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| Powder Keg:
In the process of getting my shop more organized. I found a few chunks of Bronze that I had squirreled away. I've been planing on building this engine for some time now. I took today off to get some stuff done and decided to play instead:o) Here is the first page of the plans. I'm going to make everything twice as big :dremel: as the prints call for. Petty much everything will stick to the plans accept for a couple of items. The frame will be welded up instead of a casting. I have a 19" 3 bladed propeller that I plan on mounting on the engine. This will be a fun engine to build I think. I do plan on running this on steam. I'll clean up the pictures I have and post them later :D |
| Powder Keg:
Here are the first day's parts. I managed to get the crank valve and the crank bearing housing turned. Man this thing is going to be big :) Here is a close up of the crank valve. The original was built up from several pieces. I don't think the author had a mill? I started with a piece of 2" shaft. I'll mill the steam ports into the valve instead of silver soldering the pieces in. I left the bearing surfaces slightly big. I'll turn thm down to final size after the ports are milled. Next I'll start on the crank case. I'm trying to get all the hard pieces made first. |
| slowcoach:
Hey, that things going to be brutal :clap: Rob |
| Bernd:
Wes, Does that build also include plans for the boiler? From the picture it looks like a nice boiler unit to build. Bernd |
| Powder Keg:
Yes Bernd, It has the plans for the boiler. I'll make the plans into a PDF and post them here. Some of the dimensions are kind of hard to read though. They were published in a 1952 Science and Mechanics mag. |
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