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Is This a Stuart Engine?
« on: October 30, 2022, 06:54:50 pm »
For those of you who know Stuart engines, is this a product of Stuart? It is not a S-50. Here is the eBay item number.

354361690939
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2022, 06:57:51 pm »
Can't find it, heaps easier Brad if you just post the page.
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2022, 07:04:10 pm »
If it is a Stuart, it is not a model that I'm familiar with.

Try this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354361690939
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2022, 07:11:05 pm »
As Daniel said, doesn't look like a Stuart casting.
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2022, 07:47:40 pm »
I saw this as well,and although it certainly looks like a Stuart at 1st glance...the proportions seem a little cramped to me. It maybe a Chinese knock off, but a nicer one.
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2022, 02:17:25 pm »
It is Stuart. Stuart had a line of several engine kits for beginners, called Progress engines. They still sell one of the two oscillating cylinder kits and "STP" is cast under the base casting on this too.
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2022, 03:56:06 pm »
Wow Brad .... Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I for one was unaware of this line of Stuart engines and am definitely glad to know about them now. I recall seeing one of the "Undertype" engines before, but don't think it was identified in any way.

Cool looking engine, and it must be pretty gratifying to have Stumped the "Experts" with that one.

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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2022, 06:56:25 pm »
This link tells about the Stuart Turner line of Progress engines, made for beginners and people with small lathes.

http://www.stuartturnersteam.com/Horizon/Progress/Progress.html
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2022, 09:16:17 pm »
  Thanks Brad, this is completely new to me, and I thought I knew most of the Stuart line, even some of the older ones now out of production. I will be on the lookout for these in the future!
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2022, 09:38:19 pm »
There is another unknown Stuart engine on eBay. I will post a pic.
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2022, 04:57:32 am »
Hi Brad,

A few years ago I built the modern Stuart Progress Engine for a friend and with it came a facsimile copy of the original construction booklet of 1913. The six engines described shared many components, so to make an engine you have to keep having to keep moving from page to page, which was a little confusing, so I made two photocopies of the booklet, cutting one up to just have all the information on the engine being built in one place. I checked my complete copy and what is referred to as the High Speed Horizontal Steam Engine or SH1 for short looks exactly like the model on eBay.

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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2022, 12:01:00 am »
Quote from: Stoker on November 02, 2022, 03:56:06 pm
Wow Brad .... Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I for one was unaware of this line of Stuart engines and am definitely glad to know about them now. I recall seeing one of the "Undertype" engines before, but don't think it was identified in any way.

Cool looking engine, and it must be pretty gratifying to have Stumped the "Experts" with that one.

NICE!!!

Not all of us were stumped, some of us and our wallets were just hoping this thread would die till the auction ended  ;)
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2022, 10:54:43 am »
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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2022, 01:14:34 pm »
Quote from: Brad on November 05, 2022, 10:54:43 am
Here is another rare Stuart Turner engine. A BB that stands for "Ball Bearing." Look at the pics carefully, as the aluminum cover has been butchered on a grinder. It is meant to be a high speed engine for driving pumps and generators.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115589934795?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201018205123%26meid%3D6265a2363ccc4c508c9aca70fd63bc6d%26pid%3D101286%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dpp%26itm%3D115589934795%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DWatchlistVariantWithMLR&_trksid=p2380057.c101286.m47999&_trkparms=pageci%3A8695d926-5d1f-11ed-91d5-d6c2e4c03da6%7Cparentrq%3A486f14431840a0f26875b09dfff75226%7Ciid%3A1

These are fairly common, but still worth a few bucks. What is not so common is the original cast base it sits on. I once had 3 of these for about a week  ;D  The left one went to Texas, the middle one stayed here and the right one went down under.

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Re: Is This a Stuart Engine?
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2022, 07:59:40 pm »
That BB went cheap, hope someone here grabbed it
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