And not even listed for the next issue

It returns in 4566.

It usually follows – but not necessarily always – that a series will be in every other issue but a long series will sometimes miss occasionally. Fear not – this one has quite a way to go yet. It's only missed one.

The Next Issue panel cannot include everything and tends to focus on the 'new' items rather than the series items.

Are you building it, Bert?

Hope that helps.
Diane

Thanks Diane

I spent quite a bit of time at Guildford playing with demonstrating Tony Boxhall's little versions of AM's engines, they run every bit as good as they look and he is keen to build this one, . He says that he likes to get to the end of the build articles and see what is the smallest part he will have to make and then work back from there to get his scale.

Must admit it is also about the only thing I have read in the mag recently. Might even go onto my to do list if I can just find where I left that 6" dia bit of pipe

J

Thanks Bert, yes I know Polly have had this engine listed for some time and they do just drawings for all of Anthony's designs.

You missed the 6" in my post as I tend to build his engines larger than original which is 4" in this case so it would all be fabricated.

Issue 4574 is missing the Ferrabee again, it would be nice to be able to follow the build as the plans tend not to be too helpful as to how it goes together.

Point in case is the cross head guides, shown as 3mm thick and angle fitted to locate the crosshead, the supplied laser cut guides are 8mm thick so it looks as though they may need milling nearly all over to make them fit.

No info is given as to fixing them to the column, and a strange wooden construction is shown to cut column flutes in drawing 33, but again no info on usage.

At this rate it will be a very long build, but at £250 for the few parts in the kit you do not want to spoil the base casting and top casting, plus the column tube.

Hi Jason

Thanks for the info, I seem to be having more senior moments than usual.

I had looked and better looked for the build using pocket mags, as I could not find copies of ME when I wanted them.

You are correct as usual, saved the day again, many thanks once again.

Ian

Can't be drilled, but can be spark eroded.

I believe there was some discussion on building such a machine in ME around 2011.

Lofty

Sparking them is not so easy if you want a thread in the balls so they can be screwed to the arms

I've also used stainless balls for governors in the past

Ian

Now I am getting well on with my engine, running well on air, I was thinking that I do not have much of an idea what it would have been used for, driving or pumping etc.

Can anyone enlighten me as to the uses for it?

Ps the date on the calendar is the Centenary of the golf club i used to play at.

Not found how to rotate pic's either as yet.

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/02/2018 18:02:07