Horizontal Steam Engine From Castings

• Horizontal Steam Engine From Castings
  Posted by Hero on 18 Dec, 2019 12:18
• Got this at a flea market almost 15 years ago, and finally got it running well today😁
  
  I don't know the make/model. Anybody know what the big "W" (or maybe upside down "M"?) is on the steam chest?
  
  https://youtu.be/jCSwdc3BdSc
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Hero on 19 Dec, 2019 18:12
• HM. Looks like it's a George Wells engine, made from castings poured at the Wells foundry in London, Ontario, Canada some 40 years ago. Makes it fairly rare, I think.
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by SeeSteam on 20 Dec, 2019 00:02
• Very sweet engine. Looks sizable.
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by Nick on 20 Dec, 2019 02:08
• I am no help, but it sure looks like you've got it running well    
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• #4 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 20 Dec, 2019 06:36
• I had a set of those castings about 10-12 years ago.
  
  
  I traded them to my friend, John Coleman, who sadly passed away a few years back.
  I was having him machine the castings for me. He fell in love with the engine and asked me to work out a way he could keep it and I said sure, why not.
  
  
  John made a lot of neat items for the steam engine hobby including the governor kit for the Stuart S-50 and he as a very good machinist.
  
  
  Some of you may remember him as Eclectors Devices, Inc. / The Steam Chest
  I wish I could find a picture of the engine.
  Below is a picture of John and his sons, Christmas 2010.
  
  
  Gil
  
  
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• #5 Reply
  Posted by Hero on 22 Dec, 2019 01:37
• Found these pictures on a website, and have a Canadian friend who concurs that it's a Wells engine:
  
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  Thanks, everyone, for the comments.
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 22 Dec, 2019 08:05
• Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
  You can see my name in the upper right corner.
  
  
  Gil
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• #7 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 22 Dec, 2019 08:10
• Quote from: CBWho on 20 Dec, 2019 00:02

  Very sweet engine. Looks sizable.
  

  
  
  Yes,
  9" flywheel
  B&S  1.5"x 2.5"
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• #8 Reply
  Posted by Hero on 22 Dec, 2019 08:36
• Quote from: RedRyder on 22 Dec, 2019 08:05

  Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
  You can see my name in the upper right corner.
  
  
  Gil
  

  
  Wouldn't it be coincidental if my engine was made from your castings?
  
  No way to prove it, though, I guess. I bought the engine at a steam show in Cookstown, Ontario in about 2000.
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• #9 Reply
  Posted by Gregowen on 22 Dec, 2019 21:18
•   Wonderful engine, and some amazing history there!
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• #10 Reply
  Posted by Nick on 22 Dec, 2019 21:30
• Quote from: Hero on 22 Dec, 2019 08:36

  Quote from: RedRyder on 22 Dec, 2019 08:05

  Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
  You can see my name in the upper right corner.
  
  
  Gil
  

  
  Wouldn't it be coincidental if my engine was made from your castings?
  
  No way to prove it, though, I guess. I bought the engine at a steam show in Cookstown, Ontario in about 2000.
  

  
  That would be neat 
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• #11 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 23 Dec, 2019 06:08
• Quote from: Nick on 22 Dec, 2019 21:30

  Quote from: Hero on 22 Dec, 2019 08:36

  Quote from: RedRyder on 22 Dec, 2019 08:05

  Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
  You can see my name in the upper right corner.
  
  
  Gil
  

  
  Wouldn't it be coincidental if my engine was made from your castings?
  
  No way to prove it, though, I guess. I bought the engine at a steam show in Cookstown, Ontario in about 2000.
  

  
  That would be neat
  

  
  
  That would be neat but not likely since my castings were not built until around 2008-2010.
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• #12 Reply
  Posted by crazydoug on 23 Dec, 2019 06:53
• https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-STUART-HORIZONTAL-MODEL-STEAM-ENGINE-19-1-4-LONG/303398474207?hash=item46a3f551df:g:YnAAAOSwfzJd8Bl2
  There is currently an identical engine on ebay, but listed as a stuart.
  crazydoug
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• #13 Reply
  Posted by Hero on 23 Dec, 2019 07:38
• Quote from: crazydoug on 23 Dec, 2019 06:53

  https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-STUART-HORIZONTAL-MODEL-STEAM-ENGINE-19-1-4-LONG/303398474207?hash=item46a3f551df:g:YnAAAOSwfzJd8Bl2
  There is currently an identical engine on ebay, but listed as a stuart.
  crazydoug
  

  
  Wow! Is it really worth that much? I'll have to watch it and see.
  
  Definitely the same engine, though.
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• #14 Reply
  Posted by txlabman on 23 Dec, 2019 18:58
• Just read this thread.
  
  Super Neat!
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