MiniRad - Elmers #23 as a 6-Cylinder Radial complete

[crueby]

I've always liked the #23 'Tiny' wobbler engine from Elmer Verburg, built one a number of years ago, and figured a fun variation on that theme would be a radial engine version of it. After I did a little sketching, it looked like a 6 cylinder version of it would just work at the original parts size - as long as I bevel the bottom of the cylinders a bit so there is clearance between them. Finished it up this morning, it runs quite well. There is a build log of it posted over in the engines section.

Here are some pics of it done, and some video too....

Chris

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpYzBDk-1pY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpYzBDk-1pY</a>

[Don1966]

Beautifully done Chris............I ........like....


Don

[Kim]

Very nice little engine you made there Chris!  It runs wonderfully
Kim

[b.lindsey]

Well done Chris. Thanks for taking us along on the ride!!

Bill

[vcutajar]

Very nice Chris. Congrats.

Vince

[sbwhart]

Sweet engine 

Is that a Shay engine on the display track

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Stew

[crueby]

Sweet engine 

Is that a Shay engine on the display track

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Thanks guys!

Stew, that is my 3.5" Shay that I built from Kozo's New Shay book. The build thread is over in the vehicles section here:
http://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,3778.0.html

Stew

[zeeprogrammer]

Radials are always interesting. Very nicely done.

Too bad you posed it in front of that Shay.  That's a might big distraction. 
Thanks for the link too. I think I missed most, if not all, of that and will have some good reading to do.

[crueby]

I had the Shay on display (running on air for the show) last weekend at a local train show, along with running my gauge 1 steamer on a portable track with our live steam club. My voice is mostly back after blowing it out from talking with people all weekend. Surprised a bunch of professional machinists when they found out that I had been a software engineer by trade! Several went and bought Kozo's books, wish I had a rack of them to sell... The show was a big one, filled the indoor track building at the local college (RIT). There were  tracks set up from lots of clubs, everything from T, Z,N gauges all the way to G scale with an 80 foot or so modular layout (only about 20% of what they could have brought). Good turnout, over 3000 for the weekend.