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longtangerine:
Hey everyone. Basically what the title reads. I tried to find them on my own and there wasn´t any info to be found, besides from the dimensions for scale model engines. Not what I was looking for at all... if there's any source that y'all might have at hand then i'd very much appreciate them, a lot really ^-^ And maybe if this isn´t too much then I could also use some help with finding blueprints for this engine too. I already did manage to find a couple of ones way back from 1966 by the good ol' John Haining with the help of someone that I really give my gratitude to, and if there's more out there that could aid me further then that'd be amazing.

Thanks in advance,

longtangerine

Jo:
There are a lot of Measurements on a BB1. You need to be more specific.

The Steam Plough club in the UK did a book with a good set of measurements and can probably confirm if it is still the University of Reading that the hold the original drawings.

Jo

Jasonb:
MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) holds the Fowler archive and that has a number of BB1 drawings as well as many of the generic items that were used on more than one typ eof engine.

You should be able to contact them for a list and then order copies.

https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/john-fowler-co-leeds-ltd/

The Haining design is what the model aircraft people call "stand off scale" in as mauch a sit looks like a BB1 from a distance but up close there is a lot of simplification. This applies to most of his engines.

mikemill:


There are members who deride John Haining’s designs, whist they are entitled to their opinions they have not built a Fowler Plough.

I bought a set of castings from John some 40 years ago and successfully built a plough to his design, and it works very well.

Mike

mikemill:
There is a very usefull book. Fowler Steam Cultivating machinery 1900-1930. By G.F.A.Gilbert.  ISBN 0 9508480 2 6

It has drawings of a BB1 and lots of usefull referance pictures.

Mike

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