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How about oatmeal raisin? An amazing piece of work, all the more so because of your shop space and choice of Sherline equipment. When it is displayed there needs to be a chair right in front of it so you can sit down and study it for hours.
Frank, it was about 11 months of actual build.
Magnificent !Please take a break before starting something else so we can all get our breath back !Andrew
Quote from: crueby on January 24, 2022, 01:54:31 AMFrank, it was about 11 months of actual build.I dont know what other people think but to me that is VERY fast!!
Hi, Looking really good And a great location to display it !! do you ever lend your engines and other items to film companies that want accurate models in the backgrounds ??Willy
Ummmm, Chris?I noticed that there's no room on that shelf for the Allis engine. Where are you going to put that engine when you build it? Are you possibly in negoiations to expand your engine storage area?
How did I miss this Well done Chris, that not only looks good but runs very nicely. Jo
then will spend some time animating it for some cutaways/videos for the Boston Waterworks Museum
Quote from: crueby on January 31, 2022, 08:09:41 PMthen will spend some time animating it for some cutaways/videos for the Boston Waterworks MuseumWhen you said that you were drawing the Allis, I guess I just assumed it was to be a future project.You're doing the animations for the museum so they can show how the engine used to work? That will be a lot simpler and cheaper than trying to make the big Allis go round and round. Plus your animations will give the visitors a view of things on the engine that they would NEVER get in real life
maybe one step smaller in scale though to make it more manageable.
Quote from: crueby on February 02, 2022, 08:03:00 PM maybe one step smaller in scale though to make it more manageable. I dunno, then all those 2-56 threaded holes become 00-90's - or smaller.
I somehow missed the completion of this incredible project. Well Done. I'll be binge watching both Chris Reapy's youtube videos, AND Gary Ayres as well. RC boats, forklifts, great pumping engines, and modular synths...It's nerdvana!Best to all,Stan
Chris,Sorry to join the end of the parade but somehow this wrap up escaped me. Phenomenal work and it runs and pumps like clockwork.Art
Fantastic work Chris! (as we've all come to expect from you)Are the drawings likely to appear in Live Steam at some point?
Absolutely interested....whether that is a sane, rational or practical position is more than a little bit questionable....just based on the volume projects in the queue. I'm not retired nor as prodigious a builder. I keep having marvelous machine show up on the stoop that can't resist but they end up taking so much time. Anyway, as you publish and buy brass, I publish and buy shop stuff...I think a high resolution SLA printer is a compelling use for some funds. The resolution and accuracy of some of them are just fantastic, close to a thou. Lost wax cast engine parts would be one of the highlights of such a set up and those large pipes that model has would be an interesting experiment. Its semi idle musing....I'm just not in a position dig into it, but the notion certainly is appealing!
What a gorgeous engine.A high level of craftsmanship and so amazing to see it working similar to the original.My deepest respect.Cheers,Ralph