HI
You may have noticed that apart from the odd comment here and there I haven't posted much since the completion of my small steam engine. I have however been busy building a beam engine. This engine has been on the go for about 3 years or so but I didn't want to post anything of its progress until I knew it would run, I didn't want to make a complete fool of myself until I knew I was on the right track. To explain myself a little better we must go back a good few years to the point at which I started in this hobby. I read all the books I could find, subscribed to magazines and joined this forum. It was then that the idea of this beam engine was born. So off I went. I soon realised that the necessary skills required to build such an engine had not as yet been mastered. The engine would of course need a boiler so I started on that as well. Same problem, not yet skilled enough. The beam engine went to the back of the bench while I concentrated on the boiler, one job at a time. With the help, guidance and support of the members of this forum the boiler was eventually completed. A full build log can be seen in the boiler section. Along the way new skills were learned and my confidence increased. Back to the beam engine but I'm afraid I didn't get very far. There was still much to learn. So I decided to go back to basics and build something simple, a little wobbler and simple boiler. It took quite a while to complete but was a great success and I was honoured to win project of the month with it. A full build log can be found in the A WORK IN PROGRESS SECTION under the title A SMALL STEAM ENGINE. Once again new skills were learned. Back to the beam engine but this time with the skills needed to progress. I must add at this point that I have had a fantastic amount of help over the years (privately) by a man I now consider to be a good friend. I have at times pestered him almost daily and been a bit of a nuisance I'm sure but he has always come through with the help and support and at times materials. That man is John Bogstandard. Many many thanks John Thm: Thm: Thm: Anyway I think I've rambled on enough for one night so without further ado here's a bit of video followed by a few photos. The engine is far from finished, it ran for the first time last night, and will progress from here. The last photo shows were the boiler will go. I won't say any more at the moment but see if you can spot the method behind my madness.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggwfHmmPfbE[/ame]
Cheers
Rich
You may have noticed that apart from the odd comment here and there I haven't posted much since the completion of my small steam engine. I have however been busy building a beam engine. This engine has been on the go for about 3 years or so but I didn't want to post anything of its progress until I knew it would run, I didn't want to make a complete fool of myself until I knew I was on the right track. To explain myself a little better we must go back a good few years to the point at which I started in this hobby. I read all the books I could find, subscribed to magazines and joined this forum. It was then that the idea of this beam engine was born. So off I went. I soon realised that the necessary skills required to build such an engine had not as yet been mastered. The engine would of course need a boiler so I started on that as well. Same problem, not yet skilled enough. The beam engine went to the back of the bench while I concentrated on the boiler, one job at a time. With the help, guidance and support of the members of this forum the boiler was eventually completed. A full build log can be seen in the boiler section. Along the way new skills were learned and my confidence increased. Back to the beam engine but I'm afraid I didn't get very far. There was still much to learn. So I decided to go back to basics and build something simple, a little wobbler and simple boiler. It took quite a while to complete but was a great success and I was honoured to win project of the month with it. A full build log can be found in the A WORK IN PROGRESS SECTION under the title A SMALL STEAM ENGINE. Once again new skills were learned. Back to the beam engine but this time with the skills needed to progress. I must add at this point that I have had a fantastic amount of help over the years (privately) by a man I now consider to be a good friend. I have at times pestered him almost daily and been a bit of a nuisance I'm sure but he has always come through with the help and support and at times materials. That man is John Bogstandard. Many many thanks John Thm: Thm: Thm: Anyway I think I've rambled on enough for one night so without further ado here's a bit of video followed by a few photos. The engine is far from finished, it ran for the first time last night, and will progress from here. The last photo shows were the boiler will go. I won't say any more at the moment but see if you can spot the method behind my madness.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggwfHmmPfbE[/ame]
Cheers
Rich
