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wheeltapper	15/11/2009 12:36:55
424 forum posts 98 photos	Hi all here's a pic of my new project, I found the plans on the internet and thought it looked different . the first pic is progress so far and this is what it should turn out like the frame is 6mm aluminium, I scaled it up 50% because it looked too much like watchmaking so the flywheel is 4.5 ins , length is 9 ins and height is 7 ins. I,ll show more as I go but it's too dam' cold to do much at the moment. cheers Roy
Vapeur89	15/11/2009 14:11:20
18 forum posts	Hi, Which method do you use to cut the frame? Could you give me the link to his plan, it looks an interesting project? Have a good day, Patrick
Circlip	15/11/2009 15:18:59
1723 forum posts	Try these Patrick :- www.cauzzi.it/ftp/Oldboatguys_Engine_Plans.pdf Regards Ian.
wheeltapper	15/11/2009 15:57:34
424 forum posts 98 photos	Hi Patrick, I printed the frame plan full size, bolted the two frames together through two of the waste parts, stuck the plan on with double sided tape then drilled, sawed and filed to the lines. apart from the base, which was milled square, and the bearing surfaces , which were also milled square to the base. just the job to keep you warm in an unheated garage/workshop Circlip, thanks for putting up the link, I assume you've seen this before? just a warning, the plans have a page missing, it appears to have the bearings for the beam, crankshaft and the conrod big end. however, these are easily gauged from the rest of the plans if they are blown up full size. cheers Roy
Circlip	15/11/2009 16:25:25
1723 forum posts	ANOTHER Tuit Roy A guy in Germany has made a 2 X version. Regards Ian
Vapeur89	15/11/2009 16:43:03
18 forum posts	Thanks a lot for information. Patrick
wheeltapper	26/11/2009 15:33:14
424 forum posts 98 photos	Hi Here's an update on my engine. parallel motoin and big end done. I froze my bum off doing this crankshaft is next but, unlike computers and trolls, my brain stops when it's cold so I think I'll hibernate till it gets warmer. cheers Roy
wheeltapper	08/05/2010 12:59:54
424 forum posts 98 photos	hello It's finally finished it runs lovely on about 20 psi. I'll try to get a video of it working if I can put video links on here. cheers Roy
Stub Mandrel	08/05/2010 17:16:43
4318 forum posts 291 photos 1 articles	Nice one Roy! I can't help thinking unpainted models often look better than painted ones. My wife won't even trust me to paint the skirting board, so my models end up as beautiful engineering hiding inside a sahpeless but colourful blob... Neil
wheeltapper	08/05/2010 17:27:20
424 forum posts 98 photos	thanks. I wondered whether or not to paint it but it was a no contest really, my painting sucks I think it needs a nice piece of wood for a plinth. cheers Roy
Ian S C	09/05/2010 02:04:42
7468 forum posts 230 photos	I'm keeping an off cut of a slade tile to use as a plinth for something, I suppose thats a start. Ian S C
Doddy	11/01/2011 17:00:34
72 forum posts 103 photos	You've inspired me to make this beam engine too, I've got the plans, including the missing pages ~ did you have any problems? I'm hoping to make the side frames from 6mm brass sheet/plate, unless i can pick some up from the local scrappy
wheeltapper	11/01/2011 17:24:02
424 forum posts 98 photos	Hi No real problems except that, being a newcomer to this hobby I didn't know what I was doing half the time. I had to evolve a way of making the flywheel without a rotary table (too expensive). I must have machined it in my head a hundred times, looking for problems and when I finally made it everything went like clockwork. don't forget, we want loads of pics. cheers Roy

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