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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2024, 04:33:52 pm »
Quote from: St Paul Steam on March 01, 2024, 08:25:02 pm
Hand crafted ??? model steam engine tool
I don't really know what this is, I need your help to identifying it please. it is 4 1/2" sq x 3" tall & weighs 1 lb. 10 oz. & has a 14" long swing arm.



Okay Bruce .... after giving it some thought and looking at your other accessories in the same set, I'm going to suggest that it was an overhead boom swing-crane for delivering materials to the various other accessory workstations. Ceiling mounted, inverted (boom side down), it could be driven in either direction via pulleys on each of the side shafts from a common jackshaft by slacking and tightening the drive belts on either side thus not having to reverse the main power source, or jackshaft. The big circle arc that boom would make could still work for all of the other accessories if laid out properly, with raw material pickup on one side and finished material drop off on the opposite side.
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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2024, 04:35:41 pm »
Quote from: Stoker on March 02, 2024, 04:33:52 pm
Quote from: St Paul Steam on March 01, 2024, 08:25:02 pm
Hand crafted ??? model steam engine tool
I don't really know what this is, I need your help to identifying it please. it is 4 1/2" sq x 3" tall & weighs 1 lb. 10 oz. & has a 14" long swing arm.


Okay Bruce .... after giving it some thought and looking at your other accessories in the same set, I'm going to suggest that it was an overhead boom swing-crane for delivering materials to the various other accessory workstations. Ceiling mounted, inverted (boom side down), it could be driven in either direction via pulleys on each of the side shafts from a common jackshaft by slacking and tightening the drive belts on either side thus not having to reverse the main power source, or jackshaft. The big circle arc that boom would make could still work for all of the other accessories if laid out properly, with raw material pickup on one side and finished material drop off on the opposite side.

Creative.  8)
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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2024, 05:58:18 pm »
lastly for this set of hand crafted toys is a self propelled cart of some sort (provided your small enough to ride on it)
I really don't know what this is exactly folks, I could really use some help in this department. it would appear that the handles would propel it when moved back & forth. it is so fragile & in bad condition that I would probably need to build an entire new frame for it, & even if I do, I'm still not sure what I would have. any help fellow steamer/railroad people ?




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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2024, 06:04:48 pm »
This last one is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma.

Thanks for your great table for GPU 2024.
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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2024, 07:09:45 pm »
Bowman m101 live steam engine powering a Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine.
In order to see if the Bowman m101 could power a sewing machine (as advertised) I thought I would hook it up to my Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine and give it a go, it ran it just fine.

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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2024, 07:13:35 pm »
Jensen #100 (deluxe) & #200 workshop running together.
these are both custom builds that I made awhile back.

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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2024, 09:20:26 pm »
It is called a sweep . It is a turned by a draft animal walking round and round it . The two small pinion gears are power takeoffs to power some type of machinery with a drive shaft . Check out the videos at the old thrasher reunions . They usually have these things running for demonstration purposes .  The link below shows one in action.





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« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2024, 09:33:28 pm »
Most excellent, thanks for the information, I'll adjust my YouTube title shortly 😊
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« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2024, 08:54:32 am »
Miniature steam powered pretzel display stand.
it stands 11 7/8" tall @ the top of the pretzel, weighs 2 lbs , is 4 1/4" square, has a capacity of 48 pretzels & is powered by an onboard Jensen #85 steam engine heavily messaged & with roller ball bearings, it is a worm drive gear system also with 2 roller ball bearings in the axle. there are 3 roller bearings in the rotisserie post mounts & has 3 tiers of pretzel holders with 4 racks on each tier (all brass, all adjustable), the case is solid Indiana Oak w/ polycarbonate clear sheet for the windows. this display is powered by a Jensen #55 steam engine. the SPS signage was custom made by Kramer creations. the pretzel on top was handmade by me out of modeling clay, hardened & painted & drilled & tapped to screw onto the Brass rod. it will run on as low as 2psi (& getting better all the time) I can remove the belt and run off of any steam engine of 7/16" bore or larger.

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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2024, 09:07:29 am »
Bruce, you need to take that over across the street to the GPU Tavern .... Pretzels and Beer for breakfast sounds pretty good right about now!
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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2024, 11:52:11 am »

The hits just keep on coming!

Steam Powered Sewing Machine.

Custom Jensen 100 & 200 workshops.

And the Pretzel Machine.

I want a Jensen 200 workshop so, so, so, so bad.   ;D
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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2024, 03:56:06 pm »
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I want a Jensen 200 workshop so, so, so, so bad.  ;D




I think we all do Charlie, but some of you guys have a better chance than the rest of us.

Great show pieces Bruce, great table.
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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2024, 04:09:26 pm »
Quote from: D E Jones on March 02, 2024, 09:20:26 pm
It is called a sweep . It is a turned by a draft animal walking round and round it . The two small pinion gears are power takeoffs to power some type of machinery with a drive shaft . Check out the videos at the old thrasher reunions . They usually have these things running for demonstration purposes .  The link below shows one in action.


I've always heard those called a "Whim", and they typically had a winding drum used as a winch in mining or logging.

Guess Bruce is going to need to harness his hamster in order to drive his new accessory set?!?!   ;c)

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Re: St. Paul steams table -----featuring accessories-----
« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2024, 05:37:15 pm »
Quote from: Stoker on March 03, 2024, 04:09:26 pm
Quote from: D E Jones on March 02, 2024, 09:20:26 pm
It is called a sweep . It is a turned by a draft animal walking round and round it . The two small pinion gears are power takeoffs to power some type of machinery with a drive shaft . Check out the videos at the old thrasher reunions . They usually have these things running for demonstration purposes .  The link below shows one in action.


I've always heard those called a "Whim", and they typically had a winding drum used as a winch in mining or logging.

Guess Bruce is going to need to harness his hamster in order to drive his new accessory set?!?!  ;c)
That's the thing about that particular toy...how do I run it ? How did the builder run it ? Why did he build it if he couldn't operate it....ohhhh the injustice of it all. I know...I'll get some oompa loompa's 😀
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« Reply #29 on: March 03, 2024, 06:30:09 pm »
my steam workshop, one of the first things I made.


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