Model Engine Maker
General Category => Outside Links & Suggested Reading => Topic started by: CookieCrunch on October 09, 2018, 03:44:14 PM
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I've been trying to find a copy of the plans for Elmer's horizontal wobbler engine (No. 25). I remembered seeing it on www.john-tom.com and even saved a bookmark to the site because of all the other good stuff on there. The site appears to have been down for a while. :( Such a shame if this site has gone with the wealth of interesting plans. A web search for the engine plans all point there. Does anyone know of any other site that has Elmer's plans?
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Actually just found this: Elmer's Engines in PDF available. It's a slow download but worth the wait.
https://www.myheap.com/metalworking/resources-downloads.html (https://www.myheap.com/metalworking/resources-downloads.html)
It appears to be a legit download and not dodgy. Also it's free!
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Hope the site comes back again, it was a great source!
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Thanks for the link Nigel. When you can please post an introduction in the "introduce yourself" section and tell us a bit about yourself and your interests.
Bill
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Hi there Cookecrunch
First follow this path : Model Engine Maker » Supporting » Plans and Drawings » ELMER VERBURG'S STEAM ENGINES then go to page 3 you will see Elmer Verburgs No 25 engine.
Hope this might help
Julius
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Funny, I can ping www.john-tom.com and get a reply, but the address gives 503 error. A trick I learned years ago is to put the ip address returned by the ping into the browser, but that gives a 403 error, Forbidden. So, my guess, is that server is still there but having problems.
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You can find it all on the web archive
http://web.archive.org/web/20170908130115/http://www.john-tom.com:80/ElmersEngines/25_26_WobblerBoiler.pdf
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Thanks Jason, I keep forgetting about the webarchive. I don't know why because I've used it often. :facepalm:
Julius, many thanks for the wonderful drawings. I will be visiting that thread many times in the future I think.
Nigel
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John-Tom.com
Works for me
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Yep, back up and running now.
Seems to have undergone rather an update since I last looked at it though.
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Excellent - glad it is back!
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The pop up ads are very annoying though!! The download shown by CookieCrunch seems the best alternative for Elmer's plans, though I have the book, but I can print the pdf version more easily and the quality seems better than some of John-Toms scans.
Bill