On Thursday 11 August 2005 12:29 pm, James Newton, Host scribbled: > Anyway, one of these days, I have to learn enough about them to fire the > little suckers up. I'm scared to death to damage them so I will probably > try to run them on compressed air first (I know he did that) and not > actually fire them until I really understand small steam engines very > completely. > > Anyone in SoCal with experience in that sort of thing? I'm on a few machining lists (mills, lathes, CNC, etc) on yahoogroups, and I have seen many discussions on engines. Perhaps you might get some good info/leads there. Cheers, -Neil. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist