Wallfish

I built this little steam engine from copper pipe, brass rod and a caster wheel. It runs from compressed air.Fun little project
The attachment pic wasn't that clear so here's a photobucket pic
 

Found it !!

That's a beauty...
is that original condition, or been restored John? 

I've never seen one of those strange drill thingys before, a very interesting machine
You have quite a collection John..

ahhh , this is what its all about , interesting, well made, different tools , just what this site was set up for
Thanx for the pics John

Great collection!

Hello Wallfish, these sets were distributed in the UK by Tarpen Engineering
 
I have a large and ever growing collection of Tarpen tools and was lucky enough to purchase one of these sets in 2013
 
Photo shows my set at our local meet and greet at Xmas 2013.

Another photo from a show in June 2013 showing my Turbair set flanked by a pair of Landmaster rotavators

That is now one SWEET ride and love to see those old pics.
Thanks for sharing it. Probably a lifetime memory for your son too.
 
What happened to the lights? Was that something your Dad added or were they factory? I see you closed the holes when you restored it

Use this chart to determine the arm angles for building small vehicles. The correct angle of the arms will certainly help the vehicle steer correctly.

Just trying to get the ball rolling on here so here's some pics of a 2 seat custom tractor used to cruise around the engine shows. Made of spare Wheel Horse parts and uses a pull start Kohler M8 for power.
 

 

 

I made this muffler from an empty propane tank and pipes from a rotted out old muffler.
The old muffler's exterior can was rusted through so I used some of the pipes from it. Drilled the holes into the propane tank, Lined the walls with some fireproof fiber mat and held that in place with some wire fence that has 1/2" square holes. It was a pain to get it right by working through the little hole but not too bad. Welded in the used pipes and came out with a pretty quiet little muffler.  It's not pretty but it's more quiet than the Nelson mufflers are and 1000% better than those pepper pot mufflers. This was kind of an experiment so maybe the next one I will use new materials and was thinking of doing 2 chambers.

I made this muffler from an empty propane tank and pipes from a rotted out old muffler.
The old muffler's exterior can was rusted through so I used some of the pipes from it. Drilled the holes into the propane tank, Lined the walls with some fireproof fiber mat and held that in place with some wire fence that has 1/2" square holes. It was a pain to get it right by working through the little hole but not too bad. Welded in the used pipes and came out with a pretty quiet little muffler.  It's not pretty but it's more quiet than the Nelson mufflers are and 1000% better than those pepper pot mufflers. This was kind of an experiment so maybe the next one I will use new materials and was thinking of doing 2 chambers.

That's a pretty good idea!  Thanks for sharing it

Need to repair some fences and such from a winter wind storm. Wasn't really looking forward to lifting the
concrete out of the ground so this is what resulted. One down 6 to go  
 
 

I know a lot of us have trailers, and I think one of the most neglected things on a trailer is the bearings.  This is a "how to" with pictures and a video of how I was taught how to do this.  Hope you enjoy this and that it helps you care for the bearings in your trailer.
 
The bearing that volunteered for this project. 
 

 
A little blurry, but using a screwdriver to drive off the dust cap.
 

 
Once loose, you can work the dust cover off with a pair of channel locks
 

 
Using a side cutters to grab the catter pin and remove it.
 

 
Remove the castle nut.
 

 
Pull off the hub with the inner and outer bearings.
 

 

 
Use a punch to tap out the inner bearing and seal.
 

 
Click on the video to see how to pack the bearings.
 

 
 

 
Thanks for taking a look.

Just trying to get the ball rolling on here so here's some pics of a 2 seat custom tractor used to cruise around the engine shows. Made of spare Wheel Horse parts and uses a pull start Kohler M8 for power.
 

 

 

Thanks guys, and yes, many models built when I was kid.  
Here's another one, a fishing reel with a video of the reel turning.(click on last pic)
 

 

 

 

It's been a long time since these were made but I'd like to start making some replica tractors some day. Just thought I'd post these since Karl put in the wood working topic.
ooops, looks like I broke the clutch handle and didn't notice it until I looked at these preview pics.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I built this little steam engine from copper pipe, brass rod and a caster wheel. It runs from compressed air.Fun little project
The attachment pic wasn't that clear so here's a photobucket pic
 

I built this little steam engine from copper pipe, brass rod and a caster wheel. It runs from compressed air.Fun little project
The attachment pic wasn't that clear so here's a photobucket pic
 

I built this little steam engine from copper pipe, brass rod and a caster wheel. It runs from compressed air.Fun little project
The attachment pic wasn't that clear so here's a photobucket pic
 

I built this little steam engine from copper pipe, brass rod and a caster wheel. It runs from compressed air.Fun little project
The attachment pic wasn't that clear so here's a photobucket pic