The Big Beam Engine
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2018
- A scratch built model of a Beam Engine, built almost entirely from scratch and without drawings, about 6 months to build, approx 500 hours, mostly head scratching as I slowly worked out how to build it. The only bits not made were the cast iron flywheel, and the nuts 'n bolts, the rest is made from raw metal stock. - Enjoy :) #BeamEngine #modelengineering
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Really impressive!
Thanks Conrad, one of my bigger engines is this
You should be well proud of this engine! A joy to look at and watch it working, it would be nice if you drew up the plans and made them available ;-)
Thanks, it would be nice to find the time to make the drawings
Beautiful motion. That’s a beautiful model.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
What a great job! For some reason, I find watching that machine work to be mesmerizing...I could probably watch it for hours!
Hi John Crawford, I spent many hours building this machine, but the last 5 or 6 hours running it in were the most mesmerising, I didn't miss a second, and enjoy every moment of it running now
Lovely lean, elegant piece of engineering.
Kudos to you, Ade!
Thanks Gary, I appreciate your comment :)
Every detail is beautiful. A joy to watch.
Thanks John :)
In one words... superb! Either for the realisation and the video, a pleasure to see. Great precision machining and without drawings, it make ordinary (and perhaps expert) hobbyist jaleaous but so admirative !
Mate, that is stunning 😍👏👏👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you for the beautiful video of your steam beam engine. You have provided proof that you do not need castings. Now I am working on a design that is slightly larger, completely in metric and without the BA screws and bolts. The bore is 46 mm and stroke length 100 mm. Hopefully, making it will start at the end of next year. For flywheel I will start from a cast iron disc of 280mm. It will then be a new model instead of all Stuart models ...
Best regards
Hi Luc, thanks for your comment, and good luck with the engine build, I look forward to seeing your creation. Regards. Ade
Great engine man.
Beautiful, great job 👍🏼
That’s a beautiful beam engine. I work with one in a Pumping Station in Darlington which is on my channel. So jealous of the model!
Thanks 👍
This one is brilliant Ade, I love watching and listening to it,
Buzz
Thanks Buzz :)
Beautiful job!
Thankyou :)
It is - beautiful.
I especially like the Allenhead bolts :-)
Very well done, absolutely Ade.
Thankyou Ulrik :)
I would love to build such a nice engine. Very well done, you are awesome.
I hate people with that much talent...no, just kidding, envy is a more appropriate word. superb job. Great channel.
Thanks again Ted, although I dont see it as talent, just the cullmination of a lot of mistakes
That's a very nice machine Ade
Thankyou :)
Nice machine. You should come to Florida Flywheelers event next month.
Hey Jimmy, I would love to attend, unfortunately I live in the uk!
@@AdeSwash You'd think it's a model engine maker's paradise here (FL) weather- wise, but man, I can only get in about 2 hours shop time at best during summer, it can reach 37 C or more in short order, worse for me my garage shop overhead door faces East, so no relief. But still...
An inspiring scratch build! Great use of brass accents on bright steel. How did you attach the steam chest, milling a flat on the cylinder or profiling the chest?
Hi Robert, I milled a flat on the cylinder
Beautiful. Looks a bit like the one Jay Leno has.
Hi Rolingmetal, Thankyou, do you have a link to Jay Leno's engine?
Here you go. ua-cam.com/video/zoBWAE0win0/v-deo.html
Cheers Rolingmetal, thanks for the link, it's a bit bigger than my engine but yes, a beautifully made English beam engine, thanks :)
Ade, I just love this engine. I am building one half this size. Do you find it easier or preferable building on a larger scale. I wanted to build on a similar scale to yours but could not find a large enough Flywheel. I could cast one in aluminium but I don't think it would be weighty enough.
Hi Berty, I bought the flywheel about a year before I started the engine, so the dimensions were all based from that for scale, I dont really have a preference to large or small, I just build to suit what I am making, obviously, the smaller it gets, the more precision is required. Best Regards. Ade
@@AdeSwash Thanks Ade, keep up the great work
Hi Ade, I’m building a copy, just had to, looks so good. Half way there, just on the cylinder….
I have a few questions, if you can help - what clearance do you put between the top of the piston and the cylinder cover when at TDC/BDC?
Did you put a liner in the cylinder? What you use for piston rings?
I was think about putting no liner in and just o-rings for piston rings as I only foresee it ever running on air - just wondering what you did.
Cheers, love the channel.
Hi Tanks Jago, there is no liner, and it has o rings as you say as it only runs on air also. I cant remember what the clearance distance was without taking it apart but probably 3 or 4mm. Regards Ade
can you make a steam locomotive? like trevithick a model pls? i like seeing mechanics of steam engineering
Thanks Cecilio :)
I think a loco is beyond my patience ;)
Hi again Ade, would you consider doing some drawings for us novices to be able to build one of these beauties? Happy to pay for these if you’d get in touch
Hi Mick, I dont have drawings for the beam engine but if you search for my wigwag series there are free plans available for those. Regards. Ade
@@AdeSwash Thanks Ade - please let me know if you ever do any as I’d love a beam engine but can’t afford the Stuart costs of about £1200. My cars not worth much more 😆
@@mickhaden5888 If you are new to model engineering/machining I would recommend a smaller project to start with
@@AdeSwash Sound advice Ade but luckily my father in law is an amazing engineer so I’m getting assistance where required. Always been one to try to run before I could walk, mind you 😀
@@mickhaden5888 Hi again Mick, the Stuart Beam Engine can be bought for about £375 as an unmachined kit, the £1200 you talk of is for a finished model, although my engine probably cost about £100 (or less) in materials, and many, many hours of making. I had a fellow model engineer contact me last year who had build an almost identical version of my big-beam, he sent me photos and a vid of it running beautifully, he simply worked from my video, and figured out approximate dimentions based on the scale from the 10" flywheel and it was beautiful, the point I am making is that you dont need any drawings to follow, with scratch build models you start with your first component (in my case the beam) then you just make the next part to suit, I sometimes make wooden 'mock-ups' as these can be quickly and easily made from scrap timber, just to get a feel for the dimensions and aesthetics, then use that to guide you into the metal fab and machining, so I am sure you can work with your father in law and design and build you own version of a model beam engine. All the best, Ade