ Boiler. Lagging.
VR-18-18
New Skills in Retirement.
A steam driven water pump, and a whistle.
Almost ready for the boiler inspector.
Another pressure gauge.
6″ Vertical Boiler- the ID plate
6″ Boiler. First Steaming.
Boiler. The Pressure Gauge.
Boiler flame fixed, and firedoor progress
Boiler stand, gas fire, and firedoor latch/catch.
Just how strong is a silver soldered join?
A new skill- riveting stuff
Redesign Trevithic Model Dredger Engine
Trevithick Dedger Engine -Design Changes?
6″ Vertical Boiler. Finishing the firedoor
Hanging a door on a boiler.
Two steps forward one step back again!
6″ Vertical Boiler.Spearhead Superheater
Trevithick Dredger Engine-2 steps forward, 1 step back.
Trevithick Dredger Engine- Supports
How to make small bits of brass (or bronze) into big bits of brass (or bronze).
Trevithick Dredger Engine. Making and brazing the boiler cylinder tube.
Adjusting Pressure Gauges
Steam Driven Water Pump for Vertical Boiler
Trevithick Dredger Engine. Cutting through the domed end plate.
Trevithick Dredger Engine- bronze brazing and some milled parts.
Oxy-acetylene or Oxy-propane for silver soldering (and bronze brazing)?
6″ Vertical Boiler. Calibrating the pressure gauge
6″ Vertical boiler. 2nd Braze
A Nice Day!
Trevithick Dredger Engine- the flat end
Timing a Stuart Triple Expansion Steam Engine
6″ Vertical Boiler- First silver Brazing
Turning Concrete on a Metalworker’s Lathe
Gaskets with CNC, and progress on the Trevithick Dredger Engine.
6″ Vertical Boiler. Ideal soldering set-up block. Concrete!
6″ Vertical Boiler- Steam Outlet & Safety Valve Standard
6″ Vertical Boiler Chimney Flare
6″ Vertical Boiler- Chimney flange
6″ Vertical Boiler- Penetrations
6″ Vertical Boiler. The final flange on the smoke box.
6″ Vertical Boiler – drilling for bushes
Trevithic Dredger Engine – New End Plate
6″ Vertical Boiler- the Firehole
6″ Vertical Boiler Smoke Box Cover
6″ Vertical Boiler. CNC Drilling Firetube Holes
6″ Vertical Boiler, Using Clekos, and dropping the Traction Engine into a hole.
Vertical Boiler Firebox Wrapper
6″ Vertical Boiler
Trevithick Boiler End-2
Trevithick Boiler End
Home Made Ring Roller, and first attempts at bronze brazing.
Bolton 7
Another Use for Magnets
A New (to me) Tool
Trevithick Dredger Engine Flywheel
Buying Copper Pipe for Model Boilers
The OTHER NEXT PROJECT
Triple retrospective
BOILER FOR MODEL STEAM ENGINES
Small Tube Bender
Scale Traction Engine – installing a steam powered boiler injector.
How to time a Model Triple Expansion Steam Engine
First taste of steam for the MODEL TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE
Model Triple Expansion Steam Engine. First taste of steam tomorrow!
TRIPLE EXPANSION MODEL ENGINE- FIRST RUN (air)
Geelong Vintage Machinery and Classic Truck Show – day 2
Geelong Classic Truck and Vintage Machinery Show. Day 1.
Back to the Triple Expansion Steam Engine
More Wierd Stuff
A New Spindle Motor for Boxford 125TCL CNC lathe.
Triple Expansion Steam Engine Cylinder Cocks
Steam Trains in Colour
New Mechanical Oiler for Fowler Traction Engine
Recycling Leather
Traction Engine Oiler
Running in the Triple Expansion Engine
TRACTION ENGINE STUFF
Traction Engine Safety Valves
SNORING
Traction Engine. New Parts.
MAKING A PROTRACTOR for TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE VALVE TIMING
The Boiler Inspector.
MODEL ENGINES in the cage at the GEELONG SHOW
FOWLER R3 TRACTION ENGINE
2 Triple expansion steam engines.
Fowler R3 at The Geelong Show
Traction Engine Lamp Lenses
More Triple Photos
Triple Expansion Engine Update
TRACTION ENGINE (update)
Holes in Swiss Cheese.
Compound Traction Engine
Steam Trains
BAND SAW WELDER
INSTALLING LATHE LEAD SCREW COVERS
Horizontal Mill Engine (HME)
Traction Engine Disappointment
Wood Heater Paint
Boxford 125TCL CNC Upgrade
Heat in the workshop. Heaven!
Oz is hot. Right? Bloody Cold just now.
TRIPLE FINAL(?) ASSEMBLY
Model Ship’s Cannon
Koffiekop Modification
If at first you don’t succeed…
Another Diversion from The Triple
A Base for the triple, and some oil holes…
Making Hubcaps
Chariot Racing
Metalworking for a cabinet maker
Arduino Controlled Indexer-2
Triple Expansion Steam Engine Pipework.
Cutting a thread up to a shoulder
A Turntable for the Triple Expansion Engine.
Project in the Wings.
Edwards Pump for the Triple Expansion Steam Engine
NEW SPINDLE MOTOR for CNC LATHE?
Harold Hall Grinder Rest – modification; and triple expansion update.
The Robert the Bruce approach to turning problems.
New Steppers for an old CNC Lathe
Swap Meet Bargains
Assembling the Triple
A Full Size Weighshaft
Anyone for a swim?
The Steam Supply Valve
SS Valve Rods
Triple Underbelly
Reversing Gears and Handwheel
Broken Tap Removal
Triple Expansion Steam Engine -The water pump
MAKING SMALL SPLIT BEARINGS FOR THE TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE
Drag
Drag Links for Reversing Mechanism on Triple Expansion Steam Engine
The final 20% takes 80% of the time
Triple Expansion Steam Engine resumes
Turkish Bombard – the barrel mouth
Turkish Bombard. The Barrel Script
Turkish Bombard. The Arabic Script.
After the triple
Model Engineering Competition
More Scale Stuff
Model Ottoman Bombard – Painting
Ottoman Bombard Photo to Vector
TURKISH BOMBARD- HELP!
TURKISH BOMBARD – the real thing
Modelling A Turkish Bombard- The Pins
Modelling a Turkish Bombard -4 Decoration
Bombard Model-3 turning the barrel
Bombard Model -2. Big Thread
Bombard Model. Turning the Breech
Turkish Bombard 1:10 scale
CNC Lathe Conversion- final
A Matter of Scale
CNC Lathe Conversion – 17
Steam Engine Oilers
OK, so guess the purpose
MORE ANCIENT GREEK TECHNOLOGY, THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM
ANCIENT GREEK MACHINING
CNC Lathe conversion -16
CNC lathe conversion -15
CNC lathe conversion -14
CNC Lathe conversion -13
CNC Lathe conversion -12
CNC Lathe conversion -11. Ball screw machining.
CNC Lathe conversion -10 Trig is useful.
CNC Lathe conversion – 9
NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY
Workshop Tidy
CNC Lathe Conversion – 8
CNC Lathe conversion-7
CNC lathe conversion-6. EBay problem
CNC Lathe conversion -5
CNC Lathe conversion -4
Ball Screws -2
THROAT CUTTER WALL SMASHER
COMPRESSED AIR ON THE CNC MILL
Lathe conversion to CNC -3 Ball Screws
Lathe Conversion to CNC -2 and Wall Smashers
Lathe conversion to CNC
CARRONADE VS LONG GUN
POLISHING TINY BRASS PARTS
CANNON BALLS FLOAT IN THIS LIQUID
CARRONADE 1
MACRAME FOR MACHINISTS
OLDEST STEAM ENGINE- Model
Seismic Wave Generator
THE POWER OF WATER
Video of Making the Model Naval Cannon
German Engineering
Shear Wave Seismic Source
1779 Naval Cannon Scale Model
Cannon, final parts.
Cannon trunnion shoulders, flash pan and trunnion brackets.
Cannon Trunnions
Turning a cannon barrel
New Gates
Making a Cannon Barrel is boring
1779 Scale Model Naval Cannon
More Australian Wildlife
A short Dan Gelbart video for machine lovers.
1779 Cannon Bling
More Naval Cannon
24 Pounder Naval Cannon
DESERT IRONWOOD
Homemade lathe with ONE MICRON accuracy.
Moving a biggish lathe
TAPPING GUIDE
Boxford CNC lathe (5)
BACK TO THE TRIPLE
2015 in review
Milling a taper in thin steel
December Heat
Centering the Mill using Video Camera
A Matter of Scale
COLCHESTER LATHE BADGE REPAIR
SOFT JAWS FOR LATHE
BOXFORD CNC LATHE (4)
BOXFORD CNC LATHE (3)
BOXFORD CNC LATHE (2)
BOXFORD CNC LATHE
A Collet Chuck for the Colchester Lathe
ACUTE TOOL SHARPENING at GEELONG MODEL ENGINEERS’ EXHIBITION
Der Tiger at Geelong Model Engineers
Broken Cold Saw Blades are a good source of Tool Steel!
Copper and Brass Repair
Prize Winning Hit and Miss Engine
Steam Powered BBQ Rotisserie.
Steam Logging Winch at The Royal Geelong Show
The Royal Geelong Show- Vintage Machinery Shed
Beam Engine, First Run on Live Steam
Cheap Engine Turning
Making Small Gaskets
Model Marine Boiler and another Koffiekop.
Stirling Engine Failure. Now Successful!!
Flywheel and Sugru
KoffieKop Engine Working!
Koffiekop Engine
Triple Rest
Problem with Balls (Incarcerated ball bearing)
Making the Lathe Spider
Lathe Spider
Stephenson’s Link Rods
Stephenson’s Link Yokes
SUGRU
Stephenson’s Link (2)
Making a Stephenson’s Link for a triple expansion steam engine
AMAZING FIND IN KAZAKHSTAN
On being a grandparent
STUSSHED at GSMEE
Beam Pump
The Future of Motoring
Digital Read Out (DRO) for Colchester lathe, and problems with Apple Mac
New (to me) Toolpost for the Colchester
Triple Eccentrics, 4th attempt success.
MODEL ENGINEERING EXHIBITION at BENDIGO, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
More Drilling and Reaming of Deep Dark Places
ELECTRONIC JOY
TRIPLE SH*T
Colchester Master 2500.
PROTECT YOUR SAUSAGE
More Other People’s Machines
BUYING A LATHE
Triple Expansion Steam Engine Update, and some toy making
No Mobile Phone, No Problem???
NO PICTURES, JUST WORDS.
JOINING DARK PLACES
MAKING DARK PLACES
INJECTION of INSPIRATION
BOILER PAINT
Triple Condenser Covers
Other People’s Triples
SILVER SOLDERING SUCCESS.
THE CONDENSER- not so easy afterall.
DARK PLACES
ACHLUOPHOBIA or ATYCHIPHOBIA?
Cylinder valves for triple, and a neat method for cutting thin grooves.
Piston rods for triple, and some engraving.
Pistons for triple expansion steam engine.
24000 RPM spindle for CNC Mill 2
24000 RPM spindle for CNC Mill
Make Your Own LONG SERIES TAP
TRIPLE UPDATE
TIGHT MAIN BEARINGS NEED GUMPTION
Con rods for triple -3 finished!
CON RODS for TRIPLE -2
CON RODS FOR TRIPLE
MAIN BEARINGS BORED on TRIPLE
CRANKSHAFT on base of triple.
MAIN BEARINGS FOR TRIPLE
Other People’s Triples
CRANKSHAFT FINISHED!
John and John having fun again, on Puffing Billy
CRANKSHAFT, almost finished
TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE ANIMATION
FISHING IN BOTSWANA
More Crankshaft. Roughed on mill, finished on lathe.
CRANKSHAFT- using the mill instead of lathe
How a surgeon starts awkward, tiny nuts.
CRANKSHAFT – early steps
STEAM CHEST PROGRESS
MAKING STEAM ENGINES, CIRCA 1905
WHEEL BALANCER- another home made tool
MAKING BAND SAW BLADES
Bolton 12 Beam Engine Under Steam
STEAM CHESTS for TRIPLE
VULTURES
EXPERIMENTING WITH CNC MILL TAPPING
BOLTING THE TRIPLE CYLINDER HEADS, and another jig.
TRIPLE CYLINDER HEAD CAPS
HOW TO MAKE A FULL SIZE STEAM ENGINE
TRIPLE BORING CYLINDERS
TNC lathe restoration completed.
MORE BOTSWANA & ZIMBABWE
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love said to me…
Look at what the bloody crocs have done to my skin!
We’re married, OK?
John and the jawbone of an elephant.
The Most Fearless, Savage Animal of all
Thick Skulls
In Africa, you need to look both ways…
Dracula, Eat Your Heart Out.
You are in my way!!
WHERE’S WALLY
TRIPLE CYLINDER BLOCKS JOINED
TNC Lathe restoration progress
Cylinder Bases. Lathe or milling machine?
Buying Tools and other stuff at a swap meet.
TRIPLE PROBLEM
Triple progress
SHORT VIDEO OF CNC CENTRE DRILLING
108 Accurate holes. CNC again.
Machining the columns on the Titanic Engine Model
A JIG for Machining the columns of the triple expansion marine engine
MAKING GATES
TNC Lathe renovation 3
Boxford CNC lathe repair
TNC Lathe renovation 2
TCL lathe renovation 1
LATHE OBSESSION
CNC Mill 11
An Improved Lathe Stand.
More Inca stonework. Awesome.
CNC lathe tool holders.
Peru
LATHE RESTORATION
MILLING THE COLUMNS for THE BOLTON 9 MARINE ENGINE
GSMEE EXHIBITION 2
CNC Mill 10
GEELONG SOCIETY OF MODEL AND EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION 1
Beam Engine Driving Wheel 2
Beam Engine Driving Wheel from a Big Lump of Aluminium
TAPPING HOLES. BOLTON 9. (Triple Expansion Marine Steam Engine)
TRIPLE EXPANSION MARINE STEAM ENGINE 3
Model Triple Expansion Marine Engine.
TRIPLE EXPANSION MARINE ENGINE 2
TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE 1
NEXT LAKE GOLDSMITH STEAM RALLY Nov 1-2
CASTINGS ARRIVE AT LAST!!
ROYAL GEELONG SHOW
RIDDERS “BOBBER” HEAT ENGINE
Beam Engine Ready for Painting
CNC MILL 9
CNC MILL 8
CNC MILL 7
CNC MILL 6
CNC MILL 5 with some more pics
CNC Mill 4 (with some pics)
CNC MILL 3
CNC Mill 2
CNC Mill
New Toy
DIVERSION
Burrell Traction Engine
Burrell Traction Engine
Collet chuck for CNC lathe
More POWER OF HYDRAULICS
Morning Mist at The Farm
BLUE TONGUE LIZARD HOME DISRUPTED!
USING TRACTOR HYDRAULICS TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING
I Love hydraulic POWER
A MUSIC LESSON FOR THE METALWORKER’S APPRENTICE
NICKEL PLATING CAST IRON 2. AFTER MACHINING, BEFORE PLATING
NICKEL PLATING CAST IRON 1. THE CASTING
NICKEL PLATING CAST IRON 3. AFTER NICKEL PLATING
USING EBAY TO SELL FARM EQUIPMENT
BIGGEST WORKING STEAM SHOVEL IN THE WORLD
WILL THIS BLOG CONTINUE??
LAKE GOLDSMITH STEAM RALLY
MORE LAKE GOLDSMITH MACHINES
INCREDIBLE LAKE GOLDSMITH PARADE OF STEAM ENGINES
STEAM POWERED SAWMILL, looks bloody dangerous to me!
BIGGEST WORKING STEAM SHOVEL IN THE WORLD
Redgum steel press
INTO REDGUM
TOOLREST FOR GRINDER -2
TOOLREST FOR GRINDER
INTERREGNUM
THE NICKEL PLATED WORKSHOP -2
THE NICKEL PLATED WORKSHOP
Electroplating
Boiler for steam engine
Beam Engine steam pipes made and installed 3 March 2014
Making a copper boiler
A Small Full Size Beam Engine
John Made Ring Roller
Bolton 7 Gunmetal castings
Bolton 7 Iron castings
John in Istanbul
MUSIC
Bolton 9 Triple Expansion Steam Engine
Roller for applying herbicide
Backhoe Grab
Beam Engine Steam Pipes, variation number 3
This is how I spend my Saturdays
Bolton 7 Boiler changes
BOLTON 7 STATIONARY STEAM ENGINE CHANGES
MAKING OIL CUPS FOR THE BEAM ENGINE
Making the Bolton Beam Engine
Beam engine operating
SUCCESS! BEAM ENGINE RUNS (BRIEFLY) ON COMPRESSED AIR
BEAM ENGINE, FIRST RUN, ON COMPRESSED AIR.
BEAM ENGINE, FIRST RUN
FRUSTRATION
Steam Chest Uncovered
Beam Engine steam pipes made and installed 3 March 2014
Steam Cock and valve. Making the handle.
johnsmachines 
WOW! What an impressive list of subjects in your blog log. There are many that I must yet check out. It’s been a pleasure to read and see what you (and family and friends) have been up to these past 5+ years since I bumped into you on the net. It’s nice to virtually know a fellow artist craftsman scientist who works in a different media than me and shares such great curiosity of the world and its cultural and natural history.
Aloha, Richard
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