Member postings for tom hardy

thank you people i have ordered the book today i have just finished a steam powered whim (a what ) will get around to post some photos i live in west australia home of the original whims nice video on u tube google steam whim

tom hardy

can you buy plans for stephenson rocket 5 inch working model

tom hardy

hi luker

need some more dimentions

position of cylinder regards to front of loco

where do we put the motion plate

thickness of material for smoke box barrel

regards tom hardy

hi luker

our group has the oportunity to purchase fittings for the ballaarat in the uk tax and post free.what fittings do we need gauge glass blow down and are you running a steam injector where is the water tank and do we need a tank pump sorry to be a pain

tom clive steeve lindsay

hi luker

we dont know how to upload your pdfs but if you send the relative drawing as an attachment to my e mail that should work

[email protected]

tom

hi luker

thanks for the drawing i still need the sizes of the main barrel and firebox barrel so it will fit into the loco

tom

hi luker we need some more measurements for the boiler drawings so our boiler inspector can draw up plans for a copper boiler shell overall and firebox widths

regards tom hardy west australia

hi luker

news from the builders in west australia photo of wheels constructed by clive chapman. discs where cut from 1045 steel and recessed .spokes were cut from 4mm steel sheet by a laser cutter. the spokes are a neat fit and held in place with small grub screws . loctite would probably be ok

regards tom hardy

hi luker

i am a member of the northern districts model engineering group in perth. myself and three other members are building ballaarats 3x 5 inch and 1x 71/4 inch . an article on this loco was in our local saturday west australain newspaper it does mention a south african who has built a ballaarat

we dont have the facilities to cast wheels with cast iron so we are going to try another way. we are going to get some discs of 125 round bar to the width of the wheel then machine a recess in them. then have some sheet metal laser cut to the shape of the spokes and silver solder them in to the recess

regards tom

hi luker

is it possible to give me measurements of the motion plate

tom

hi luker

information on the ballaarat there is a book titled steam in the forests by mrh southecombe available from the chart and map shop fremantle wa this gives a comprehensive account of timber logging in wa

if you are looking for another project 3 steam whims were made in yarloop wa around 1900 a modeller in the netherlands loek proper built one in 1918 and there are 2 videos on you tube he got his information from the pickering brook heritage web site when googling steam whim model i have started to do a whim

maybe of some use

tom

hi luker

understood

thanks luker

hi my name is tom hardy and i propose to build a 5 inch ballaarat i am a member of the northern districts model engineering society in perth west australia i live an hour and half drive from the original ballaarat in busselton is it possible to obtain dxf file of the frames and other components to give to a local laser cutter.

regards tom

thanks for all the ideas

tom

hi

i have a 2inch ransome threshing machine and i want to make some flat drive belts for it what do i use

tom hardy

thanks for the replies very helpfull

tom

i have built a 2inch ransome thrasher with plans from blackgates what speed should the thrasher run that is the drum drive also what 12 volt electric motor would i need to run it ok the traction engine is not finished yet and i need to show off the thrasher

tom hardy

thank you for your help

tom

can anyone tell me where to buy the figures in the photo these are 1/10 scale and are for a steam tractor this model was built in the netherlands a supplier in australia would be good but anywhere will be ok

amazingly quick and useful information

thank you