Model Engineer's Traction Engine

[Roger Mason]

Hi,

A friend of mine has suddenly become enthused with building something and dug out from some dim and distant cupboard bits of a 1" traction engine that he started many years (actually decades) ago. After much grubbing around he has located quite a bit of the engine, including the drawings, but he is short of a few castings, things like the main cylinder and the water pump.

The details of the engine are: 1" scale, designed by H. Greenly in 1933. It is a freelance design, although it is believed to be based on a Davey Paxman engine. It was published in M.E. and was known as the "ME Engine". I wonder if that was also in 1933?

Does anyone know if castings are still available for this engine, and if so, where? He has tried Reeves and they deny all knowledge of it!

If you guys can come up with the answers on this one I might be able to persuade him to join the forum.


Cheers,


Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.

[Allan Waterfall]

Roger,

The "Minnie is a similar size.It might be possible to adapt parts for your purpose.

I'm building one at the moment,only I'm sidetracked into building a "Stent" T&C grinder for the immediate future.

Blackgates supply good quality castings and are considerably cheaper than Reeves in my experience.

Allan

[Roger Mason]

Hi Allan,

Thanks for your input. I am familiar with the "Minnie" - I have the original sat alongside me as I type this!!

My friend has spent some time looking at the Minnie castings and the old drawings he has - eventually it has all been put away for another "rainy day". It would seem that another project has taken his interest.

His new project is a loom, with computer controlled actions - sounds pretty tricky to me, but his daughter has some expertise in this area - should be interesting when he is in the testing stage!!

Cheers,

Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.