Manuals & Charts - Downloads
There are a few downloads available on the website so I have collected them all together here. Most are PDF format scans of old documents. Clicking the link should automatically start the download.
Thread Size Information
This information is from a now defunct website "Watchman" which fortunately has been archived on the Wayback Machine website. The original is a huge HTML table but also available as a spreadsheet. I have downloaded the spreadsheet and modified the layout slightly and made it available here for download along with a pdf version of the chart. The table is 525 rows long and covers 24 different thread types. The image below shows what data is in the download.
- Spreadsheet - in Open Document format (.ods) so should work in any supporting spreadsheet program like Excel or Libre Office - 50kB
- PDF File - A standard format file that should open in your browser (10 pages) - 95kB
Drilling & Tapping
This is a copy of a wallchart produced by Magicalia (forerunner of MyTime Media) in Model Engineers Workshop. A bit smaller than the table described above. A standard one page PDF document, original is 570mm x 400mm Copyright I assume is MyTime Media
Manuals
Scans of old manuals for some of the machinery mentioned on the website. These are standard PDF format files so should open in a browser window.
- WM250 Lathe Manual - 15MB
- WM14 Milling Machine Manual - 18MB
- BDS460 Belt Sander Manual - 15MB
- Myford ML7 Lathe Manual - 30MB
- Southebend Lathe Tool Grinding Manual - 7MB
- Boxford - Know Your Lathe - 7MB
A collection of old articles and photos relating to the Manson hot air engine.
- Manson Engine Article - 6.5MB
Elmer's Engines
Elmer Verburg designed and made many small engines and published instructions and plans in his book 'Elmer's Engines' published in 1988. The book is no longer in print but some of the plans are available online. All of the plans were on the 'John Tom' website for free download but this has gone off-line. Some of the plans are still available on the 'Wayback Machine', I have downloaded these files and put them all into standard PDF format, some were just images and they are listed below for download. It was always Elmer's view that the plans should be free to benefit as many as possible so I am just helping to spread the word. The numbers refer to the chapter in the book the missing numbers are where the file is unavailable.
- 1. Wooden Beam Engine - 900kB
- 2. Twin Cylinder Oscillating Engine - 286kB
- 3. Open Column Engine with Reverse - 438kB
- 4. Four Cylinder Radial Oscillating Engine - 493kB
- 5. Single Cylinder Engine with Geared Drive - 1.2MB
- 6. Slide Valve Engine - 544kB
- 7. Round Piston in Square Cylinder Engine - 442kB
- 8. Scotty, Scotch Yoke Engine - 300kB
- 9. Horizontal Twin Oscillating Engine - 285kB
- 10. Wooden Grasshopper Engine - 1.2MB
- 11. 3-Cylinder Radial Engine - 512kB
- 12. Steam Turbine & Centrifugal Pump - 771kB
- 13. Open Column Twin with Poppet Valves - 1MB
- 14. Wobble Plate Valve Drive Single - 817kB
- 15. Ornamental Column Oscillating Engine - 205kB
- 16. Ball Piston Single Cylinder Engine - 309kB
- 17. Twin Vertical Pumping Engine - 900kB
- 18. Ornamental Style Horizontal Engine - 2.7MB
- 19. Horizontal Single Cylinder with Crankshaft Valve - 442kB
- 20. Kimble Pistonless Engine - 1.3MB
- 21. Kimble Rotary Valve - 205kB
- 22. V-Twin Oscillating Engine - 366kB
- 23. Tiny 3/16" Bore Oscillating Engine - 491kB
- 24. Beam Engine - 433kB
- 25. Beginners Horizontal Oscillating Engine - 215kB
- 26. Boiler for Above Engine - 362kB
- 27. V4 Oscillating Engine - 565kB
- 28. Horizontal 4-Cylinder Engine - 639kB
- 29. Table Engine - 737kB
- 30. Opposed Piston Engine - 799kB
- 31. Display Case for Your Engines - 932kB
- 32. Vertical Open Column Engine - 577kB
- 33. Mill Style Single Cylinder Horizontal Engine - 893kB
- 34. Cross Twin Engine 2-Cylinder 4-Piston - 730kB
- 35. Steam Pump Non-Crank Engine - 379kB
- 36. Reversing Wobbler - 1.1MB
- 37. Grasshopper Beam Engine - 486kB
- 38. Vertical Reversing Engine - 681kB
- 39. Rope Drive - 1MB
- 40. Generator For Your Steam Engine - 425kB
- 41.Horizontal Slide Valve Engine - 433kB
- 42. Horizontal Oscillating Slide Valve Engine - 593kB
- 43. Horizontal Mill Style Engine with Reverse - 363kB
- 44. Open Column Twin Engine - 490kB
- 45. Single cylinder Compound Engine - 401kB
- 46. Comber Rotary Engine - 504kB
- 47. Oscillating Boat Engine - 313kB
- 48. Una-flow Horizontal Engine - 628kB
- 49. Wall Mounted Donkey Pump - 404kB
- 50. Educational Horizontal Engine - 1.1MB
- 51. V3R 3-Cylinder Reversing Engine - 2MB
- 52. Vertical Twin with Reverse - 692kB
Elmer's Engines - The Book
Since completing the list above I have now located a download for Elmer's book that works. I have updated the list and filled in the gaps but you can now get them all in one go. I am not entirely sure that it is properly in the public domain. Last heard the copyright was held by Dirk Tollenaar who had allowed the PDF copy to be made available as a download.
Elmer's Engines by Elmer Verburg [ISBN: 0-9621671-0-X, Publisher: Old Orchard Publishing Service] The book is currently out of print but when published as a hardback book was 52 chapters each covering one small steam engine for the model maker to build. The chapters each have a detialed dimensioned (Imperial) drawing to work from. There is also an appendix outlining tools and methods to help build the engines.
An alternative build for the Kimble Engine - There is a good write up of an engine based on Elmer's design on Home Model Engine Machinist. 'Romartin' has provided a nice build write-up with downloadable PDF plans - HMEM Kimble Engine
An alternative build for the Standby Engine - My version based on Elmer's design on this site. Build write-up with downloadable PDF plans - No. 19 Standby Engine