SillyBilly
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Horizontal/Vertical Steam EngineHi All,
It's turned up today! When I got in from school I couldn't wait to get the package open and when I did, I was impressed! I'd paid £30 for what looks like a quality engine, though the boiler is rather crude. I, list the 'pros & cons' of the two major components below.
Boiler & Firebox:
Copper (I think)
Bit crude (not to fussed)
Simple adjustable saftey vlave (if you un-do the top, all the steam'll come out in a sensible manor)
Chunky Firebox
All nut & bolted/screwed
Boiler a little loose in firebox, and can tilt/ move
Engine:
Cast frame
Bearing for the flywheel
Oiling pot for the shaft
Cast flywheel
Ocsillating cylinder
Smooth when turned over
Chunky cylinder (with bolted cover)
Has a ring around the piston
Green (  )
It turned up looking like this:
So I steamed it up and learnt that:
1)It's uses LOTS of water.
2)It has and adjustable saftey valve.
3)I couldn't get it to work!
But of course it needed cleaning!! That'll make it work(?)  !
So I dismantled the engine, and checked all the parts and cleaned it. And I must say it now looks rather smart. I'll let you add to that!!!
This is the dismantled cylinder assembly:
The saftey valve exploded, I'll let you find out how it works, as it's so simple:
The engine its self:
The entire thing cleaned up:
Another view of the entire thing cleaned up:
What do you think? Presumaby as the engine frame is cast I guess there is more than one engine made? Anyone know what it is yet? Thanks in advance!
Now all I need to do is get it to work and take some video......
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Mamodman123
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Looks pretty smart! Why doesn't it run?
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SillyBilly
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Haven't a clue, we'll see if it'll run next when I try it.
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Mamodman123
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| SillyBilly wrote: | | Haven't a clue, we'll see if it'll run next when I try it. |
Yeah, would be good to see it go if you can sort it  can't complain for 30 quid!
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Steve_S
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It was a great buy at that price. And if it doesn't go there can't be much stopping it. I'm sure you'll be able to sort it out.
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MooseMan
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Love it - that safety valve's unusual on an engine in this class!
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John Chapman
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A very nice and an unusual engine. Good luck getting it going.
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steamyman
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A very impressive engine there. I hope you can get her going.
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Wallace
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Very nice engine
Look forward to vids when it's running 
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SillyBilly
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Check out the video board!
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oldstuff
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Really interesting find Bill. Got to be some scratch or homebuilder's work in it's history.
I love those kind of engines. If you're sending us to the vids, you must've got running!
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