Recent content by R.G.Y.

Belier finished & installed in model.

Belier finished & installed in model. Wood insulation around the outside, on the ends covered with old soldering mat. The front has a stainless plate. with long bolts through the bulkhead at back. this holds it together & keeps it in place.

The boiler needed to fit in a hull 5.5 ins wide. Length restricted to 100mm. I saw a 16g + 103mm + 300mm copper tube on EBay at £9.99 to good to be true. With free p&p what if its rubbish, probably use it for something. Lucky me it came bran new with the British standard marked steam tube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtMKpGHblHc Video of the engine for the paddle steamer. Running on the bench the boiler at 10psi. The engine twin double acting .5" bore 1" stroke, My own design.

The boiler installed in the model. Only thing missing is the regulator servo, fits over the square with cross.

The lining for the casing cut from building insulation block. The outer skin cut from a catering tray, 1/16th steel. All screwed together with small self tapping screws, saved from u.s. domestic equipment. The boiler designed to fit a model paddle steamer. Hence the need for a low G of G. One...

Well it has be joined up with out much trouble. Just formed rings of solder around the .5inch connecting pipes before assembly. This design only used in model form, so far as I know.

An unusual boiler designed by a Mr Wedge hence the name. Doesn't refer to the shape as you can see. A water tube boiler built like a stack of logs. My reasons for choosing this design are, first cheapness. I have a supply of free pipe & end cap, already made. Secondly a low centre of gravity...

I should have said bore not drill perhaps. But you do get 2, so you can keep one for another engine.woohoo1I think the emery could take some time, and the ends tend to flare out.

Can you drill a hole the size of the cylinder in a block, then cut the block in half.

Retired carpenter, have always made models only engineering about 7years. Caught 2 fingers in a linnisher 3 weeks ago, :wall: so have been on the net & not in the shop. I will be posting my next build soon

GWRdriver, THANKS FOR REMINDING ME OF THIS POST. THE CLUB TESTER DID EVENTUALY AGREE TO A TEST. WHICH IT PASSED. I HAVE SUCSESSFULLY STEAMED THE ENGINE, BUT NOT IN THE BOAT YET. R.G.Y.

I hope you had a look at the bikes as well. Was it an 1920s Indian, striped down? R.G.Y.

Thank you both just the inspiration I needed. R.G.Y.

I need to cut a scallop out the top of a 28mm tube so another tube of the same diameter will fit down 6mm across at 90degrees. I only have a lathe with a vertical slide. Or is it down to hand work. I hope not as i need 20.