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Vertical steam engine with Stuart cylinder

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Michael S.:
In another post, I repaired a Stuart 7-cylinder, and now I'm building a new steam engine. The bore and stroke almost match the cylinder of a French blueprint, so it will be a vertical engine.

First, the upper plate is made from brass. The four columns and the crosshead guide are attached to this plate. Drilling and milling were done on the milling machine, and the curves were finally filed.

Michael

Sanjay F:
Very nice use of the cylinder you restored Michael - looking forward to seeing you build it  :ThumbsUp:

Michael S.:
The cylinder now has a brass jacket.

The blueprint shows that the two rods for guiding the crosshead are attached at the bottom with a bridge between two columns. But what happens at the top of the brass plate? Slotted holes are provided there, but how should it be attached? Has anyone ever built using this blueprint?

Best regards, Michael

PaulR:
That looks fantastic  :NotWorthy:

Jasonb:
Do you have the two CSK holes on the correct side of the cylinder end cover? Quite common to have CSK screws into threaded holes in the ends of the guide bars.

The slots on the original plate allow you to drop the whole cylinder, cover,guide, crosshead, etc into place

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