Hi gents,
This is something I started In December 2100, that came to a halt for about 6 months after a fire in the cave, and started again on and off until the last couple of months when I felt more at ease into committing myself. (Also, I'd lost interest for a long while because of the fire).
I did take some pics when I remembered but because of the time lost, they are all over the place in this computer.
Anyway, as the title say's; It's a model designed by a Julius De Waal and I downloaded the plans from the Model Engineering Website (MEWS).
I have, and am, using a lot of mild steel. Plus plenty of brass and the usual bronze where needed and proper ball bearings for the wheel and other parts where I think the weight would be too much for bronze alone. I am using a mixture of imperial and metric fittings i,e. screws, taps and dies, and reamers etc. I am very comfortable doing this as I have worked on machines in factories for over 40 years!!
The wheel weighs in at 6.5 Ibs. The brass and aluminium rings were turned (where I worked before my current job) and were shrank fitted together-there was a major panic when I was just slidding them together and my riser blocks moved after I caught my knuckles on the hot brass ring! A little work with my knockonameter saved the day!!
I will load a few pics for now and more as work progresses. I also have a few other engines on the go but I am going to put them on hold while I complete this on.
I am not going to "bling" it, but paint it to as near as I can going by pictures of old models and engines such as the beam engine I saw at a museum at Redruth, Cornwall, UK.
I hope you enjoy!
Kind regards,
Ron.
This is something I started In December 2100, that came to a halt for about 6 months after a fire in the cave, and started again on and off until the last couple of months when I felt more at ease into committing myself. (Also, I'd lost interest for a long while because of the fire).
I did take some pics when I remembered but because of the time lost, they are all over the place in this computer.
Anyway, as the title say's; It's a model designed by a Julius De Waal and I downloaded the plans from the Model Engineering Website (MEWS).
I have, and am, using a lot of mild steel. Plus plenty of brass and the usual bronze where needed and proper ball bearings for the wheel and other parts where I think the weight would be too much for bronze alone. I am using a mixture of imperial and metric fittings i,e. screws, taps and dies, and reamers etc. I am very comfortable doing this as I have worked on machines in factories for over 40 years!!
The wheel weighs in at 6.5 Ibs. The brass and aluminium rings were turned (where I worked before my current job) and were shrank fitted together-there was a major panic when I was just slidding them together and my riser blocks moved after I caught my knuckles on the hot brass ring! A little work with my knockonameter saved the day!!
I will load a few pics for now and more as work progresses. I also have a few other engines on the go but I am going to put them on hold while I complete this on.
I am not going to "bling" it, but paint it to as near as I can going by pictures of old models and engines such as the beam engine I saw at a museum at Redruth, Cornwall, UK.
I hope you enjoy!
Kind regards,
Ron.
. Nice one Thm:
