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Gallery, Projects and General => How do I?? => Topic started by: BK on January 05, 2011, 04:29:41 AM

Title: Stuart feed water pump casting
Post by: BK on January 05, 2011, 04:29:41 AM

I'm looking at one of these and was wondering if anyone here has done one, and what are they like?? (plans/instructions, do they come with the castings??)   :doh:

Title: Re: Stuart feed water pump casting
Post by: BK on January 05, 2011, 09:51:39 PM

A link might help.  :doh:

http://www.stuartmodels.com/inprod_det.cfm/section/casting/mod_id/68

Title: Re: Stuart feed water pump casting
Post by: HS93 on January 05, 2011, 11:07:18 PM

not seen one , but they have done one of these

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=3192.0



 http://www.southworthengines.smartemail.co.uk/vertical_pumps.htm

Peter

Title: Re: Stuart feed water pump casting
Post by: Miner on January 07, 2011, 06:51:49 PM

BK,
I personaly have no experience with that feed pump but I do recall reading about machining them in a older (I think) Live Steam magazine. The author stated he had real problems getting them to work till he realised just how critical each dimension was for the internal parts and bores. I think he stated that all dimensions had to be held to .001 or less to get them to work as designed. Sorry I can't be of more help. Maybe someone else here can recall the artical I'm thinking of.

Pete

Title: Re: Stuart feed water pump casting
Post by: BK on January 08, 2011, 07:14:57 PM

Thanks Pete, I think I'll give it a miss after hearing that, I'm up to my armpits in a Rider Ericsson at the moment.

Title: Re: Stuart feed water pump casting
Post by: Miner on January 10, 2011, 12:24:59 PM

Bk,
I'm only going by memory so like anything else it might be faulty. If your doing a Rider Erickson then by the time you finish that a S/T steam pump should be a breeze.

Pete