Hello everybody,
This is a nice engine what I've build a couple of year ago
From cast iron casting from STUART engines
it's a triple cylinder, compound double effect steam engine
With air & water pump, rotation inverter,
Assembled crank shaft
The big problem of continental European model engine builder, it's the use of imperial sized drawings.
We always need a calculator to change imperial in metric
So it's a waste of time and the begin of dimensions differences
Otherside, it's dangerous to think in both standard
For example, a standard iron axle. British of US standard are 1/2" (=12.7mm)
But in metric, we must choice between 12 or 14mm!!!!
So in this case, we use 12mm. But we must adapt the other dimensions
It's not always easy.
But, OK, without difficult, no fun
Bye
This is a nice engine what I've build a couple of year ago
From cast iron casting from STUART engines
it's a triple cylinder, compound double effect steam engine
With air & water pump, rotation inverter,
Assembled crank shaft
The big problem of continental European model engine builder, it's the use of imperial sized drawings.
We always need a calculator to change imperial in metric
So it's a waste of time and the begin of dimensions differences
Otherside, it's dangerous to think in both standard
For example, a standard iron axle. British of US standard are 1/2" (=12.7mm)
But in metric, we must choice between 12 or 14mm!!!!
So in this case, we use 12mm. But we must adapt the other dimensions
It's not always easy.
But, OK, without difficult, no fun
Bye