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I had it propped on its sude against the hydraulic press....moved predd, plate dropped and kaput! Ordered a new one but that one had sentimental value - gutted

I broke mine in three pieces by accident yesterday - gutted!

Ive not got that one but ive got a similar small one somewhere in the workshop. Mine wont cut in a straight line to save its life, ive tried every adjustment on the planet to no avail. Also beware the blades are prone to snapping due to the very tight radius of the guide wheels, having said that if its Amadeal its probably a ton better than the one ive got and having dealt direct with the chaps at Amadeal I can vouch for their brilliant service.

I recently tried the boring head in tailstock method and found it highly unstable compared to using a normal boring bar in the toolpost - wont try it again.

Whatever else you do, dont use bms.....its been covered on here recently but it will bend like a banana when you cut it - I know as it happened to mine!

But surely if it were such a great idea it wqould have been the same in locos? And stationary boilers?

Sorry...working on two projects at the same time...its actually a 3" Marshall. I have done away with the incline as it would make things very difficult.

I have just converted an old copper boiler drawing for a 1.5" burrell from copper to steel and noticed that it has the smoke tubes inclined to be 1/4" higher at the smoke box end than at the firebox end. Im not aware of this on any other drawings I have - is it normal? Does it serve a beneficial purpose?

they fit straight into mine

never seen one before but would be a great addition in my workshop

I moved mine last year - three of us, some thick wall tubing to roll it on and its not so bad. I removed most of the saddle and not much else. Im pretty sure you cant remove the gearbox as its all part of the same casting, but i might be wrong.

Pendle Steam make two sizes of Kingdon and advertise in MEW if that helps?

Got set up to silver solder a boiler this morning only to discover that my Oxy regulator had frozen solid, its outside. it was -5 so I went home and made another curtain for the caravan instead.

Welcome David, its minus 5 in the workshop today, not ideal weather for making boilers!

Theres nothing wrong with your DRO...mine sometimes does exactly the same and as Jason states, it is between increments.

This pretty much only applies if you use solid fuel heaters or gas burners, either as heaters, torches or to power your model boiler, but how many of us have a CO detector? I use a propane space heater every day this time of year, I also use Oxy Propane daily to silver solder and test butane burners frequently. I was horrified to see that the concentration of CO in the workshop litteraly went off the scale when all three gas systems are utilised in quick succession and that it took over an hour to get the reading to the 'safe' level. Just a heads up but if you dont have one I would get one - might help explain why you have a headache.

You need a small bottle of loctite bearing retainer, yellow guey stuff but made exactly for your application.

I wouldnt sleep easy if we didnt have CO alarms in the house and caravan. How many of you have them in the workshop? I fitted one recently and was horrified at the levels reached when using the gas torch - through the roof and an hour later the alarm was still going strong. A level of 70 ppm will cause ill effect, levels of 400 may cause severe headache...mine was at 700. I went for a long walk in the fresh air.

My dear departed father, a builder, placed his sledge hammer at head height on a part build wall. It pivoted on its axis and knocked him out clean. If you can imagind an egg stuck onto the side of your head this is what the resulting swelling looked like - never seen anything like it.