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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2019, 09:06:08 PM »
What a sweet little engine!


Anyone ever make a twin version?

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2019, 12:52:39 AM »
Wonderful George and runs very well at low rpms too. Love it !!!

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2019, 01:27:17 AM »
Really nice job George! Great work on that tiny reversing valve.

 Just a great build throughout!

 John

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2019, 02:32:47 PM »
Here's a short video of the engine with the finished governor. With the tiny size there's just not enough weight to effectively open and close the balls. They do fly out at higher rpm's but there's not enough weight to return them to the rest position. It looks neat though.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EKaYGyOmEU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EKaYGyOmEU</a>
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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2019, 03:16:06 PM »
They do look great on there!


Not worth switching to depleted uranium for the wieghts, leave them as is.

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2019, 04:50:25 PM »
A very nice addition to an already beautiful engine George!!

Bill

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2019, 08:48:38 PM »
The Wikipedia article on Maudslay is worth a look.  He's credited with making the first screw cutting lathe, although Vaucanson made the first all metal lathe a good deal earlier.

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2019, 08:55:40 PM »
The Wikipedia article on Maudslay is worth a look.  He's credited with making the first screw cutting lathe, although Vaucanson made the first all metal lathe a good deal earlier.
Reminds me of some of the old TV series like Connections and Industrial Revelations that went through a lot of the early manufacturing inventions and how they built on one another - fascinating stuff.

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2019, 11:00:09 PM »
A fantastic result George!

 John

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Re: Maudslay Marine Steam Engine on .70 scale
« Reply #24 on: March 27, 2019, 02:27:19 AM »
Very nice George!
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