Half-Beam engine Plans

[parker3]

Hi,
I am just about to complete building a Stothert and pitt beam engine and am looking for my next project.
I have now made vertical and horizontal engines and thought that a half- beam engine would be nice to add to my collection.
Could any one suggest one which can be made without the use of bought castings and where I can obtain the drawings.

I am open to any other suggestions of what to build, so if you have any ideas, please let me know

Gerry

[jasonb]

Depending on how much fabrication you want I think it is possible to build the Easton & Anderson by Anthony Mount without castings. I actually intend to make this a twice the size by making all the parts and just buying a 10" flywheel casting though one could be made.

Anthony's second book or the build series in EIM? have sufficient drawings to make it from.

I think there is a grasshopper amoung Elmer's plans which you should be able to find on teh net but it is very much a "bar stock" engine.

Jason

[jasonb]

There is also this thread on Tel's one

modeleng.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=statgeneral&action=display&thread=3557

Jason

[classicsteve]

It is surprising that most surviving pictures are of Easton & Amos engines, as is the one in the Science Museum, and a lot of models are based on these. I think the answer must be that they dominated the half-beam engine industry.

So a lot depends if you want to break the mould, or go with the flow - and 'blow me' I have just made a discovery while looking things up. I thought my granfather's model half-beam engine (see separate thread) was very odd because of the plain beam, and while looking at the Fletcher engine in Derby Museum, I realise it also has a flat beam.
So, in Derby, is a prototype you could measure up if you want to avoid dodgy drawings (and most are IMHO).

Steve