Stuart Beam Engine in Diorama

[J.L.]

Gentlemen, we are showing our age...

Don't get me started on Meccano's dinky toys!!

[Fowellbox]

Not quite Stuarts but these two engines are the most beautiful I have ever seen.
http://www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk/

[Stuart]

age its all in the mind and creaking joints 


well my meccano set was in a large wooden box not sure if it was a sliding lid but I do remember the meccano logo transfer on the lid it was app 3 feet by 18 inches by 4 inches deep but I may be off on the sizes a bit but it held enough to build the big drag line that was on rails

long time ago now say 60 years  ( yes I do look like that but two crutches )

[J.L.]

Back from memory lane to have a look at the governor and its mounting.

I think it's going to work!

[b.lindsey]

That looks splendid John 

Bill

[10KPete]

Super Sweet!!!

Pete

[crueby]

That is spectacular!

[Kim]

That looks amazing John!  Excellent work, as always!

Kim

PS Your governor looks like some modern art piece when sitting in front of your card-stock models there! 

[J.L.]

Thank you gentlemen for the kind comments. We'll see just how fine things are when they are bolted down!

You have a sharp eye Kim. Yes, I've been bringing out some of my earlier card models to downsize the collection and left that one on the desktop at the back. It is Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany.  Adam recognized the one in the corner that has been there for some time because he lives in Prague. It's Karlstein Castle in The Czech Republic.

Now that Mad King Ludwig's castle has been noted, I may just leave it there.

Thanks for commenting on it.

John

P.S. If you turn and face the wall behind the photo desktop,  you will see the two completed dioramas.

[wagnmkr]

Hi John ... your work still amazes me every time I see it. It must be nearly time for another visit.

Tom

[zeeprogrammer]

Say John...you wouldn't be interested in taking in some boarders would you? Like for long term?

Fantastic stuff.

[J.L.]

 


I've been a little eccentric today...

The steel sheeve was turned beautfully - but not my me. I did however drlll and tap a #2-56 hole for the set screw. 

I am very glad I had professinal help with the strap. When two air holes were discovered, as seen in these photos, I don't know what I would have done. 

But the pros felt that there was enough meat in the casting to continue.

You can see one hole right in the path of the groove. 

[J.L.]

I did add a little extra by milling a flat for a little PMR oil cup. The threaded hole had to go straight down, so it didn't allow any oil to reach the groove. And an angle hoe down from the top was not an option.

So a hole was drilled up from the groove at an angle to meet the oil hole . I knew I was home free when I felt the drill break through into the threaded hole. Compressed air confirmed the holes were connected.

The sheeve, otherwise almost impossible to lubricate externally, can now be oiled. 

[wagnmkr]

John, I think a wee drop of JB weld would fix the holes in the castings.

Tom

[J.L.]

Hi Tom,
Right you are. Cosmetic at most. But I won't mess with the bubble in the groove.

The black, socket headed bolt used to cut and hold the strap together (photo 1) was replaced with a more suitable scale model historic bolt. The finger wrench's diameter was reduced to allow it to draw the bolt head up tightly into the recess (photo 2).

Now that we have an eccentric, the length of the connecting bar was established. Remarkably the center to center distance of the finished bar mathced the drawing's diameter! 

Preliminary adjustments put the parts somewhere in the ball game