Building the ‘Potty mill engine’ the beginners way.

[DanielParticipant @daniel]

Hello All,

Just came across this thread.

Fascinating.

But, it stops abrubtly. Did it continue elsewhere ?

TIA

Daniel

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Not sure about this one but there have been a few threads on the Potty Mill Engine here and on other forums so should be searchable.

[Lee Jones 6Participant @leejones6]

Oh, such a tease …

Did you ever finish this Peter?

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Finished and a few more engines under his belt

[Gas_mantle.Participant @gas_mantle]

Hi, sorry, just seen this.

As Jason says I did finish it and then made a sister engine 'the potty grasshopper'.

It's a bit rough round the edges but I'm finding with a bit more experience and more tooling that each engine is better tan the last. I've just about finished a replica Stuart no4, it's painted so now just adding the final details

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

Hi Peter

Don't think I've seen your completed mill engine running like all of your engines its looks very good, i always have a big grin when I see one of my engines designs completed and running.

I noticed a few comments regarding the drawings and copyright issues, I designed the engine to encourage newcomers to the hobby and to that end I'm quite happy for the drawings to be passed around and shared, I gave permission for Jewels to draw the engine up in 3D cad and to make his drawing public. As a word of warning to anyone contemplating using Jewels' drawing to build an engine:- they were created as a drawing exercise not as working drawings Jewels has put his own interpretations into his drawings making some aspects of it confusing, so for any one contemplating making this engine I would suggest they get hold of a copy of my drawings they are far more user friendly.

Keep Modelling

Stew

[Gas_mantle.Participant @gas_mantle]

Thanks Stew,

It was my first 'proper' engine and I really enjoyed making it, I'd recommend it to any other beginner with limited experience.

Funnily enough with my current engine just about finished I'm about to start making a biggish horizontal engine of my own design but the Potty engine will for the basis of the proportions. I'll make the parts a bit more decorative and more like the real thing but it will have Potty ancestry

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