vederstein
Must do dumb things....
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In 2013 my wife and I vacationed in England. One of our stops was a the London Museum of Water and Steam. All the engines there are either part of the original water works the place used to be or engines brought in from other locations that were used for pumping water. One of the "imported" engines was the James Kay Dancer's End engine.
I thought it would be a good start for the my next project.
I would say that my design is inspired by original engine but is in no way a model of it. Interestingly, if you watch the video of the actual engine (below) the beams are timed 180° apart. If you think about that it means that this engine could've been supplanted with a single cylinder engine with twice the cylinder area and get the same performance. In my design, I'm clocking the beams 90° apart making is a self starting steam engine.
The design isn't yet complete, but thus far I'm liking the way it's coming together.
And the original engine:
I thought it would be a good start for the my next project.
I would say that my design is inspired by original engine but is in no way a model of it. Interestingly, if you watch the video of the actual engine (below) the beams are timed 180° apart. If you think about that it means that this engine could've been supplanted with a single cylinder engine with twice the cylinder area and get the same performance. In my design, I'm clocking the beams 90° apart making is a self starting steam engine.
The design isn't yet complete, but thus far I'm liking the way it's coming together.
And the original engine: