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ShadetreeMotorcycle

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Wilesco D12 questions
« on: May 13, 2021, 09:35:37 am »
From my understanding, Wilesco is bringing to market a twin occillator some time this summer they will call "D12" they are calling it a "re-issue" from my Understanding? Can someone enlighten me what the first issue twin was called?
When I Google "Wilesco twin" I get photos of the larger D22....when I Google "Wilesco D12" I get a few hits on the most Deluxe D/5-D/6 I have ever seen, it appears to be D6 powertrain with larger boiler, steam line oiler, the "upper" line bearing towers with oil cups, larger base with pressed tin engine riser, and 3 post fence around engine. Also the exhaust appears routed under tin base so it may be a steaming chimney model as well? Are D12's quite rare?

This is one of the photos I am gathering info from.

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Re: Wilesco D12 questions
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2021, 09:51:29 am »
I don't know of any prior Wilesco D12 twin, just the familiar single oscillator.
Here's a link to the new one.  https://www.wilesco-shop.de/en/stationary-steam-engines//steam-engine-d12.html
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Re: Wilesco D12 questions
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2021, 10:07:51 am »
Edit: I no longer believe a D12 has smoking chimney feature...it was the steam supply line that passed under the base.
  Also now I am unsure about oiler...the D12 in my first post seems devoid of steam line oiler....and yet when I was Google searching, I found a photo of a small brass cyl mounted vertical very close to steam chest!...Not the typical small oil cup tapped right In the top of steam chest like we see today on D10 and up....If I find the photo back again, I will share!... It could have been a self made oiler...I liked it!

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Re: Wilesco D12 questions
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2021, 11:04:07 am »
Not the photo I originally saw but the mystery is solved!....this oiler is on a D16 and it seems there was an "era" that Wilesco put the oilers in the steam line vs today right in the steam chest. I suppose someone could have fitted one to a D12 but it was not stock feature from what I can find.





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Re: Wilesco D12 questions
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2021, 09:18:56 pm »
I don't know of any prior Wilesco D12 twin, just the familiar single oscillator.
Here's a link to the new one.  https://www.wilesco-shop.de/en/stationary-steam-engines//steam-engine-d12.html
Smart looking "NEW" offering from Wilesco , I'm glad their R&D dept. Is on the ball offering g new machines for us to try out. The oiler built into the pedestal between the two cylinders is a brilliant touch ,I wish they would have gone with a better steam throttle valve though.
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Re: Wilesco D12 questions
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2021, 09:42:05 pm »
The following is taken from the Wilesco description, I gather the only thing "reissued" is the "D12" name.
   I had in mind to build one of these from used parts purchased at low cost, but am kinda curios what ministeam price on these will be.

Wilesco presents the reissued D12
This year, Wilesco presents the reissued D12. Their smallest twin cylinder steam engine which has two oscillating cylinders. The Steam engines fan's nickname for the machine is "the wild thirteen". This powerful machine has a brass boiler and two brass oscillating cylinders. The distributor block in the middle distributes the steam between the two cylinders. The block assembly also serves as a central point for oil distribution. The black base plate and the red boiler house create a classy overall impression. New for this size of machine, is the steam control, which is managed by a steam valve. This allows any connected driven models to be regulated to the desired speed.