Monty's Photo Gallery
Unrestricted Rifle
Finger Treadles
Gas Engines
My first 4 Stroke Witte Gas Engine (Philip Duclos design)-Scratch Built under Lane's expert guidance.
A joint project by Lane & I. We built 2 of these simultaneously at 2 locations. They are a larger version of the Duclos designed Witte. Lane actually redesigned much of this engine. He would assign parts for me to machine in my shop while he machined parts in his. We would get together at the end of the week to match & mate the various parts. Strict tolerances have to be held when you do it this way or my parts will not fit the parts Lane had machined.
Galloway completed April 2006
Redwing completed August 2006
An interesting letter from the President of Witte
Steam Engines
Built from
ScratchMy first attempt at Double Acting with D-Valve.
Rocking Valve Double Acting Steam Engine built from article in Live Steam. This was a demanding project for me but it really came out nice. The author did an excellent job.
1/8" Bore with 1/8" Stroke built from article in Steam & Sterling
Twin Marine with Reversing Valve built from article in Live Steam. The authors instructions & drawings in this article made this one a pleasure to built.
"Ironwood" built from plans in Live Steam Magazine and completed October 2006.
Built from Casting Kits
The Ajax. Bore: 1.25" Stroke: 1.5" A single-cylinder horizontal slide valve steam engine, the Ajax was modeled by Pop Arnold after a famous turn-of-the-century engine of the same name.
Twin Marine: Bore: .75" Stroke: .875"
Cranks are set at 90 degrees, avoiding dead-centers, giving self-starting
capability. Cranks may be set at 180 degrees to balance the engine for
high speed.
Little Patty. Bore: 5/8" Stroke: 15/16"
Hot Air built from Kit
Boiler from Kit. (I received an expensive lesson on exchange rates with this little project.)
My Shop
New Lathe
A couple of months ago Lane and I decided to go to Houston, Texas and look around. On that trip I decided to buy a larger lathe. So, I purchased a 14 X 40 Jet and Lane found a deal on a new mill at the same place. When our shipment arrived, Lane's new mill was fine but my lathe had been turned over by the freight company and literally destroyed. So I drove back to Houston with a trailer and picked one up myself. Here is how to unload a lathe. The guy in the photo is a friend who helped me unload it. We got it in the shop and Lane came down the next day and helped me get it leveled and set up.
My Office
Next to my shop where I make my money for this hobby. Since meeting Lane, the office is used much less than the shop!
