Roly Williams' Table - finished

Roly Williams · Roly Williams' Table - finished

Hi Folks. Welcome to my table.

I couldn't think of a special theme for this year so I'll just feature my acquisitions since the last STWWW. Compiling this list I was shocked at how long it is! There's an Ade, Bittleston, Burnac, Cyldon, Empire, three Mamods, MF, five (yes 5) Peakes, Philcraft, Wilesco and some miscellaneous home brews and unknowns! I refuse to add up the total in £s – I'd probably give myself a heart attack! I'll present them in reverse chronological order, with a couple of exceptions where I think it will be more interesting to group two or more together. There's a mixture of old and new photos and videos but I've made sure that there's at least one new photo of each; and some of the old photos are ones that have not been seen on here before. Most of the videos are new.

First of all, however, tradition must be observed. As in previous years, here's a video guided tour of my whole collection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqoNrB36FBo

Jay_Minor

a collection to be proud of

Swift Fox

Thanks for that guided tour Roly, you do have some wonderful engines.

Wow 5 Peake engines, you are catching me up!

colin

Very nice Roly some really good engines but my favourite has to be the Charabanc

Pete the steam

Nice Roly, Very nice

whistleman

very ,very nice collection Roly.

Penybontshed

Very nice

Burnmafingers

What a wonderfully diverse collection. Love the tick tock of the clock in the background, made for a nice relaxing ambience to the video.

Roly Williams

Peake Engines Micro & Major

I've bought several of Ben Peakes engines in the last 12 months. The 1, 2 and 3 will appear in their own thread. My latest Ebay purchases are the Micro and Major. I bought these to go with the Minor which was my first Ben Peake engine and have had for a while.

Micro:

Major:

More details on my web pages:
http://rolywilliams.com/ben_peak_micro.html
http://rolywilliams.com/ben_peak_major.html

Tonupbear

Great collection.

Swift Fox

Fantastic photos and videos of those two Peake engines Roly, look forward to more.

stenella

Very nice, I enjoyed the guided tour a lot

kd02

Thanks for the tour Roly, fantastic collection,

Celsius 100

A wonderful collection displayed in a superb way.

Roly Williams

Ade Stationary

I finally managed to buy an Ade at an affordable price. It wasn't quite working but, after refitting the movable port face correctly, it now runs, although not as well as I'm sure it could. It seems to run a bit better every time so maybe it just needs running in.

http://rolywilliams.com/ade_stationary.html

ian.allen2

Nice selection and great vids. Well done

peol

Great collection,
nice to see that ADE run so smoothly, they can be quite difficult to run.

Sandman

What a great table Roly.

Loved the tour.

Les

This is going to be yet another great table.

Roly Williams

Empire B31

I've bought two B31s this year. I bought one a while ago with the intention of restoring it. It was well battered but, at the time, I considered most of it restorable. I made a start stripping it down but had to put it aside because I couldn't find a replacement for the missing heater element. It is currently a box of bits and will probably remain in that state because I've just acquired a fully restored one from Steaminon. This one is in excellent condition, both mechanically and cosmetically. It runs nicely as can be seen in the video below.

This is the first one:

and this is the one from Steaminon:

http://rolywilliams.com/empire_b31.html

Les

That is very quiet for its size.

Gary279

Awesome Roly!

Sandman

That's a beautiful engine that runs as well as it looks, Roly.

You've got to be proud of that one.

Roly Williams

Thanks for your kind comments, folks. More to come tomorrow.

Steve_S

You've certainly aquired some beauties in the last year!

sarfraz

A great collection. You must be well chuffed.

Celsius 100

The Empire is a very smooth runner with a built to last appearance.Also enjoyed watching the ADE running.

redryder

Thanks for the great tour Roly. I will watch it again when I hook up the sound on my new pc.

Gil

flywheel61

A gret tour of your collection Roly, and some very interesting individual featured engines as well.

Cheers

Chris

Wallace

Very enjoyable tour and those pics show great detail

Roly Williams

Hamburper (and WWPPBB prize)

Hamburper was my entry for the 2011 WWPPBB. To my surprise, it won the prize for the “classic” category.

Here are some pics of the wonderful little prize pop-pop boat, which, of course, qualifies as a new acquisition in it's own right.

http://rolywilliams.com/rew_hamburper.html

Sandman

Magic stuff Roly.

I bet the makers of that ham tin never expected it to end up like that.

Les

That ended more like a bumper car than a boat but it is a load of fun to see it going.

angus

Very wide ranging and interesting collection

Steam Models

Roly that's a very interesting reversing gear on that "Ade"

But as you said it seams to trying it's hardest to run.

Roly Williams

Cyldon 13/3

The Cyldon 13/3 is similar to the 13/1 but with an aluminium instead wooden base. Neither is very common so when I saw this 13/3, I snapped it up. It's in fair condition but without it's burner. I now want a 13/1 to go with it! (I also want a burner.)

http://rolywilliams.com/cyldon_13-3.html

magpie38

another year another great table from Roly, great table mate

Les

A great video Roly, MFSteam does reproduction burners for Cyldons.

http://www.mfsteam.com/information.php?product=3wickburner1

Roly Williams

Celsius 100

A very fine example of a 13/3,runs very well.

Roly Williams

Bittleston engine

This little engine was bought from Chronos, who advertised it as “The Bittleston Engine”. They don't say who it was made by. It's a well engineered all machined metal oscillating cylinder engine.

http://rolywilliams.com/chronos_vertical.html

Roly Williams

Mamod ME1 & ME2

I had owned an ME1 and ME3 for ages and had long been on the lookout for an ME2. When I finally managed to acquire an ME2, I was devastated to find the boiler was suffering from de-zincification. I bought the ME1 when I was looking for a scrapper to cannibalise for a boiler for the ME2. When I got it, it was more original and in better condition than the one I already had, so I kept this one and cannibalised the other.

ME1:

Best to don your waterproofs before watching this

ME2:

http://rolywilliams.com/mamod_me1.html
http://rolywilliams.com/mamod_me2.html

Les

Love them both Roly, especially when the ME1 wanted to go and play in the water.

davidcurtis021

great guided tour

Sandman

Great videos and pics Roly.

I've got a soft spot for the Cyldon.

It was one of my first engines.

Roly Williams

Gary279

Fantastic video on the ME1 & 2!!!!!

yussufhippo

Roly, thanks very much for inviting us to your home... I am looking forward to having a cup of tea now and taking some time for a good chat... Thanka again!
Thomas

Roly Williams

Wilesco D365 “Old Smoky”

Old Smoky is currently awaiting restoration. Paintwork is not too bad but, mechanically, it's in poor condition (which is why I managed to buy it at an affordable price). It's not yet in running order so, sorry, no video.

http://rolywilliams.com/wilesco_d365.html

Swift Fox

Some more great engines Roly, i'm pleased you have the full set of Mamod marine engines now.

Roly Williams

scalex

wow Roly you have some very nice engines there i do like the ADE

Roly Williams

Unknown /scratch-built vertical stationary

The seller of this engine on Ebay thought it might be an Ade (and I can see why) but it's not. I'm pretty sure it's scratch built, albeit using some commercial parts. As can be seen in the video, it's a very nice runner (after I fixed the minor leak in the boiler due to a badly designed fixing).

http://rolywilliams.com/unknown_stationary.html

Les

Nice runner Roly and I can see why he thought it might be an Ade.

Sandman

Nice smooth runner Roly.

It will be interesting to find out where the leak is coming from.

Roly Williams

Sandman

Mamod58

Some nice pieces Roly.

MI Steam

Roly you have a great collection and the photos and videos are very good.

Carl

Roly Williams

REW Charabanc

This one made a brief appearance this time last year in an unfinished state. Here are some new photos and an old video.

http://rolywilliams.com/mamod_rew_charabanc.html

Sandman

Jeez, the charabanc can motor on Roly.

I never expected it to go so fast.

Les

The charabanc is a credit to you Roly and it will keep you fit while you keep chasing it along.

peol

That Characbanc is a real racer... don't think I've seen any steam toy going at that pace Thumbs up!

Roly Williams

Philcraft beam engine under glass

This is one of the variations of the Philcraft beam engine. It came without the boiler and mounted under a display dome. As can be seen in the video, the feed and exhaust pipes are fed through the base so that a connection can be made underneath and the engine run under the dome. This is probably not very advisable using steam but the video shows it done with compressed air.

http://rolywilliams.com/philcraft_boilerless_beam_engine.html

Les

Compact's not the word but it is a treasure Roly.

Sandman

Interesting idea Roly.

Certainly a different take from the usual.

Celsius 100

The charabanc is utterly delightful.

Roly Williams

MF Twin No. 056

This one needs no introduction. Was it really only last STIA when I bought it? No video for this one. This is one of few of my engines that I intend to keep unfired. Don't ask me why – I don't really know

http://rolywilliams.com/mf_twin.html

Les

Very nice indeed Roly, I have #44 and have no intention off firing it either.

Sandman

Lovely.

Not even on air Roly??????

magpie38

one day even I will own an MF twin

but dont tell the wife, nice table Roly

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Les

It works very well indeed.

Sandman

Well worth the effort, Roly.

Great to see it running.

Thanks mate.

Roly Williams

Peake Engines No's 1, 2 & 3

I was a bit surprised when I realised that all three of Ben Peake's numbered engines came out in the last year, but they have. I bought No.1 in November 2010, No.2 in January '11 and No.3 in August.

No.1:

No.2:

No.3:

http://rolywilliams.com/ben_peak_no1.html
http://rolywilliams.com/ben_peak_no2.html
http://rolywilliams.com/ben_peak_no3.html

yussufhippo

thanks a lot !

Swift Fox

Nice to see the standalone Philcraft beam, that was a really great find Roly.

Great to see all of Ben's 'Peake' series together and he certainly has been busy these past one and a bit years. Very well photographed too.

Roly Williams

Burnac Vulcan

I completely restored this engine. I first painted the base with “green” VHT paint but the colour turned out to be completely different from that on the cap on the can (see the last photo below). I later repainted it to a better shade in ordinary paint.

http://rolywilliams.com/burnac_vulcan.html

Les

You can't beat a Burnac.

Roly Williams

Sandman

The Burnac looks and runs a treat Roly.

Liked the vids of the Peaks as well.

Dave S

Those Peake engines are amazing. I really love the chunky flywheels, everything looks very crisply machined

The Denying Dutchman

I never thought the Mamod Me1 would be so powerful! Loved the video.

Roly Williams

I'll leave my last item till tomorrow morning - and it's something special (it's special to me anyway).

Stoker

Roly ... what can I say ... simply wonderful as always!

Roly Williams

Mamod SE4

And now last – but very definitely not least – this was my prize at last year's STWWW, of which I'm exceedingly proud. There's not much I can say about this that hasn't already been said many many times before, so straight on to the pics:

In the video below, the engine slows down quite early on in the run to a nice steady tick-over. This was because the burner was reduced to only 1 or 2 wicks because it got drenched with water!

http://rolywilliams.com/mamod_se4.html

flywheel61

That charablanc is brilliant Roly, I also love the motion of the beam engine, I can watch mine for ages. But you have certainly left the best until last, the SE4's great.

Cheers

Chris

Roly Williams

OK, that's my last table item, so I'll now try to catch up on others' tables. See you there.

Sandman

Great to see the SE4 run Roly.

A fitting end to a cracking table.

Les

The SE4 is wonderful, a great prize for a great table.