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Yet Another Stuart Major Beam Engine
Laurentic:
My Father only left one model, a wooden one of a farm cart, or hay wain or similar, exhibition quality - his first retirement project. I would have treasured it, but the removal men saw to it that no-one would ever treasure it.
Not the first one of his models to go that way either. In a PoW camp in WW2 he made a model of his first ship, was in a glass case as I remembered it. He managed to look after it all through a forced march through Germany at the war's end with no damage and then for years after. It lasted until he moved house in 1976.......
Chris
simplyloco:
Stop Press! I'm keeping the Beast!
SWMBO found me a place for it in my study by moving the printer off the bookcase and onto my desk.
My workshop is looking quite bare now!
propforward:
That's grand! Satisfying to hold onto such an engine, and admire it for a while. You can sell it any time you like if you change your mind, but nice to hold it for a while and enjoy it.
simplyloco:
I've been off the air for a while with a serious vision problem (Wet AMD) which developed when we were caravanning recently in Spain, where I had to stay for two months while they looked after me. After three injections in my right eyeball I'm home now and getting used to the wavy lines in my vision, and I can see to use my machines!
I've been in the workshop getting my Stuart Major Beam to run on compressed air. I machined a 5mm wide keyway in the crankshaft, filed keyways in the flywheels, fitted gaskets everywhere, etc without experiencing serious vision problems, and it is all looking good.
Pictures soon...
John
Kim:
Wow, John, sorry to hear about your eye situation :(
Sound like they've got you fixed up and seeing well and that's good! Hopefully, it won't flair up again.
Looking forward to the pictures!
Kim
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