Model Engine Maker
Engines => From Plans => Topic started by: mikemill on August 10, 2018, 04:40:08 PM
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Recently completed Horizontal Mill Engine, based on a Clarkson 2 x 2in design, I redesigned it to be more prototypical using photographic reverences
I built the Clarkson some 35 years ago, while looking for other drawings I found the original and thought it would be fun to make it again only from stock material rather than castings. I had built a Bensons vertical last year from stock and liked the idea.
The mill engine is made from cast iron bar for the cylinder and trunk guide, ali for the base and plumber blocks, the rest from steel, the flywheel is a casting.
Mike
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Very nice! :ThumbsUp:
I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of the other side. That wheel looks interesting.
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That's rather nice.
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Lovely Mike!! And with reversing mechanism as well. Beautiful job on the base too.
Bill
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Very nice Mike!
Dave
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Hello Mike
Very well done and a great color scheme.
Have a great day,
Thomas
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Thanks for your kind remarks
Zee the wheel you refer to is to operate the reversing gear as per original design, when I built the first version I made a lever reverser like on a loco.
Mike
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Well done Mike. A very pleasing result.
Jim
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Hi Mike,
Beautifully done! :ThumbsUp:
John
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Lovely engine and impressive photograph as well as it can be expanded on the screen to show all the details with great clarity !!
Willy
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That is nice and the whole display is beautiful.
ShopShoe
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And I very much like what you did with the brass and the paint. Mirror polish brass doesn't work so well on models, but that does. As does a matt paint. Shows the detail much better!
Well done!
Dave
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Mike,
Great looking engine and I love the tiled base - could you give some more details on how you did it?
Simon.
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Thanks again for the generous comments. The tiled floor was found on e-bay it’s self-adhesive dolls house covering.
There are many highly skilled ME’s on this site, it’s very encouraging for others efforts to be acknowledged.
Mike