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Someone is selling the knee mill.
I was more looking for one with horizontal spindle. Can those heads be used for horizontal milling? Or is it too much of a compromise?

It is made by a local brand, they are still around. (YCM) They do not have the worst reputation.

Maybe someone here has some comments about this style of machine.

I assume it is a C...

Hi guys and girls.I’ll let you sort that out.Am a longtime do -it- yourselfer, out of necessity mostly ,but started tearing my toys apart to see how they worked at an early age ( now 73). Began as a machinist/painter.Done almost everything imaginable if it involved my hands.57 Chevy, Boss302’ ,drag Racing/Raymond Beadle,. Engine building,Gunsmithing,Welding, along with baseball ...

May I present you a 4-stroke model aero engine ’Rolssi’ a true Finnish classic originally designed back in 1936 at Vyborg Finland by Urho Purhonen and Aarne Heikkinen.

My friend and model engine builder colleague KalleR made the CAD model couple of years ago and built a fine example of this same design about a year ago. This is the second succesful replica of ...

First Run of the Lister D Working Miniature Gas Petrol Engine
The engine started first go after having oil put in the sump, fuel in the petrol tank and water in the cooling hopper.
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