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I think the Stanley block would be better done if 5 pieces. The two cylinders with the ports machined on them and small spigots on the ends. A central block with the round hole and then two end plates which will fit over the spigots and tie it all together. This Is how I was thinking of doing Julius' Musgrave engine and also how Ramon made the one piece block for his Stuart double ten in the "wide awake" thread. But then again if silver soldered you can do it in 3 and not need to bolt anything togetherLast option looks good too.
I find it is nice to do a simple engine, in between larger models and sometimes during their build Jo
No more like this, the cylinder have a circular spigot that fits into the plate which stops them moving outwards.http://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,2851.msg117544.html#msg117544Similar to how I do single cylinders but the end flanges would be more figure eight shaped.
Hey Chris,My vote ( that is if I get one ) would be the Marion valve engine in a scaled up version, they are really neat and you did a great job with the smaller version. Have a great day,Thomas
Crueby,Where did you get your plans for the Stanley engine? I built the Locomobile engine scaled up from Live Steam Magazine and it worked out great.Mike