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This topic has 16 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 30 November 2011 at 00:30 by DAVID HOWORTH.

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28 November 2011 at 18:29 #4190
DAVID HOWORTH
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28 November 2011 at 18:29 #78807
DAVID HOWORTH
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Dear Members,let me first of all appologise if my query has been posted in the wrong section.

My question to you all, is,from the attached photographs is anyone able to tell me who manufactured the kit,as it does seem to have been built using a kit of parts,and does it have name etc.etc.

http://s1178.photobucket.com/albums/x375/TSDAVE1/

Any information would be very much appreciated,as I am in the process of completely refurbishing the engine.

Rgards,

Dave.
28 November 2011 at 18:34 #78808
wheeltapper
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Sorry Dave, can’t see the pics, says its a private album.

Roy
28 November 2011 at 18:42 #78809
DAVID HOWORTH
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Sorry wheeltapper,I have now made the link public,could you please let me know if you can now access the photographs.

Regards, Dave.
28 November 2011 at 18:58 #78810
NJH
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Hi Dave

It bears many similarities to the Stuart S50 but how big is it?

Regards

Norman

PS can access photos but then cannot get back!

Edited By NJH on 28/11/2011 18:59:15
28 November 2011 at 19:07 #78812
DAVID HOWORTH
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Dear NJH, I must admit it does look similar to the Stuart S50,but not quite as I see it,maybe wrong though.

The baseplate casting is 285mm.x110mm. o/a.

Regards, Dave.
28 November 2011 at 19:13 #78813
DAVID HOWORTH
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@davidhoworth40264
Should have said NJH, that the base casting is a seperate casting to the main shaft carrier bearings and piston guide/slide mechanism.

Regards, Dave.
28 November 2011 at 20:21 #78817
maurice bennie
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28 November 2011 at 20:26 #78818
maurice bennie
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Hi Dave. I have this engine ,its a STUART MILL ENGINE about 10″ long .Would post a pic but dont know how , one day perhaps.

Maurice .
28 November 2011 at 20:41 #78820
DAVID HOWORTH
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Hi Maurice, are you sure, as the baseplate on the engine I have is 11 1/4″ in length and 4 1/4″ wide.

Do you know if the engine you have in mind is shown in the latest Stuart catalogue as I can’t find it in the one I have, but addmittedly it is 3 years old.

Thanks for your thoughts on the subject Maurice.

Regards, Dave.
28 November 2011 at 21:28 #78824
maurice bennie
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HI David. Measurements base plate =220x(60 down to50) sort of L shape. fly wheel 95×20 with 6 spokes cylinder45x25. This engine I built about fifty years ago .OUCH.

Yours is bigger than mine but looks the same .sorry about the MM .

Best wishes MAURICE.
28 November 2011 at 21:44 #78827
maurice bennie
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HI again Dave. Have just found the plans of the engine .

STUART TURNER Ltd HENLEY ON THAMES ALT.NO.72 DATE 6,10. 80 DRG.NO.90092 DRAWN by R.G.Pender DATE 24.8.77 .And as said before it is an. S50 MILL ENGINE

Hope this helps , Maurice .
28 November 2011 at 21:56 #78829
DAVID HOWORTH
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Hi Maurice, thank you for your further information,and being as I have stripped the engine down completely since I took the photo’s,I have reffered to your sizes and give you the sizes of my engine.

Flywheel – 128mm. dia.x27mm. face with 6 spokes.

Piston diameter – 32mm. with a 38mm.stroke.

Still not convinced that it is a Stuart,but I do respect your views,and by the way I am 70 years old at the end of next week,also “ouch”.

Regards, Dave.
28 November 2011 at 22:15 #78830
DAVID HOWORTH
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Hi Maurice,me again,with half an appology,as I have just seen the engine like the one you must be talking about, for sale on Ebay,a Stuart Turner S50.

Again quite a bit smaller than mine,but probably the same size that you built,and the layout is very similar if not identical.

How odd therefore that the engine I have is so much larger.

Best regards, Dave.
29 November 2011 at 08:14 #78842
Rob keeves
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Didnt Clarkson produce castings for a mill engine about that size, i may be wong but im sure i have seen one.

Regards Rob.
29 November 2011 at 12:04 #78849
DAVID HOWORTH
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Hi to all who have replied to my thread,and thanks for your time and inputs.

The observation that I have to make, considering my and members general thoughts is that the engine I have is some sort of “blown up” S50, manufactured by a company other than Stuart.

I would still appreciate thoughts from members who have yet to read my thread,as I am more and more intrigued now than before.

Regards, Dave.
30 November 2011 at 00:30 #78891
DAVID HOWORTH
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@davidhoworth40264
Any more thoughts on what engine I appear to have in my workshop,”please”.

Best regards,

Dave.
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