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Long handled dustpan made from sheet metal and some metric studding…..

Video on how to centre a bar in a 4 jaw chuck.

Long handled dustpan finished and alloy bar cast from pistons for the Seal engines i am building. Follow the build on mikes-models.com

Time taken out to make a tidy item…..a long handled dustpan!

Other ways to make castings using drywall mixture over foam patterns

First aluminium ingot made during the test burn of my new made gas fired furnace.

Gas fired aluminium melting furnace for the model engineer continues to be built and is nearing completion with the casting of the lid and manufacture of the hinge mechanism

Whilst I made an error on this one flywheel for the Seal engine early on I decided to carry on and complete it to verify my methodology. A mandrel was made so the finishing cuts could be made between centres making a non ‘wobbling’ flywheel!

// My purchase of a Clarke bandsaw has meant my Warco bandsaw has to go. It has been a great servant to me and is still working fine. If it wasn’t for the fact I wanted a vertical cutting ability I should not have replaced it. Included in the sale are a couple of new [...]