I notice you are in Australia (I think() and there was a comment on here not so long since that there was a bit of difficulty obtaining material from one of our Australian members so could be a worthwhile exercise in any event.
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Plenty of plans out there for free and it will give you an opportunity to see what the metal suppliers are like nearby. As Jason said, a little "Wobbler" could be a good first project. I am not for one second suggesting you are not capable but I would hate to see you make mistakes and get despondent because you may have been a little over ambitious. An engine such as this is a bit ambitious as a first project. You may want to just do a simple wobbler or finger engine first just to get the feel for the lathe before doing teh beam engine. Even if a part does not come out right first time you should be able to buy some replacement bar stock locally so more suitable than a kit that uses more castings. It looks like a lot of the work that would be done on the mill has been done already so the construction will mostly be turning and drilling so something that can be done on the lathe and drill press. Does anybody have any thoughts on the suitability of this as a first time project for the lathe ? I have never used a lathe before and I was thinking of making this my first project on my new Sieg C2 lathe (once I get it out of the box). Has anybody built the Sophie beam engine from Bengs (Germany) ?
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