3" Burrell Traction Engine build.

 End of year Roundup (6 year's In) Six Years in the Making: My End-of-Year Roundup Finally !!. As the year draws to a close and Christmas is around the corner, I’ve finally taken the time to gather everything I’ve made over the past six years. What started as a few small castings and bits has slowly grown into an engine spread across countless late nights, bursts of inspiration, and more than a few headaches. This week, I decided it was time to assemble all the bits and pieces together — to see how far things have come. There’s something incredibly satisfying about laying it all out and realising that each piece holds a challenge overcome, or a skill learned along the way. < Behind, my mother is watching on — as she’s done quietly and patiently for years. Much of this work has lived on her dining room table for at least the last four or five years, and I can’t thank her enough for her tolerance, encouragement, and gentle humour about the ever-present clutter of “creative prog...