Vertical Steam Engine News Today

I am embarking on my first work with castings, a Stuart 10V. I am attempting to do this as described in the Vertical Steam Engine book that came with the kit, that is to say - mounting the castings in the four jaw and facing them using the slowest open gear. Im getting a nice finish in areas where there is broadly continuous surface, but in the areas of interrupted cuts its all gone a bit wrong. The four pillars which form the main bearing housing on the baseplate highlight this quite well: htt...