Freelance mill engine from Stuart castings.

[zeeprogrammer]

Mind you when Jo posts a picture of her table I'm pretty sure that there wont be enuff room for a bottle on it!

There's always room for a red.
Would it be blasphemous to suggest an engine as a coaster?

[Jo]

Good try guys... last time I posted a picture of my dining table you may recall I got this response:

Tell Dumbo to get out the way so we can have a decent look at those gas engine castings

After that you will appreciate Surus is still defending his casting fondling area and every time I try to take a picture all I get is this

Jo

[Jasonb]

he is not doing a very good job of hiding that Southworth offering

[steam guy willy]

Hi Jo, thanks for the pic ...and is Surus the greek god of castings fondling  ? !!

More work on the engine componants...I have a new plate to mount the engine on with space for the Dynamo  so will be looking for a lamp standard to illuminate the engine ....any ideas ...are there contempory lamps available from 0 gauge railway outfits ??  Also a friend showed me this brass plate and asked me what it was ? i did guess and was correct !!! On the reversing lever i turned up the curved parts from a large piece of steel plate and will use the bits left over for the frame.

[steam guy willy]

So a bit more work on the reversing lever   and    the brass plate is from a signal box and is attached to the points lever.. it is quite an old one and i have been advised that it could sell for about £200 !!!!at auction ....

[zeeprogrammer]

I like that picture. The details explain a lot.

[steam guy willy]

I have taken the engine apart to make the new base to accommodate the dynamo and some lamps....now the weather has changed i am doing lots of stuff at the allotment so not much work in the WKSP   . Also hoping for fine weather on the 6th May..!!!!so will anybody join in ? I don't know about any photos though !!

[steam guy willy]

Bit more work on the new baseplate also something for Chris about his next project.?  this is in the latest copy of Engineering  in Miniature  also on the next page is this article !! i sent it in about 4 years ago !! also in one of the local second hand shops this item ?? not sure about it but there is info with it ....a sort of small copy of the Claud Hamilton that used to ply the Eastern region . It had a solid copper inner fire box !

[crueby]

Wow, thats a lot of tubes in that Stanley boiler! Tons of surface area for the heat to travel through.   

[steam guy willy]

[quote author=crueby
Wow, thats a lot of tubes in that Stanley boiler! Tons of surface area for the heat to travel through.   
 Yup I have been for a ride in one here in Norwich ...the acceleration was amazing ..felt like 1 G!!   And this is me pretending to be the proud owner of a few !!

[zeeprogrammer]

You just made a bunch of people even more jealous than they were before. 
Excellent pics!

I have no doubt Chris is going to bed tonight thinking Stanley. 

[crueby]

You just made a bunch of people even more jealous than they were before. 
Excellent pics!

I have no doubt Chris is going to bed tonight thinking Stanley. 

Zzzzzzztanzzleyzzzz....

[steam guy willy]

More work on the new base and when i do chain drilling, i mark out the hole spacing and drill out every other hole ,then centerpunch the intermediate holes at a slight angle if needed then drill the holes with a slightly smaller or larger drill to complete the row... Also i have this sort of Abrafile saw that has a type of blade that i have not seen before ? there is no name on the saw and will try and find some blades to fit .The broken blade is the one i need to find.it is quite amazing what is happening in and around Norwich with steam cars and little workshops and the like, but most is hidden away from the local denizens ....

[crueby]

Willy, there are a number of makers for those abrasive blades, but the ones I have seen are made for cutting wood, tile, stone, specifically say not ferrous metals. There are fine bladed hacksaw and jewelers saw blades that work well.

[steam guy willy]

Hi Chris , i have not been ably to get those blades locally so will have to visit some car boot sales !!

More work on the crosshead slides top parts ...the slot is milled and the flanges filed up and soldered in place. the base has been made to accommodate the dynamo and is ready to have the sides welded in place...