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Were they used on the full size engines? If so, was there some way to switch direction other than pulling the flywheel over by hand?
I just saw a big smile in that post.Good. I needed that.
Slip eccentrics were used on working engines like in small marine or shop applications but to the best of my knowledge I've never seen them used with larger engines that needed to be reversed fairly quickly.
Locomotion has slip eccentrics on her
Quote from: Jo on August 28, 2017, 03:33:04 PMLocomotion has slip eccentrics on her Sorry to be dense here Jo, but who's "Locomotion". I know what the word means, but you seem to be using it as a proper noun.
Quote from: Kim on August 28, 2017, 06:47:38 PMQuote from: Jo on August 28, 2017, 03:33:04 PMLocomotion has slip eccentrics on her Sorry to be dense here Jo, but who's "Locomotion". I know what the word means, but you seem to be using it as a proper noun. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Stephenson_and_Co:_Locomotion_No._1A mobile Beam engine, that I have castings for Jo
I put a slip eccentric on "Robby" my Roberts Mechanism engine. The discussion starts here:http://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,5293.msg107925.html#msg107925It worked fine, but I disabled it because it caused a distinctive knock that I didn't want to be heard when showing it. I don't know if that's common to slip eccentrics or just my own implementation.I never really put any effort into trying to remedy it.--Tim