When I was 15, a friend gave me this steam engine. It looks like the Stuart oscillating engine, although he got it from Octura, in Chicago, at the time. I still have it and it is my first.
That looks really nice Brad. Have you run it on steam or air yet? Videos are nice.
Haven't run it in years. I run all my other engines, but I am building two new boilers and may run it on steam.
Does indeed look like a Stuart ST, very nice little engines those
In 1965, while serving on the USS Norfolk, I machined and built this Stuart Turner No. 9 engine. My very first steam engine build. I learned machining and got hooked on the engine building hobby.
Good stuff Brad...!!!
If you built that #9 back in '65 I can't wait to see what came later.
Gil
When I was 15, a friend gave me this steam engine. It looks like the Stuart oscillating engine, although he got it from Octura, in Chicago, at the time. I still have it and it is my first.
Brad, your First engine reminds me Very much of 2 casting kits on eBay right now. The first pic has similar frame but flywheel is larger...second photo is small flywheel but frame is very different. Your model seems much better castings.
Love that #9 Brad 😍
I’ll definitely be stopping back here to see more
A respectable project, taking on a Stuart 9 as a first...
Well done Brad!
My next engine. I was out of the Navy and did not have machine tools yet, but wanted to build another engine. So, I built this wobbler from telescopic tubing and a clock gear (wheel), with hand tools, from a magazine article.
Do believe i´ve seen a drawing using these square tubes in an old magazine as well...
How does it run Brad?
By the early 1970's, I had bought a 12" Atlas/Craftsman lathe from a telescope maker who was quitting the hobby. Since I had no milling machine, I made a milling table for the lathe. My next engine was this Robinson hot air engine from plans advertised in Popular Mechanics Magazine. the displacer cylinder is an aluminum cigar tube.
Never seen this one before, I love it!