Photos Of George’s Stuart Turner Model Beam Engine Nearing Completion In Pattaya, Thailand
Not much of a narrative with these photos, they tell the tale by themselves, particularly as George has gradually removed all the pieces from the Stage as they were transformed into finished parts. A nice touch George that adds much interest to your photos.
Here is the email from George – who lives in Pattaya – enclosing the beam engine photos:-
Good morning AlanThanks for the latest photographs of the Stuart Turner Victoria mill Engine connecting rod.Looks like it is coming along fine.I have, I hope, included a few shots of the Stuart Turner beam engine.
To get the curved filet on the good end I used a round piece of tool steel held in a tool holder made by eccentric engineering from Australia. I find if I am using HSS tools on the lathe these holders are very easy to use and work very well regrinding is a breeze with the small jig you get with them. I am going to order a right hand one when I get back to work in six days time. After getting this far I could not resist trying to get the engine running well you just can’t can you? So I fitted the connecting rod set up the timing and turned on the air increased the pressure to ten PSI and away she went A very happy man displayed his achievement to a very bewildered wife who’s only comment was “So what does it do”? Oh well!! I see you have added a few extra pages to the web site. The photos of the bogie show a high level of workmanship. As do all of the other projects. Puts my bodged conn rod to shame. I hope all is well with your ongoing projects. As I said before the web site gets better each time I log on keep up the good work. Regards George |
The first group of photos are displayed in slide show format.
Please make sure to view in Full Screen Mode (Click on FS) to see the full-sized photo.
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Next, I have trimmed some of the photos to show you close up’s of some of the components of the Beam Engine.
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So that’s it for George’s Stuart Turner Beam Engine Photos on this page but please check out these additional pages:-
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