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Stilldrillin:
Every year, members of my other forum have a charity steam up, at Eastwood in Nottingham. Near to Junction 26 of the M1 motorway.

Hence..... The J26 Steamup. On behalf of the Rainbows Children's Hospice.

Last year, we made over £2,500.

Presentation day.......





At the end of the day, this orphan was left on my table.

It will be recycled, then auctioned on forum.........




I believe it has traveled all the way from Australia. Then had a little adventure here. Before finally coming to me.........




Stripped.........




Another poorly designed Seig engine. Unfortunately, there are a few things, not right.

The aftermarket perspex base holds the burner in the wrong position.
The displacer is too short, compared to the swept volume of the hot cap.
The ratio between pistons is only 1.15.

I'm thinking of enlarging the displacer volume, this time. As opposed to (usually) sleeving down the power cylinder.


Hopefully, there will be steady progress. As and when, I can get comfortable workshop time........

David D

steamer:
That's cool Dave!... :ThumbsUp:

Dave

K.B.C:
Dave,
Leave it to Chief Engineer MIA, she'll fix it, no problem !!!!!!!!

Great stuff with the RAINBOW TRUST.

George.

Ian S C:
I was just wondering, does it work with that ratio, and does it take a lot of heat to get it moving?      Ian S C

ths:
There must be thousands of these engines incapable of movement world wide. I'm looking forward to your corrections!

Hugh.

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