Tony Bird
Senior Member
The last major component to be made was the regulator, its construction being similar to that of the warm up valves and the cylinder port block. Namely, a rectangular plate of brass with holes drilled in it, some of these holes being plugged. The vale fitted being the same as the warm up valve but with its spindle being more tapered. (P.117).
A stand the same as the others made was used to hold the regulator to the engine base plate. (P.118).
The regulator fitted to its stand. (P.119).
The regulator screwed in place on the engine bed plate. (P.120).
In the wooden base there would be no solid pipe connections between the engines various components; they would be connected by silicon tubes. For this some connectors were needed; three, of the four tubes to be used by the reversing valve were straight. (P.121).
The fourth connection to the reversing valve needed to be a ‘T’, and two other ’T’s would be needed for steam connections to the cylinder port blocks. Hopefully photographs 122 -125 will explain their construction.
On the home straight now! To be continued………
A stand the same as the others made was used to hold the regulator to the engine base plate. (P.118).
The regulator fitted to its stand. (P.119).
The regulator screwed in place on the engine bed plate. (P.120).
In the wooden base there would be no solid pipe connections between the engines various components; they would be connected by silicon tubes. For this some connectors were needed; three, of the four tubes to be used by the reversing valve were straight. (P.121).
The fourth connection to the reversing valve needed to be a ‘T’, and two other ’T’s would be needed for steam connections to the cylinder port blocks. Hopefully photographs 122 -125 will explain their construction.
On the home straight now! To be continued………
