Ade Swash
I started Model Engineering and building model stationery steam engines in 2015, after constructing a small engineering workshop in my back yard, I use a Myford ML7 hobby lathe, a Dore Westbury benchtop milling machine, along with a pillar drill, bandsaw and the usual hand-tools associated with hobby engineering, and enjoy making model stationary steam engines and general metalworking.
Nearly all of my engines are scratch-built without drawings, from aluminium and brass bar-stock, starting from an initial idea and letting the design evolve throughout the build, although I do sometimes use engine drawings found on the web, as a basis for a design, and then modify it to suit my will, using mostly metric dimensions, but often mix metric and imperial.
I spend countless hours in my workshop working on a single engine, and much pain and frustration can be involved, but all this is eventually offset by the excitement of seeing my model engines take shape and eventually come to life.
Ade
Vintage Hit & Miss 'Monitor' Ball-Top Miniature Precision Gas Engine - Part 1 - (4K) #enginediy
“This Rocking Whale Steam Engine Kit Is Out of This World!” 4K - #enginediy #stem
Workshop Heating Upgrade: From Wood Burner to Diesel Heater
Cool Steampunk Machine - The Aethercore #steampunk #cyberpunk @mecrobofficial
Fabulous Miniature Hit & Miss Petrol Engine #banggood #microcosm
TINY Harley Davidson V-Twin Engine 1/5th Scale - 4K - Runs on Petrol! #enginediy #harleydavidson
Retrol SE02 Steam Stationary Engine & Electric Generating Plant #enginediy
Wig-Wag V8 Engine - 8 Cylinder Oscillating Wobbler Steam Air Engine
Miniature Model Petroleum Gas Engine 2.7cc #enginediy #enginediyshop #enginediy #modelengine
Retrol Musa HM-01 Hit & Miss 4 Stroke Gas Engine - Review #enginediy #enginediyshop
Make a Steam Driven Beam Engine - No Workshop or Tools Required! #steamengines #enginediyshop
Making Model Steam Engine Castings in the Home Workshop
3D Printed Spindle Lock Devices for the ML7 Lathe - No more stuck chucks! #modelengineering #lathe
I made a Miniature Model LATHE from scrap metal!
Wig-Wag STRETCHED Horizontal Steam Engine
Making Miniature Brass Oilers on the Lathe
The Engine Shed Workshop Tour NEW 2022 Version #shoptour
Testing Different Weight Flywheels on the Wig-Wag Engine using a Baker Fan #Wig-Wag #Baker-Fan
Steam Whistles of the 'Boundary Blast' at Ashby Steam 2022
Pressure Cooker Boiler for Steam Engines #Modelengineering
The Inver-Wag Inverted Wig-Wag Steam Engine
Machining a Flywheel - from Bar Stock - Basic Machining 101 #WigWagEngine #MachiningZen #ASMR
Mini CNC Engraver/Router - 3018 Router
Wig-Wag Duplex Twin Cylinder Steam Engine - FREE PLANS!
What is he building in there? -- A Tom Waits Parody
Model Steam Oil Drilling Engine - P.M. Research #1
Meet The Wig-Wag Steam Engine Family
Wig-Wag NANO Engine
Wig-Wag Twin Steam Engine