Apologies for the name. This is an early vertical engine that I dug up two plates of on the net. I have made most of the bits, and now I have a flywheel I can make some progress. It's an interesting challenge as it is 'house built' with a cast iron (I've fabricated this) A-frame and the other main bearing in the wall.

The engravings show great detail and appear very accurate (I can find only two, minor, inconsistencies so I am making it as close to the drawings as possible. One odd feature is that both bearing journals are smaller than the shaft either side, others that the valve face is on a 'stalk' that sticks out of the cylinder, the steam supply comes up from under the floor and there are some very interestingly shaped bits – much use of filing butons!

Most of the parts made to date:

And just finished the strap for the big-end. You can see a bit of an error on the slot in the strap

Neil

Edited By Stub Mandrel on 08/12/2012 20:22:58

This is one of the engravings. if someone can identify the source (I can't find it in any of the old classics, like Tredgold), I'd be really grateful:

Some pictures of bits along the way. Making a gear cutter:

The governor gears (80 DP, 50 and 25 teeth):

And the crankshaft with its unusual journals:

These are the internals of the governor valve:

Neil

P.S. If you are Anthony Mount you aren't allowed to make one until I've finished mine