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15 November 2009 at 12:36 #45087
wheeltapper
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Hi all

here’s a pic of my new project, I found the plans on the internet and thought it looked different .

the first pic is progress so far

and this is what it should turn out like

the frame is 6mm aluminium, I scaled it up 50% because it looked too much like watchmaking so the flywheel is 4.5 ins , length is 9 ins and height is 7 ins.

I,ll show more as I go but it’s too dam’ cold to do much at the moment.

cheers

Roy
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15 November 2009 at 12:36 #3044
wheeltapper
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beam engine
15 November 2009 at 14:11 #45091
Vapeur89
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Hi,

Which method do you use to cut the frame?

Could you give me the link to his plan, it looks an interesting project?

Have a good day, Patrick
15 November 2009 at 15:18 #45093
Circlip
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Try these Patrick :- http://www.cauzzi.it/ftp/Oldboatguys_Engine_Plans.pdf

Regards Ian.
15 November 2009 at 15:57 #45094
wheeltapper
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Hi

Patrick, I printed the frame plan full size, bolted the two frames together through two of the waste parts, stuck the plan on with double sided tape then drilled, sawed and filed to the lines.

apart from the base, which was milled square, and the bearing surfaces , which were also milled square to the base.

just the job to keep you warm in an unheated garage/workshop

Circlip, thanks for putting up the link, I assume you’ve seen this before?

just a warning, the plans have a page missing, it appears to have the bearings for the beam, crankshaft and the conrod big end.

however, these are easily gauged from the rest of the plans if they are blown up full size.

cheers

Roy
15 November 2009 at 16:25 #45098
Circlip
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ANOTHER Tuit Roy A guy in Germany has made a 2 X version.

Regards Ian
15 November 2009 at 16:43 #45099
Vapeur89
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Thanks a lot for information.

Patrick
26 November 2009 at 15:33 #45600
wheeltapper
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Hi

Here’s an update on my engine. parallel motoin and big end done.

I froze my bum off doing this

crankshaft is next but, unlike computers and trolls, my brain stops when it’s cold so I think I’ll hibernate till it gets warmer.

cheers

Roy
8 May 2010 at 12:59 #51509
wheeltapper
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@wheeltapper
hello

It’s finally finished

it runs lovely on about 20 psi.

I’ll try to get a video of it working if I can put video links on here.

cheers

Roy
8 May 2010 at 17:16 #51513
Sub Mandrel
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Nice one Roy!

I can’t help thinking unpainted models often look better than painted ones. My wife won’t even trust me to paint the skirting board, so my models end up as beautiful engineering hiding inside a sahpeless but colourful blob…

Neil
8 May 2010 at 17:27 #51515
wheeltapper
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thanks.

I wondered whether or not to paint it but it was a no contest really, my painting sucks

I think it needs a nice piece of wood for a plinth.

cheers

Roy
9 May 2010 at 02:04 #51522
Ian S C
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I’m keeping an off cut of a slade tile to use as a plinth for something, I suppose thats a start. Ian S C
11 January 2011 at 17:00 #62236
Doddy
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You’ve inspired me to make this beam engine too, I’ve got the plans, including the missing pages ~ did you have any problems? I’m hoping to make the side frames from 6mm brass sheet/plate, unless i can pick some up from the local scrappy
11 January 2011 at 17:24 #62242
wheeltapper
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Hi

No real problems except that, being a newcomer to this hobby I didn’t know what I was doing half the time.

I had to evolve a way of making the flywheel without a rotary table (too expensive).

I must have machined it in my head a hundred times, looking for problems and when I finally made it everything went like clockwork.

don’t forget, we want loads of pics.

cheers

Roy
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