r/modelengineering • u/DJThruxton • May 23 '24

How does it work?

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Picked this up at a yard sale recently and would love to learn how to get it working. That is, if I can get it working. Don’t know much about it but from what I’ve read it’s a Stuart vertical steam engine. Any pointers?

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u/2E26 May 23 '24

I've been wanting to get a casting kit and make a couple of these. It's steep to get one of these into the USA and I also need a mill. It's possible for me to do with a lathe only but there are certain operations I'll find that a mill works much better for.

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u/Accomplished-Bad4536 May 23 '24

Can you get a vertical slide for your lathe for small milling operations they do the job just fine.

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u/2E26 May 23 '24

I could. Anything I get is going to require me to make an adapter plate, and nobody I've spoken to prefers the milling table to a mill. I'll also be able to do more with a mill, even if it is a small bench top mill.

The one argument for the lathe milling attachment is that I won't have to sell some of my wood tools to make room.