First 2 "steam engines"

[Wierd Harold]

Here are some pictures of my first 2 "steam engines" . The first is the pretty much required wobbler.


The second started out to be an Elmers "wood beam" but evolved into my interpretation of an Elmers #37 Grasshopper . It is slightly scaled up to fit the already built cylinder assembly from the "wood beam" Most everything has been changed to fit what I had laying around. There are a few parts from an old printer and rc car in the valve gear. I all most gave up towards the end when I could not get it to run. Turns out both the piston and the eccentric were loose and moving. It surprised me when on the last day I was going to mess with it I gave it some air and it started running without touching it. After fiddling with the valves and timing a little I have it running pretty nice.


[video=youtube;TFEboWUv1_0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFEboWUv1_0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

HWF

 

[stevecmo]

Excellent work Harold!! :thumbsup2:

Now, on to the next one !

 

[Don B]

Nice work Harold......!)

 

[Terrywerm]

Very nice Harold! It appears that you have already learned the first requirements of model engineering: patience and perseverance. Both are necessary when working with the wee engines as they can be extremely temperamental.

Congratulations on a job well done!

 

[Dataporter]

Man, those are nice units. You do good work! Dave

 

[Bruce]

That's a great looking engine and well made too.