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chads

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I finished this engine over a month ago. I finally found some time to get these pictures up.
The castings were purchased from Bob Herder and it is a nice running engine.

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Thanks for looking

Don
(Chads)
 
very nice looking little engine :bow:

do you have some build pictures that we might see or a video of it running th_wwp th_wwp

all in all a great looking engine.

chuck
 
Very nice looking engine and presentation Don. :bow: :bow: :bow:

I have often wanted to build this model...no time with all the projects.

Looking forward to the video :) :) :)

Jeff

P.S. I've nearly completed a 1/4 scale Herder Stove Pipe Domestic...fun
 
I do have a few contruction pictures that I will upload when I get some time. Here is a short video of it running before it got a paint job...


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-tBIqpZ0C4[/ame]

Chads
 
WOW nice runner...very slow Awesome :bow: :bow: :bow:

Thanks for putting the video up Don...

Jeff
 
Don

That is a very nice looking and running engine. Thanks for sharing it with us. :bow: :bow:

Cheers :)

Don

 
Don,

Looks nice and is a good sounding little engine.

Great job.

Kenny
 
Hi Don
Thats just lovely Mate
Pete
 
What a beauty Don! Looks every bit as good as it sounds too!!
Stew
 
Great looking engine. Runs nice, too. Can you still buy the castings for this engine?

Chuck
 
Thankyou for all the kind words :)

This casting kit is still available from Bob Herder at:
http://bobherder.tripod.com/casting_kit.htm

The casting quality was very good. The only change I made to the kit was that I made the valves out of drill rod. The prints suggested to use the supplied "nails" to machine the valves. There were actual big construction framing nails supplied in the kit.
I also had a hard time getting the valves to seat. It might of been because the head is Bronze ??? Final lapping with toothpaste did the trick.
This engine does run slow & smooth and I can also get it to zip along very fast as well. It does get hot fast so I keep her slow and only run it for about 15 minutes.
Some construction pics...
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Chads

 
Thats a really nice looking engine. :bow:

Thanks for taking the time to share these pics with us.
 

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