logoman
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Logoman's tableHere's my Elmers Wood Beam Engine.
I'm very fond of this engine, it's a departure from my usual marine interest, but the wood brings it back.
There's a weight missing from the beam, but it runs well without it.
The wood resonates like a musical instrument when running, which can do very slowly.
I'm looking for a suitable period boiler. Any ideas?
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Les
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That is a lovely looking beam engine. 
What are the dimensions so we can hazard a guess to a suitable boiler??
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logoman
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Thanks Les,
the flywheel is roughy 7" in diameter.
the beam 7", and the cylinder 2" long and 3/4" diameter.
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Roly Williams
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| logoman wrote: | Thanks Les,
the flywheel is roughy 7" in diameter.
the beam 7", and the cylinder 2" long and 3/4" diameter. |
That's a fair sized cylinder but, I guess, the revs are probably quite low. I would say something like a Mamod SE3 or Jensen 70 boiler would suffice. A Bowman 101 boiler would probably be more than enough. Of course, if you want something that loks as good as the engine then one of the Cheddar boilers would look good.
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logoman
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it's a big cylinder but does run very slowly, most boilers would make enough steam. How it looks is important to me, probably a vertical, very early looking. = black with rivets all over
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Les
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| logoman wrote: | | it's a big cylinder but does run very slowly, most boilers would make enough steam. How it looks is important to me, probably a vertical, very early looking. = black with rivets all over |
I would have gone for a short, stocky horizontal boiler.
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MooseMan
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Where on earth did you find that engine???
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logoman
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Hi Moose, nice of you to drop by.
I bought it from The Great Toy Steam Company. Sold as:
"Hand made by Lou Racioppo in 1980. Replica of a Drake Oil Well, Oil City PA."
The Drake well was the world's first oil well, in 1859. However, this model is clearly a steam engine, not a beam pump. Drake did use a steam engine, but that was a "Long John' stationary engine, nothing like this.
This engine is Elmer Verburg's interpretation of the earliest beam engines, imagining the materials and skills that would have been used. Historically this would be after Newcomen, 1712, before Watt, 1763.
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Steve_S
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It's a beautiful engine. I've never seen anything like it. Is the cylinder double acting?
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logoman
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Cheers Steve, the cylinder is double acting.
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redryder
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Very nice wood Beam engine you have there !
I have met Lou.
Gil
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