3" Burrell Traction Engine build.

 Welland Steam Show 2025 Report..... (Saturday)    FULL  Video    https://youtu.be/ayib_Q_EvKc Welland Steam Show (Upton-upon-Severn July 25th - 27th  2025). Ross-0n-Wye Steam Engine Society 59th Annual Rally. Hotel : Star Inn also responsible for the "Minge Lane" Music festival. (We attended 1 month earlier). The show as usual was well attended. I'm happy to report the numbers looked fantastic and the weather was as good as needed. Maybe we have inspired the next generation of Model Engineers. It certainly looked like there was no shortage of money changing hands for tools.  The show boasted 42 miniatures and 105 full size engines, along with a huge number of commercials, cars, bikes, tanks and military vehicles and displays. This time again, like last year, there was the heavy haulage arena, which was fascinating to watch, as long as you could keep the coal ash out of your eyes :-) I can imagine the rising fuel costs to move large machines, but ...

 Big End Bearing part 2 Hi, It’s been a while—between holidays and the nice weather—but progress is still being made, despite the extreme temperatures in the workshop. Most of the time, the trusty Centec 2A mill is set up in its vertical configuration for small nibbling, slotting, and similar tasks. For parts that need light skimming, I often use the lathe instead. As the title suggests, I’ve been working on the big-end bearing, which requires an accurate 1/2" slot on both sides. For this, the horizontal mill setup is ideal. It allows the part to be flipped easily, ensuring both sides are machined to the same depth with precision. The side and face cutter I’ve been using isn’t the sharpest tool around, and there’s a bit of chatter at the start and end of each cut. That may just be typical for this type of cutter—I’m not entirely sure—but it’s worth noting. Still, it handles 0.080" deep cuts quite efficiently, removing metal much faster than an end mill, with less risk of t...