waterloo traction engine .29 scale

[sawyer massey]

Pour looked like it when well see tommorow when I take it out of the box

 

[MIKE4444]

Thanks
I have bin around and running steam engines for over 45 years my dad and his dad were to we still own my grandfathers engine
I was certified to weld high pressure pipe up to 40 inches in diameter
Let that laps did not use it any more
I have built three other boilers 2 for the Sawyer Massey I built one for a goodision I made .......and yes you are more then right design right and know what you are doing around steam boilers
Thanks
Todd

Hi am new at Steam Traction Engines , Very interested in building a small steam engine, Have looked on the net , but No plans for a simple small Loco or Traction engine, plenty of scratch models , but no plans , looked at the Cracker , Dribbler engines, etc...as i am new can you help as to a simple , say around 5 inches long or smaller to start of with, email me at [email protected] thank you MIKE

 

[sawyer massey]

Well looks good ...Turn it today I hope
The smalls are part of the reverse gear

 

[sawyer massey]

It will work lost a but of sand ......but usable

 

[johnmcc69]

Looks good to me!
Nice job!

John

 

[sawyer massey]

Machined the link for the reverse gear and the 2 ecentrick ends that a thatch to it
No rotary table .....did it the old way

 

[Peter Twissell]

Unless you have a very large rotary table, the 'old way' is the only way to achieve any rigidity in the setup at such a large radius.

 

[mnay]

Beautiful work. I have been afraid to tackle cast iron. I am impressed with your castings.

 

[sawyer massey]

Thank you ......I made a lot of scrap at first getting better at it now

 

[photopro]

Here is a method I use to mill large radius's. This particular setup is for putting a very large radius inside the axle box on the 1.6" scale Mikado locomotive I built some years ago but will work for smaller parts also. The radius was required so the ends of the axles can independently move up and down, depending on track conditions, without binding.

The basic setup is to use a heavy bar to support the workpiece and provide it with a fixed pivot on one end and a slotted pivot on the other end where the rotary table is located. The whole setup is mounted on the mill table of course. The slot allows the rotary table to move without binding. The radius is determined solely by the distance from the fixed pivot to the cutter, not the size of the rotary table.
How you mount the workpiece to the bar is up to you.

Doug

 

[sawyer massey]

99% of the link reverse finished........

 

[sawyer massey]

A little more finished ........Running on air by new years ?

 

[sawyer massey]

Looks like it will work just have to make the ran to hold up

 

[sawyer massey]

Well that's the reverse gear finished......all but the clean up before paint

 

[sawyer massey]

Well she is running ........can't share a video ...yet

 

[sawyer massey]

There we go

 

[Peter Twissell]

It says the video is private, so I can't see it.

 

[sawyer massey]

It says the video is private, so I can't see it.

Hope that's fixed now

 

[Sprocket]

Not yet, still says private

 

[sawyer massey]

That I hope boes it