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

I just reviewed Bruce's conversion to steam power and sure glad I did! My brain was not working as the pulley on "far" side is not a pulley at all but a gear...thus the guard to keep wayward fingers out of gear mesh! I was thinking I must power the "far" side, but this is not at all how it would be done on a real Delaval one would remove the manual crank and add a pulley(on crank side) as the gear drive Must remain to run the Delaval and also the hand crank flinging around would become a safety hazzard under Steam power! Bruce has done this correctly and moving the belt drive to near side also solves my belt fouling issue with the milk can...thanks Bruce!