Recent content by fpravenscroft

thank you i was looking for a new engine to build regards peter

many thanks peter

hi i have been able to measure the flywheel for you it is 4 1/2" inches in diameter by 3/4 deep the boss is 1" in diameter the outside wall is 1/4" thick the blades are roughly .8475 across hope this helps regards peter

give me some time and i will measure the one i have and let you know asap i have visitors coming for the next two weeks will try on Tuesday regards peter

i was told when i thought about building one that i should go for the 5" version as the 31/2 version is like making jewelry and is a bit small for running on tracks i have some of the early editions of model engineer with the loco in them i can scan some if required regads peter

hi john the engine must be 30 years old i built from the magazine we ran it last year when my grandson came over still runs on 9 psi regards peter

hi john photo as promised regards peter

i have built at least 3 of them i have one left at home i can photo it later if you want they are fairly straight forward to build i can not remember any faults with the drawings regards peter

citric acid will also work you can get it from home brew paces or a good chemist not as volatile as sulphuric acid regards peter

gordon the engine you require is the mb22 by malcolm beak there are various write ups on the net regards peter

try googling cyril it, an african queen made by Malcolm beak he also does the engine for it i have a copy of the drawings but at this moment i can not find them i think the engine is m22 but will stand to be corrected i'll let you know what else i can find out regarfs peter

very nice i,m building your alyn steam motor at the moment going wall regards peter

hi don and john many thanks for your input i have managed to get the dimensions working ok now so i'll give it a go i used to have a copy of auto cad but it will not run on this new machine regards peter

thanks easymike29 i have downloaded it but it same as the others when you put a dimension in it fills the page i have now sorted out my own template so will use that i will have to look up how to re size the dimension arrows at a later date many thanks regards peter

hi can anyone help me find a workable a 3 template for draftsight all those i have downloaded don't seem to work regards peter