OK - thanks - for the suggestions! Will start small and machine away a bigger grove from backside. I have to install it on my friends boat in the US during my autumn vacations. There I have to use a file to enlarge it - because there is no mill available. But anyway - with a file I can do and test i...

- like a joke where the light bulb is held stationary while the house is turned. You are right but I am happy to find someone to turn the house because how to machine a thread with this lathe? It is powerfull and precise - but without any gears... http://www.steamboating.de/kaiser/picture/2014-08-2...

Here is a video of the milling process
[Youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVDg-UQ ... e=youtu.be[/Youtube]

Hello Boys, it's me again - it did some excursus to other hobby's... Now it becomes cold outside and I started machining my two sets of Navy-K valves My home made CNC-mill is a big help with making such big threads. I had to learn all of this first. I changed from the original 1.5" - 16 TPI to M42 x...

Looking good John,
what kind of material are the nuts made from?

Thanks for the roses. Now I have to find time to produce more steam output.

@Wesley
- I have done all this in the last 5 years - so I used up my lifespan from 45 to 50 already. You still own this miles on the speedometer!

pipe them into a common "vent" that extends down into the bilge If the translation of common vent would be "only one valve" for all than the answer would be no. But vent seems not to be the short form of the German "Ventil" = "valve" - so vent in english is just a common pipe - OK I see - this was ...

Ball Nose?
What depth related to the Ball Radius?

"beading in action"
Great - Thank You!

TahoeSteam wrote:I've been aching to go to Finland after watching this gentleman's many videos:

But after watching all your videos I would like to come to the US - biggest advantage: you don't speak Finnish one of the ugliest languages to learn beside Hungarian.