My first attempt

[peterw51]

Hi All, this is my first attempt at a steam engine, I found some plans by searching for a simple steam engine & found this one that doesn't require any castings, there are a few faults & I can see the machining is not up to a lot of the standard I have seen on this site, but I have learned a lot from this & hope to improve on my next build, A Mine Engine!

 

[Cogsy]

Congrats on your first project. It looks great. Does it run? Can we see a video?

 

[ProdEng]

Well done, it's a good feeling to get a runner. I made the same design for my first engine.

 

[Herbiev]

Excellent effort.

 

[gus]

Very well done.

 

[black85vette]

Looks great. I did a similar one for my first.

 

[Sshire]

Nicely done. Video?
Very similar to my first engine, but I didn't have a lathe then. Made it on the mill.
Congrats

 

[peterw51]

Thank you all for the good feedback, & yes it dose run but & don't have a video clip sorry!

 

[cheepo45]

Great Job! Welcome to the Model Engine building hobby. Prepare to become obsessed!

 

[Millertime]

I like it.

 

[Rockytime]

A very nice job. You've done great. Looking forward to see more work from you.

 

[basement_guy]

Thats a good looking first engine.
Succes with the second one.

 

[Mosey]

Very nice! You should be quite proud.

 

[gus]

It is true,you get addicted and end up building more and more.
Gus is badly addicted.He has twenty engines at home.

Best Regards

Gus Teng from faraway Singapore.

 

[bob shutt]

Very nice Never put down your work. Some people only dream of making an engine

 

[AussieJimG]

Very nice

Jim