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| MHLR |
WANTED - Marine EngineHelloooo,I've just bought a cheap wooden boat hull off ebay that's just begging to have a steamer in. Does anyone have a working steam marine engine for sale for under 30 quid? I was thinking of experimenting with a Mamod Minor and adding a shaft and prop to it, but... Pete |
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| rangerssteamtoys |
Well if you got a boiler this would be good,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001 Looks like a Mamod SEL engine |
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| IndianaRog |
Hi Pete and welcome to our forum. 
Don't have a spare (or any) marine setups, but perhaps you will find one on here or of course there is eBay where they pop up almost weekly. cheers, Roger |
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| Cranko |
Have a talk to 8 10 brass cleaner, I believe he currantly has an sel listed on ebay. Welcome aboard, have a good trip | ||||
| MHLR |
I've looked on ebay, but I really have a low budget. I don't care about cosmetic damage, just that it works cus I can fix it up on cos., but not very good with steam workings! (mine always leaks!  )
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| James |
Ahhhh!!
Good to see you on here mate
Sorry I haven't emailed for a while 
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| Stilldrillin |
Welcome Pete.
Enjoy the forum.
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| James |
He's a Yorkshire lad living in Cornwall 
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| 8_10 Brass Cleaner |
Depending how big your hull is, you could use a mamod minor 1 or 2, but I suspect a larger engine may be better. I'd try for a SE1a, get a rusty one, you could soon mount the engine vertically in the hull with a direct of gear drive to the propellor, and a little bit of plumbing with the pipework would see the job done. That said it would be easier to make a paddle steamer as you could keep the engine horizontal. |
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| Stilldrillin |
Hmmmm. No answer to that! |
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| James |
Lincolnshire ist besser! | ||||
| John Chapman |
Obviously a very sensible Yorkshire lad
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| James |
I forgot to say, he doesn't like it in Cornwall 
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| John Chapman |
And Yorkshire is biggest (and always has been) |
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| James |
You are wrong on that 
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| Mamodman123 |
They're both as bad as eachother
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| James |
Naaa cos I think I know my own county's (which I'm extremely proud of) history
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| Stilldrillin |
I was brought up in Yorkshire. In Brighouse.
1968 I returned to where I were born. Nice ere in Derbyshire!
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| James |
Brighthouse? That shop?
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| Stilldrillin |
NO Briggus.
As in`t Brass Band! 
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| James |
you live in Glenn Miller?
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| Stilldrillin |
Yer bored.
Cos its rainin. Arnt yer?
I am. AN it`s me birthday today. It`s lunchtime now! I`m off! See yer!
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| James |
Your birthday today?
Well I'll be first to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY
It was dad's birthday yesterday. The bloke he works with said "Ahhh it don't matter, just swap the numbers around, and you will be younger!" Dad said "I'm 44 you idiot"
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| Stilldrillin |
Aw shucks! Thanks for that! 
If I swapped my age round, I`d still be older than your dad!
Anyway.....I think we`ve gone a very long way OFF TOPIC. 
Sorry, MHLR. Time to stop this thread. |
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| MHLR |
Well, I don't mind  -ness. I always start on off-topicness!
I don't mind Cornwall (to John), and I obviously love Yorkshire where my girlfriend is, but I actually like Somerset alot!!!? I haven't got my boat just yet, but when I do, I'll see how heavy it is. If it's light enough, I may use my MM1. I would really like a vertical boiler with prop drive, but I haven't got enough savings (all going on the railway [MHLR - see my website]) to buy one. So I thought perhaps until I get that, the simplest/cheapest way would be to conect the MM1 to a paddle drive with a band and pulley! easy init! I could cut a girt big circle out, and glue strips on it. I don't know how to add pictures yet, so... |
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| rangerssteamtoys |
Heres a cheap marine engine with boiler and everything,
http://cgi.ebay.com/Early-Brass-C...PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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| SillyBilly |
I did and that shot of the Wilesco Roller is awsome, superb, fantastic! |
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| MHLR |
Glad you liked the Wilesco shot. That's the Helford River in the background.
I need to upload a picture of my boat hull. How do you put it on here anyone? BTW, the engine has to be from England (GBP), cus of P&P etc. |
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| Graham-Jilly |
do you use photobucket if so just click on the image link on there and post it here in your mesage there is a thread some where on how to do it
cheers G-J |