Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Early Colonial Beam Engine, hacked out of the wilderness by our Pioneer Forefathers!    ;c)

Actually, I really like that one a whole lot!!!

Me too!!  Actually, it was likely made by a boy of ordinary intelligence.  This comment will make sense very soon.  I suspect Nick knows what I'm talking about.

@Nick

Here's one more (restored) example of your engine.  My take on these engines is that the variations in the steam pipe are not the result of production changes over time, but are the result of more than one company/individual assembling the engine from a parts/castings supplier.  That's speculation, of course.