| Archive for Freesteam For collectors and enthusiasts of all steam engines |
| enigma-alan |
Hello and GreetingsHello and greetings. Looking after my two grand children, I decided to amuse them by steaming a TE1a I had had for years. They were not too amused but I was thrilled. I went to retrieve my collection, which had not been steamed for 12/15 years. I have never been a fanatic, but I have several Mamods, an SEL Junior, a Stuart 10H, a number of scratchbuilt oscillators and a boiler! All of these I intend to steam during the remainder of school holidays to see if the boys will 'bite'. I found this site by accident, and I am sure I will have many questions to which you experts will find trivial. I will post some pictures as soon as I can. In the meantime, nice to make your acquaintance and best wishes Alan H |
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| joiner |
Welcome to Freesteam. | ||
| Spokesmann |
Hi Alan, glad to hear the steam engine still excite you!
Welcome. Mike |
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| John Chapman |
Hi Alan and welcome 
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| Mamod Collector |
A very big welcome to you Alan
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| newts |
Welcome to the forum Alan.
Re-discovering your collection & steaming again will be an adventure
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| steamyjim |
Welcome to the forum Alan!
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| silverfoxsteam |
Hi there Alan and welcome! Have fun with the engines and post up some pics when you can. | ||
| Scorpion2nz |
welcome from down under here in the Sunny HawkesBay in New Zealand | ||
| Phantom |
Welcome to the forum Allan.
I dont think you will have any probs getting answers to your questions. I get answers to my daft questions every time. 
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| Franco |
Hello and welcome from Ireland Alan.
Franco. |
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| JJ |
..............and welcome from Derbyshire as well. | ||
| enigma-alan |
Mamo SE3 - My first postThanks for such a nice response, world-wide as well!Has anybody else ever embarked on an enterprise and then found things less easy than expected. Thereby hangs many a tale, I'm sure. Suffice it to say that it is all of 15 years since last did any modelling and 8 years since THE HOUSEMOVE. Most of my carpentry gear had been moved into a small workshop, but the modelling stuff was largely still in crates and boxes- in a large barn! Regretfully I had disposed of my lathe at the time. So far I can account for the TE1A, a SE1, an SE2 partially dismantled and an SEL Junior. I've recently acquired an SE3, and it is this model I will demonstrate - I just had to see if it would run. This is all that I have running just now so here goes. http://s877.photobucket.com/album.../?action=view¤t=SE3.flv Is there not a way of uploading directly rather than via a proxy? The model ran without any trouble, as you can see. I won't be offended If you tell me it's rubbish, and any comments will be gratefully received. Alan H |
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| Spokesmann |
Upload to YT or PB and use the embed feature. | ||
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| Mamod Collector |
Thats a little beauty Alan, was it a runner when you aquired it or have you had to repair it 
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| John Chapman |
That is indeed a cracking engine Alan. | ||
| enigma-alan |
Apart from renewing washers and checking the steam valve the only attention it had was a little oil. It was the first steaming, but I had turned it over once before I started the camera. It does seem to be entirely original, so I will not be doing anything not cosmetic. Any thoughts on that? Alan H |
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| Mamod Collector |
According to Mamod's own figures they made over 70000 SE3's So you could do anything you want to it Alan as they are not a rare steam engine You could use it as a workhorse and just oil it, or perhaps a full restoration is in order I have seen a few good SE3 mods so lots of options what ever you do Alan please be sure to take lots of photos
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| Spokesmann |
Some variations of the SE3 are scarce, however we are getting  .
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