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Scorpion2nz
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:24 am    Post subject: Beam engine test run Now with steam video Reply with quote
I only have a pathetic little compressor with no reservoir
 and i had 3 attempts at getting the timing right  



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You seem to have that running like a watch now Dennis, a very fascinating mechanism to see running!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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well I must admit I went to work this afternoon rather excited after i had it running
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It runs smoothly, the mechanism works fine - the most important part. The cosmetic stuff can come later and is the easy bit!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You have too much talent for one man Dennis your engine is a real beauty  Very Happy
How long did it take to build, and do you have any of the build photos
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's running very sweetly Dennis, congratulations on a super job.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I started building it mid june .I would get about 1 hour each night and only seem to make 1 piece  and being winter it gets to cold in shed  so sometimes nothing got done . I spent a lot of time studying pics and words trying to fathom out the missing dimensions.  Question  Question and occasionally  Idea  Idea  .sorry no pics of build
but the upright tube is a piece of bathroom towel rail,the other steel bits are cast steel from a old Oh hell! cambridge roller ring , the brass is bar stock, the axles/pivot pins are meccano as are the bolts and nuts and the flywheel well as you know is the base of a 105mm military shell.
now to pull to bits and finish and polish and mount on a piece of Rimu
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That is very impressive, especially the ingenuity/improvisation of materials. Very Happy
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