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Post by Tel on Feb 15, 2009 9:47:57 GMT
Are any of the Ozonian contingent building/planning to build the John Ridley's Half Beam engine currently running in A.M.E.? I have decided to do one, but it will be built in tandem with the double diagonal that I am working on at the moment.
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Post by steam4ian on Feb 15, 2009 19:52:50 GMT
G'day Tel
As a South Ozzie it should be my patriotic duty, but at present the answer is No.
On the Mamod forum someone showed pictures of engines at the Manchester (UK) Steam Museum. Two of the pictures were of an engine indentical/similar to the Ridley engine. I corresponded with the group member concerned but he had no details of the engine; he did send me a link to the museum web site.
Short of time this morning otherwise I'd trawl through and find you the reference; maybe later. Keep me up to it.
Regards,
Ian
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Post by spurley on Feb 15, 2009 20:37:58 GMT
Beam engines aside, I hope all South Ozzies, and anyone else of an Antipodean persuasion, on this forum (and off but clearly they can't see this post!) are safe from the fires?
Cheers
Brian
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Post by Tel on Feb 15, 2009 21:11:59 GMT
Safe enough from the fires here thanks Brian - it's been raining for two days. That's a coincidence Ian, the DD is also in Manchester  My interpretation (so far)  |
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Post by Tel on Feb 16, 2009 0:43:42 GMT
Cylinder components for the half beam.  |
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Post by steam4ian on Feb 16, 2009 8:16:55 GMT
G'day Tel Try this link groups.yahoo.com/group/7x10minilathe/photos/album/1355427537/pic/list for pictures of the grasshopper engine. Brian, thanks for your solicitations about the fires. A long way from me (800 km) but we still have the haze. The magnitude of this tragedy is such that just about every Ozzie will know somebody who knows somebody who lost their life or their house. That Saturday morning I was on my son's roof cleaning a box gutter, he lives in a fire prone area and we had just tested the fire pump and fixed sprinklers. A gust of hot wind (43 degC) blew up with leaves, gum nuts and twigs blasting at me; quite salutary. Regards, Ian |
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Post by Tel on Feb 16, 2009 10:49:03 GMT
Thanks Ian, been, seen, joined. A couple of interesting shots of the half beam there.
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Post by Tel on Feb 17, 2009 19:44:14 GMT
GRRRR! All progress has ground to a halt. Let the smoke out of the motor on the Myford last night. As it as an ex-tip washing machine motor that has driven the old girl for 30 some years, it was not entirely unexpected, but still a nuisance!  |
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Post by steam4ian on Feb 17, 2009 19:55:53 GMT
G'day Tel.
Bad luck with the old motor. I recently bought a new motor over Ebay from an Australian supplier. 1HP, Cap start, cap run for under $200 delivered. I am very pleased with it particularly as I discovered after delivery that it came from Royce Cross Agencies who are well known in SA and certainly not backyarders.
BTW, 1 HP is a bit oversized for my Hercus but I wanted a cap start, cap run motor to get the torque.
Regards,
Ian
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Post by Tel on Feb 18, 2009 9:23:18 GMT
Yeah, I've been bidding on a 1/2 hp motor on ebay, but it looks like going beyond my reach
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Post by Tel on Feb 27, 2009 7:40:16 GMT
I swapped out the 1hp motor on the old 'clunker' lathe - took the best part of a day to get it all set up tho'. Next I will rob the ancient power hacksaw of its 2hp motor to re-power the clunker, then ..... Any'ow, with the wheels going around again, I've almost caught up to part one of the series. Just the ports and passages to go now.  |
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Post by Tel on Mar 16, 2009 8:09:48 GMT
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Post by jgb7573 on Mar 16, 2009 9:26:24 GMT
Nice!
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Post by lancelot on Mar 16, 2009 12:20:38 GMT
Lovely bit of milling on that ''Beam'' Tel...doing a lot better than me at the moment...have to completely reorganise the ''SHED''
All the best for now,
John.
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Post by classicsteve on Mar 17, 2009 0:20:27 GMT
That looks promising. Is half-beam the proper name for what I would call a grasshopper engine, or is there some subtle difference ? Maybe it needs two beams to be a fully-fledged grasshopper !
Steve
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Post by Tel on Mar 17, 2009 7:03:09 GMT
Thanks blokes. Yes Steve, they are they same thing.
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Post by Tel on May 5, 2009 8:07:57 GMT
My take on the flywheel - smaller than the drawings, and completely different, but ...  |
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Post by steam4ian on May 5, 2009 11:24:19 GMT
G'day Tel
I know you are just bursting to tell us how you got the ring for the rim of the wheel.
So please go ahead.
Regards
Ian
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Post by Tel on May 5, 2009 20:21:28 GMT
;D No big secret there mate - it's an offcut of cored bronze I got from the scrappy a year or so ago on the 'might be handy for something' principal.
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Post by Tel on May 11, 2009 9:19:31 GMT
I hate aluminium, but it was the only bit of stuff I had available for these.   |
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