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Hello, You have two double acting steam cylinders which are coupled at 180 degrees apart. What you should do is couple them 90 degrees apart that way you will have a power stroke every 90 degrees and no possibility of a dead center. When you couple them at 180, your timing must be absolutely...

When I posted my inquiry, I absentmindedly listed the wrong e-mail address. The correct one is [email protected] I am in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA Thanks

Hello all, I'm Gerry, the guy that posted the Gerry's beam engine design way back when. I also get involved in making HO scale models of Civil war era locomotives. I have a friend who produces historically accurate brass models of these locomotives in short runs for those involved in the...

Beautiful job Ken, You have done precisely what I had hoped for when I designed the engine and posted the drawings way back when! Thank you for doing such a beautiful job of it. I really appreciate that you actually made real capped bearings for the main journals. There have been other builds...

I can't hold a candle to Marv's career. My more modest one is as follows: I worked as a draftsman for an engineering company after highschool while attending college on a scholarship. After a short time, I inadvertantly blew up the chemistry lab in college thus screwing up my draft deferment so...

Re: the laser cut sides and flywheel: I have gotten pricing on the laser work for the sides and flywheel. If I can get people on board for 10 or more units, the cost is very reasonable. I presently have commitments for 4 units. If you are interested PM me and I will send you a copy of the quote...

Brian, Well Done!! That is a good looking engine. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the flyball governor. Gerry a.k.a. oldboatguy

That is beautiful engine!! Well done and please do not let your first one be the only one. We all look foward to what will come next! Your valve linkage does not appear to be the common stephenson setup normally seen on vertical marine engines. Could you please give us some information on how...

Brian, Beautiful job so far!. Earlier on, I thought your journal webs looked a mite thin in proportion to shaft diameter for a built up crankshaft but you have negotiated that part superbly. I particularly liked the way you used the journal shaft extensions for machining setup. I know a couple...

It gets really scary when you are struck by a passionate need to design something which will engender the need for a tool which you never had in your entire previous existence. Example: "I really need to design a little bitty steam engine because then I will have to buy a lathe. This...

For those of you interested in beam type steam engines, I have posted a set of drawings. Many thanks to rake60 for organizing them onto the download area in the menu for me. If you go to download them please notice that there are two pages. You will probably need them both or the engine will...

Back in a former career, I worked for a company called Leitelt Iron Works. They used to build and repair boilers as well as mill engines in the distant past. In the course of our boiler service work, we were contracted by an insurance company to forensically dismantle and remove from the...

Maryak & Rick, Thanks for the help guys. When I get the drawings done, I'll have a go at it. I presently have the engine drawings about 40% done & will need about 3 more evenings to complete extracting the drawing files. (I still travel about 100,000 miles a year and have to be home to get this...

Hi folks, I've kind of muddled my way through posting some jpegs but need some help with pdf files. I am working up a set of plans for a new beam engine. (see the "what are you doing today" thread in the break room.) I am extracting .dwg files from my inventor model which I can also save as .pdf...

By oldboatguy at 2By [URL=http://profile.imageshack[I I am finishing a design for a new beam engine. The flywheel is 3" dia. and the side frames are meant to be lasered out of 3/16" aluminum. I think I have a source for the laser work. I am working on extracting Dwg files and pdf files now...

Have a large whiskey & honey mix every hour or so but be careful. Go easy on the honey!

Here is another shot of the vertical single in Inventor. (still learning how to do this post picture thing.)

Here is a vertical single with reverse done in Autodesk Inventor.

Hi all, I found this board looking for steam engine drawings & photos. My main engine interests are marine steam & early American 4-4-0 locomotives. I "grew up" working for 14 years as a project engineer for a large engineerring job shop which did a lot of boiler repair work as well. We worked...

Brian, I am not currently building anything but I am using inventor to design a beam engine using some laser cut parts for the frame. (we have several good laser shops in our area who can hold +/- .005" on up to 3/8" thick material.) I will try to post the plans when I get it further along. I...