From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1a503cgoy.fsf@void.com...   
      
   As I've mentioned - maybe I could get a lathe, a little milling machine   
   or shaper, ...  Begin to make mechanical things...   
      
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   Size-wise:   
      
   https://allenmodels.com/locomotives/chloe.html   
   "It is simple to build and more affordable. All parts can be handled on a   
   lathe with a 9" swing and a reasonable size square-column bench-top   
   mini-mill such as the Rong-Fu 45 or its clones."   
      
   Machines of that size could handle most (all?) of what I've built too. Lathe   
   swing is the maximum work diameter near the spindle, as for turning and   
   facing the driver wheels, or pulleys and gear blanks. It's less over the   
   carriage. The mill can cut gear teeth with an indexer.   
      
   https://www.vevor.com/rotary-table-c_10128/rotary-table-6-4-slot   
   horizontal-vertical-dividing-plates-for-milling-machine-p_010701274512?   
      
   I've used the space between two intact teeth as the guide to grind a cutting   
   bit to make a replacement steering sector gear for my old tractor.   
      
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