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Hi have a set of plans that I can have duplicated if you are interested. I also think that my friend Jeff Lehn has a complete set of castings for the project. I can contact Jeff and see what he wants for the castings.

@@craigstevens9278 Hello! I'm very interested in the plans but I usually do castings myself. Do you have a mail adress I can reach you at?

@@kristerolsson3813 please call me 818-808-3956 easier to discuss.

@@craigstevens9278 Hi! Since I'm from Sweden calling will get a bit expensive so I would prefer mail if possible.

cstevens9@socal.rr. com

Glad you enjoyed it as much as we did. In October we had planned a trip to go up to see the Sturgis steam powered sawmill. Bad news is they canceled it for this year. We don’t know why maybe Covid may be financing. We originally saw the video on Huell Housers California Gold and really wanted to see it in person.

No I did not clearcoat it the paint is from rust oleum oil base hunter green I sprayed two coats that seems sufficient Craig

I would be perfectly willing to run it on steam providing you are willing to come here and clean and detail it afterwards Craig

@@craigstevens9278 I live in Holland, and i dont have a boiler to run it off sadly.

You are correct it is a harbor freight lathe However it is identical to the grizzly and was $700 cheaper. I have had it for 15 years and I am totally satisfied with it. Craig

Thank you

Kevin unfortunately you can only hang out with one of us now because Jen Allen passed away three years ago. I’m still really pissed off at him for dying. Are you a model maker?. Please review my other videos they are also most interesting. If you would like to call me and chat you can call me at 818-340-7959 California time. I am always interested in speaking with people who are interested in steam. Craig Stevens

I purchased my castings from Kohl’s power models approximately 15 years ago. They are no longer in business. However a steam buddy of mine named Jeff Lehn has a set of castings his phone number is 724-931-0580 Jeff is a very nice person and very honorable contact him and if you have any further questions about the project you can call me directly on my wife’s iPhone. The project is not for the uninitiated. You will need a good lathe and milling machine. If you need to contact me please call me back at 818-808-3956 good luck Pete

I never met John McDevitt however I shared many wonderful phone calls until his passing.

John’s work was an inspiration to me and now that I am 75 years old I have posted my work hoping that it will inspire other people to produce high-quality museum pieces. Thank you for your comments.

Craig Stevens ....you’re very welcome. May I ask you where you got the base faux bricks for the beam engine you built? I am restoring my Reeves ME beam and need to redo the base as well and I very much like the “slate” type bricks you used. Did you make them or purchase them ready made? Thanks for your response.

Hasty One The tiles came from a local tile store in the Los Angeles They came as a sheet glued to nylon netting and had 1/8 inch spacing between each tile i painstakingly prayed all of them off scraped the glue off the back and then used thin set to glue them to the wood base that I fabricated the base was quite easy because I am a professional cabinet maker which is my sole income. If you would like a sample of this type of stone I would be more than willing to send you a piece.

Craig Stevens ....Thank you Craig. That is quite ingenious. I suppose I can go to my local Home Depot (I live in NY) and perhaps pick a similar type tile. I guess I would have to calculate how much I would need with measurements of the base and sides. I’m not sure if they will sell it to me in individual sheets but it’s worth a shot. Also, I I’ll have to figure out how to cut some pieces as I’m sure some will not line up exactly as pre fabricated. I’ve never done a custom base so it will be trial and error. Thanks for the idea and offer of the sample piece. I will be watching out for your videos in the future. Hope you have something else spectacular in the works. My name is Steve by the way.