Bernard Owen | 10/10/2010 10:36:42 |
13 forum posts | Could somebody tell me where I can obtain plans and parts to build traction engine Minnie. Thanks, Bernard. |
Weary | 10/10/2010 10:47:17 |
421 forum posts 1 photos | Blackgates (1 & 2"). (Full page add in current M.E. listing 'Minnie')
Reeves 2000 (1") |
JasonB | 10/10/2010 13:18:07 |
![]() 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | If you buy the book by L.C Mason "Scale Model Traction Engine Building" then you don't actually need the drawings, I did mine that way. The book is a must have if you have not done a lot of model engineering.
Jason |
chris stephens | 10/10/2010 13:33:30 |
1049 forum posts 1 photos | Hi Bernard,
As and when you start to order parts for your possible Minnie build, do check both supplier's prices for each individual part. Do not assume that they charge the same for parts, they do not. One supplier was, from memory, about 15-20% more expensive than the other on box full of parts that I ordered a few years ago. I have not compared the latest price lists, but the supplier with a number in their name was the more expensive of the two, on the parts I bought.
If you are going to build a Minnie, might I suggest you check very carefully the copper tube you are going to use for your boiler. There is/was a very suspect tube of the right size for a Minnie boiler about, the wall thickness being noticeably of variable thickness. This will cause all sorts of problems should you choose to use it.
chriStephens |
Richard Parsons | 10/10/2010 13:44:33 |
![]() 645 forum posts 33 photos | Hi Bernard,
The plans and Mr Mason's original words and music for minnie are all on this website are all on this website as PDF files
Best Regards
Dick. |
JasonB | 10/10/2010 16:16:11 |
![]() 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | I think you will find the pdfs had been removed to keep Mr Mason's son happy, It was discussed at some length a month or two back.
Jason |
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