Recent content by Patrik

Very nice oilcups Simon!! Runs good too!

sweeet!! ;D Are those the castings that were on the chaski board?

Nice lap Simon, looking really good!

Looking very good ;D

Took the opportunity and spent a few hours in the shop this evening. I started to work on the crosshead today. Here i milled the stock to length: Crosshead by Iccccie, on Flickr I scribed the slots and center punched the mounting holes. Scribed by Iccccie, on Flickr Drilled the...

Okay, so I went home this weekend and managed to put some hours in my shop today! I thought I should give the crosshead bracket another try.... and so I did. Here is how I did it. From my failed attempt I didn't like the way I was holding it in the vice, actually it was asking for trouble when...

Ken, I can't remember the exact number but I think it was around 1mm. I should point out that this was only one of the reasons for rebuilding the crankshaft, it got a little bent during the clean up process (didn't know it was so delicate :-[ ) And also, the first soleplate i got (the one i...

Thank you all for your nice comments! Means a lot! ;D I will provide you with updates as soon as i get more time on this project!

Really like your restoration! Coming along nicely! What's the size of it? I'm having a hard time comparing. Will you do another piston rod? I'll be following along!

Very well done!! Shame on that teacher... Reminds me of a techer of mine, my friend and I built a working jet engine as a senior project. Our teacher didn't pay much interest in our project. Luckily some other teachers did and also called the local newspapers. Tell him not to bother to much...

Okey, so I thought why not show you the pictures I do have during the build progress? I did not own nor had access to a mill in the beginning of the project, that's why I used the lathe in some of the steps where maybe it would have been easier in the mill. Here we go: This is the first photo...

Well there is some tidying up to do and of course polishing and painting. I don't have to many build photos from the beginning of the build but i do have a album/set over at flickr. The link is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccccie/sets/72157625802175207/

Thanks for the comments!! ;D Simon, everything was bolted together, but I had to hold my pinkie and index finger on the expansion links so the engine didn't change direction. The drag links wasn't finished at that time. ;)

Hi, This is my first ever test run on compressed air. It's a Stuart D10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eis14SMeZtQ

Thanks! Sorry for not introducing myself! My name is Patrik and i'm from Sweden, I am 23 years old (well in a couple of days). Live steam got me into model engineering, always loved my dads wilesco steam engine its 50 years old now, and i guess thats when it begun. Always loved to ride the...