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Jamie Barton

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Hi all,
Ive been planning to sign up for years but only just gotten around to it while I'm current stuck at the mother in laws, far from my workshop.
I started hobby engine building 2.5 years ago when the Mrs got pregnant, wanted a hobby I could do at home and a skill to pass on when my boy is old enough, hes already keen at 2yo but not quite sensible enough yet.
So far Ive built:
Poppin hot air engine,
Jan ridders Puppy,
a few odd ball Stirlings of my own designs, a few simple steam engines and a nice little beam engine as a gift to grandfather in law
I'm Currently 2/3rds of the way through a Hoglet.

Workwise I spend my time fixing / fault finding at a chemical plant.

I owe a thanks to the regular posters on here who's build threads are a great source of info for us learners.
 
Welcome Jamie. Where are you from? Sounds like you’ve been keeping yourself busy.
How about a few pictures?
 
Welcome Jamie. I am sure you will enjoy the site. It has helped me in my builds.
 
How about a few pictures?

Hi,
I'll get some pictures up next time I bring my laptop home. Just about finished one of the cylinders for the hoglet. It was slow going on my lathe, had to make a tiny parting tool as my setup isn't rigid enough for 2" cast iron. Each fin on the cylinder was cut in three tiny chunks
 

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here's a few more, easier to upload than I thought.
My favourite so was was the poppin, it ran great with a nice sound. Shame I sold it to put towards my first house but I can always make another.
The little beam type Stirling was built with left overs from an Elmers steam beam engine. I built a steam one as a gift for partners grandfather with the plan to make myself one too but I turned it into a Stirling instead, runs ok but only with a lot of heat. The hot cap is only aluminium so it conducts too much heat away.
 

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