spandrew01709
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What happens if you get bored...Well I got bored today, So I decided to knock up a little something. Not sure what I'm going to call it yet,
The little engine that I created is parts of mecano re painted and built onto a base. Possibilities are endless for that, could probably add some brass gears etc onto the flywheel axle.
I have also built a nice condensor for the engine, which prevents the chimney getting full of water.
It makes a wonderfurl vertical mamod engine, and ticks over at a lovely slow speed. Apologies the last couple of pictures are upside down.
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Ross
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Thats awesome very interesting!  Good work!
Ross
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bessytractor
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very nice, what you've done there with the traction engine frame is what I was gonna do with a BAGRS loco I was building so I could get reverse gear.
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Bugsy
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You must have been very bored, Spandrew!
That looks excellent!
Will there be a video? 
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kevininasia
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That looks really good. And I especially like how you glued it to the ceiling in the last pic.  That's a great way of storing your engines when you run out of space on the shelf...
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spandrew01709
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| Bugsy wrote: | You must have been very bored, Spandrew!
That looks excellent!
Will there be a video? |
Yup 
To be fair It took a few days of being bored lol
Thanks for the kind comments
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Les
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Looking at all the pipework you could call it the 'Octopus'.
It looks good.
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IndianaRog
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If you had fun modding it to it's present state, that is what matters most...enjoy!
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johnreid
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'ǝʞıl ı 'uʍop ǝpısdn sʞɹoʍ uǝʌǝ ʇı 'oƃ noʎ ǝɹǝɥʇ
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alan2525
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| kevininasia wrote: | | That looks really good. And I especially like how you glued it to the ceiling in the last pic. That's a great way of storing your engines when you run out of space on the shelf... |
I think that keeps the chimney from filling up with condensate too!
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spandrew01709
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| alan2525 wrote: | | kevininasia wrote: | | That looks really good. And I especially like how you glued it to the ceiling in the last pic. That's a great way of storing your engines when you run out of space on the shelf... |
I think that keeps the chimney from filling up with condensate too! |
Oh dear, Getting some stick here for getting a photo upside down!
Its photobucket or my N97 or both
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johnreid
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Just having fun, it looks to be a really cool setup
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pauly
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nice and that last photo shows off its ability to stick to ceilngs very well 
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spandrew01709
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| pauly wrote: | | nice and that last photo shows off its ability to stick to ceilngs very well |
Its a magical engine, can stick to any surface, I used the same glue on the toaster and biscuit tin
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Bugsy
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| spandrew01709 wrote: | | pauly wrote: | | nice and that last photo shows off its ability to stick to ceilngs very well |
Its a magical engine, can stick to any surface, I used the same glue on the toaster and biscuit tin |
Leave it as it is, it's making you famous!
What sort of timber did you use for the base?
Looks like a nice piece of oak to me, correct me if I'm wrong.
Phil
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Keith S
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| johnreid wrote: | | 'ǝʞıl ı 'uʍop ǝpısdn sʞɹoʍ uǝʌǝ ʇı 'oƃ noʎ ǝɹǝɥʇ |
How exactly did you do that, John?
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redryder
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| kevininasia wrote: | | That looks really good. And I especially like how you glued it to the ceiling in the last pic. That's a great way of storing your engines when you run out of space on the shelf... |
The ceiling is a neat trick.!!!!!
Does the flame go down on the boiler when upside down?
All kidding aside, that is a very clever rigging job.
Gil
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madeinenglang
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| Keith S wrote: | | johnreid wrote: | | 'ǝʞıl ı 'uʍop ǝpısdn sʞɹoʍ uǝʌǝ ʇı 'oƃ noʎ ǝɹǝɥʇ |
How exactly did you do that, John? |
ᄐ-ᄅ-⇂ sɐ ʎsɐǝ sɐ sı
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Burnmafingers
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Very Carlos Fandango and unique creation, I like it!
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mogogear
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| johnreid wrote: | | 'ǝʞıl ı 'uʍop ǝpısdn sʞɹoʍ uǝʌǝ ʇı 'oƃ noʎ ǝɹǝɥʇ |
How did you do that MrReid?
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