8_10 Brass Cleaner
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NextThis time an 'E' version
Two mamod endcaps, and an SE2 portface. Think a mamod cylinder, though It needed reporting, and some meccano. Oh and one of Ians chimneys and safety valve.
rest is homemade.
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Mamod Collector
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Very nice indeed, now for the video 
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John Chapman
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Ooh! thats nice, very nice 
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newts
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Great stuff 8-10, what did you make the firebox & burner from?
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8_10 Brass Cleaner
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| newts wrote: | | Great stuff 8-10, what did you make the firebox & burner from? |
Burner tank is a 'Price's Chef's Candle, from Lakeland plastics. I cut the rim off and made it a bit shallower. Rest is just brass stock. 4 wicks. A photo.
Firebox is made from a metal (steel) tray, of the type you find in pubs, which is where the one I used came from.... I also used the same tray for my twin. Basically I cut it up and soldered it together. The firebox on the twin hasn't fallen to bits in the heat so I hope this one wont. If it does I will TIG weld it! Plan was at the time to be 5 wick burner!
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Spokesmann
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A very spacious design - meaty looking flywheel there too . . .
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | A very spacious design - meaty looking flywheel there too . . . |
its a 2 inch bit of brass tube, I had a spare spoked 'monkey muck' flywheel knocking about, think it may have been Mamod, but there is no pulley turned into the boss so I'm not so sure. Anyway it is irrelevant. By 'weighing it up' i figured that if I could turn off its rim, it could be fitted into the brass tube.
To do this I found a bit of bar that was a tidy fit down the middle, fitted the flywheel to it and bunged the lot in my hand drill, the chuck holding the bar. I then put the drill in the vice and started filing the flywheel down simply using a hand file. This was awfully bloody slow. So I got my angle grinder on the case. Within 30 mins or so, the flywheel was now an interference fit in the brass tube. I podged in some Loctite 'Bearing Fit' left over from my Austin 7 engine rebuild and clomped it together with a hammer. I then put it back in the drill to get it nice and square and consentric by spinning it, tapping it with hammer, untill I was happy. Here it is with a coat of paint
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Spokesmann
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Looks very nice - more than a bit of Bowman influence in there as I have said before - I like that very much.
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shaygetz
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| 8_10 Brass Cleaner wrote: |
To do this I found a bit of bar that was a tidy fit down the middle, fitted the flywheel to it and bunged the lot in my hand drill, the chuck holding the bar. I then put the drill in the vice and started filing the flywheel down simply using a hand file. This was awfully bloody slow. So I got my angle grinder on the case. Within 30 mins or so, the flywheel was now an interference fit in the brass tube. I podged in some Loctite 'Bearing Fit' left over from my Austin 7 engine rebuild and clomped it together with a hammer. I then put it back in the drill to get it nice and square and consentric by spinning it, tapping it with hammer, untill I was happy. Here it is with a coat of paint |
So you did all this with hand tools? A beautiful engine.
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avenger
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Well done !!!
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steamyjim
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Very very nice!
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| shaygetz wrote: |
So you did all this with hand tools? A beautiful engine. |
Yes, i have access to a full range of machine tools, but not at home. I made this, and my twin at home instead of watching mind numbing TV with the wife in the evenings. I enjoyed thinking 'how do I make this?'
I think the list of tools is as follows
Hax-saw
Wood-saw
4.5 inch Electric Angle grinder
Various files
Sandpaper/emery cloth
Dremell with various bits, but mostly the cut off disk. Also a fair bit of the drum sander
Electric Drill with various bits.
A steel rule
'Parasene' Butane/Propane blow torch.
Plumbers flux
Plumbers solder
a M4 taper tap
a 1/4 BSF taper tap (dont ask why the mixed thread system!)
A metalworking vice with soft jaws.
Various hammers
A 'square'
and a flatblade screwdriver.
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newts
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So much can be achieved with basic handtools & well thought out application,
weel impressed with your efforts
Thinking about it, many of the homebuilt scale engines built in the 30-50's period were probably built mainly with the use handtools in a small garden shed.
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Spokesmann
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Im a great believer in the use of hand tools and minimal power tools . . .
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oldstuff
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I once made a flywheel using similar techniques on one of my previous engines.
It looked good...but not as good as yours!
8-10, I'm just knocked out by your creations. Keep 'em comin'! Great pics, too.
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| oldstuff wrote: | I once made a flywheel using similar techniques on one of my previous engines.
It looked good...but not as good as yours!
8-10, I'm just knocked out by your creations. Keep 'em comin'! Great pics, too. |
Have you not made any recently?
I'm currently contemplating a 32mm loco. But yes, I have made a few more, though, not made many parts, just customising.
Jones 'No3' was a sort of toy version of a portable engine based on a Mamod TE1a
Started off with a half decent TE1a, I wanted a level plug one and got one. Also I had 'In stock' a SE2 with an iffy boiler.
1st job was to strip down the TE1a to boiler. I removed the axle support with a saw and file, and made a new support in brass set back a bit. I also drilled the firebox to move the rear axle forward. Also sawed the chimney off
I then weighed up if the SE2 engine frame would fit, and it would just needing to be wider for the crank.
I then made it wider by cutting and soldering a bit of brass between the two cranks supports. Also drilled a few holes ect to mount it all.
The chimney is a piece of steel tube from a wardrobe hanger, and I found a diddy hinge in B&Q. Pipework was a bit tricky.
I also turned the rear wheels down, and made the chimney support, and draw gear usning various bits of brass stock solder and epoxy
Done, though it now has 2 brass boiler bands
I'll shw you what I did with the SE2 remains and TE1a engine unit later.....
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oldstuff
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Gawd, that came out great!
I'm working on one inspired by the SEL Minor. Got a ways to go on it, but I'll post
up what's done so far in another thread.
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Here's Jones No4
Just using leftover parts,
The engine unit off the TE1a I chopped to make the portable.
The boiler, firebox and base off the SE2 I chopped to make the portable
A few mamod tools ans an old Wilesco Lineshaft I had with a rusty base.
As I said the boiler was a bit iffy, with dezinkification (or whatever its called!), so I had no problems drilling holes in it. I made up some engine mounts and some custom pipework. Rest is obvious, I just filled the holes in the base with tin epox'd on the bottom and car body filler. It works quite well. Black paint was to cover up the brass problems. Paint has held up excellently, sadly the boiler sprung a leak on the 15th steaming.............
Good job it didnt sell on e-bay!
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SillyBilly
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Very cool!
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oldstuff
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Very nicely done! The drivebelt twisting is a clever way to bring it off. 8)
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steamyjim
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Excellent
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John Chapman
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I love that portable
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