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| sbwhart:
Hi Bill When I first saw the engine "running" at Bolton with that motor drive on the fly wheel I thought they couldn't get it going on steam:- how wrong I was. As an engine it has got a look of evolving over time, I would love to model that Lumb trip gear but I just couldn't get it down to a size that I could make and having it look, it would be just to big. I can't really claim this is a model of the Kenion engine as I've taken huge liberties in order to keep it simple for a newbie to make, and I've only given it one cylinder, but adding a second cylinder shouldn't be too difficult. Stew |
| billmac:
I think it will make a really nice engine just the way you have planned it. I agree about the 'evolving over time' description. It looks to me like a series of possibly good ideas that got tacked on as time passed. Quite a few of our engines have been modified in their past working lives. McNaughting beam engines was quite popular at one time and we have an example of that type of modification, as I am sure you know. The McNaughting leaves the engine looking fine in my opinion, but the Kenyon engine does have the look of 'bits everywhere' to me. The Kenyon engine runs on steam very well, especially after our latest overhaul, but it does use quite a bit of steam so we can't run it for very long with our single boiler. The motor drive does work very well - we have recently added an inverter for the motor drive, which is noticeably smoother starting and doesn't remove quite as much tread from the tyres. |
| sbwhart:
Thanks for your interest in my project Bill I visit the Museum from time to time hopefully we will meet up for a natter. Any way I've got it running Its a bit noisy but that will tune out bits are catching or have an headache but nothing that a bitter of fitting can't sort. Its on a test base at the moment I want to fit it to a tile effect base, I'm also going to make valve for it. Stew |
| dsquire:
Stew Very nice runner that you have there. :D :D Cheers :beer: Don |
| BaronJ:
Mmm... Nice video. That's one engine I'd like to have a thrutch at. Any plans kicking about ? |
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