After a week of being snowed in I finally got out to the hobby shop and bought a load of new bits and pieces to finish this thing off.

In addition, instead of just arbitrarily hacking up new tubes with no real dimensions, I dug out autocad (re: downloaded 2009) and started making scale drawings of stuff I need to create.

Autocad kicks bum! It fits my thoughts; I can make a perfect circle or part and move it around until it’s somewhere I like without it changing shape or size. I’ll post the autocad parts when it’s done, too.

The steam valve that’s been giving me problems is still in progress, though. Hopefully the whole thing will be running by the end of the weekend.