OneGuyFromBarlick

My boiler will get dirty eventually Stanley. I am still considering whether to gas fire it. I have found a piece of teak window bottom for a base and think I might tile that. I have to castings for a Stuart 10H to go with it but that will have to wait until the Duchess locomotive is off the bench. I...

Today I tried the fittings on my boiler. A project that I have had around for a while, it had its shell pressure test over a year ago. So next move is to seal the joints and give the whole system a pressure test.

As you said yesterday, Stanley, it is nice when you have the right tools for the job. I’m getting near that stage most of the time but I can’t always find the tool when I know that I have one. Just too much crammed into the little workshop.

I ‘aquired’ an Anglepoise magnifier with ring light from our Manchester workshop when it closed. It was headed for the skip so I don’t feel guilty. That and an eyeglass usually suffice for me at present but I am a little younger than you Stanley. When the circular tube failed recently I bought a led...

That’ll do nicely I recon Stanley. A good session in the workshop then. Many thanks for the piece on directions of rotation. I got my little beam engine out and put some air on it and it does run over as you say. I’ll remember that sometime soon as I have a set of Stuart 10H castings to machine. My ...

Nice one Stanley, glad it has worked out. So which way is ‘running backwards’? Looking at the last view which way is the flywheel turning. I must get my little beam engine outand look at it.

The devil is in the detail as they say Stanley. This is the most difficult bit. I see you had problems with the clearance on the parallelogram of the watt’s linkage. It is a very tight spot. My French friend who is building the Model Engineer beam engine has noted that there is only a few thou clear...

Nice work Stanley. Is this a Stuart ‘standard’ beam engine. I am currently building Elmer’s beam engine. It’s a bit smaller than yours at just 3” high. I am not too practiced at working in aluminium and will be altering the design to put the crankshaft in brass bushes. 93D0388B-3C52-48C1-A150-5E3C31...