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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Jim on April 23, 2021, 09:41:43 pm
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Appreciated Bruce.
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Thanks guys its been a wonderful thing to do with my grandson, a lot of thinking, planning and lots of laughs and smiles.
Been 9 hours now, James smaller sized hands and fingers have been very handy tools!
Now we're getting up to the more complicated part and we've watching Bruce's vid that he did for us a fair few times and getting pointers.
if you need a close up of anything...just ask Jim/James
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Thanks guys its been a wonderful thing to do with my grandson, a lot of thinking, planning and lots of laughs and smiles.
Been 9 hours now, James smaller sized hands and fingers have been very handy tools!
Now we're getting up to the more complicated part and we've watching Bruce's vid that he did for us a fair few times and getting pointers.
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looks nearly there Jim/James
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Great success. I like the Ferris wheel a lot. How many hours in total have you and your grandson spent on it now?
Congratulations to James and you.
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Lookin good 👍
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We were able to do a few more hours on Saturday morning, its starting to get there.
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Cheers guys its starting to come together now, its a very well thought out kit.
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Agree, some neat progress there...
Well done guys :)
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coming along nicely Jim/James.
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Progress is undoubtedly evident. Looks good. Your grandson James and you are doing well to take your time with the build. Especially since you are obviously enjoying the build.
Good things come to those who wait.
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Been a bit of a hiatus, life get's in the way (especially when your 10!) but we managed to do a few more hours on Saturday morning. There's still a LOT more to do, but the huge pile of screws and nuts have gone down a little bit! My grandson James is enjoying building this with me so much I don't care how long it takes because its so much fun doing it with him :)
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What an awesome project with your Grandson Jim.
Please continue to provide updates.
This is really a neat kit!
Cheers,
Charlie
Thanks Charlie, my grandson and I have watched your vid of your FW multiple times now!
I tries in vain to find Charlie's ferris wheel video, where's it at Charlie ?
I might have made a mistake, I watched this and thought this was Charlies cool southern Texas drawl voice ???
https://youtu.be/yyaw-0NnQjs
Oh ,Ok ....that's our own "Steam and Oil" , Tim's Ferris Wheel.(he did a great job on it)
Whoops :-[
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What an awesome project with your Grandson Jim.
Please continue to provide updates.
This is really a neat kit!
Cheers,
Charlie
Thanks Charlie, my grandson and I have watched your vid of your FW multiple times now!
I tries in vain to find Charlie's ferris wheel video, where's it at Charlie ?
I might have made a mistake, I watched this and thought this was Charlies cool southern Texas drawl voice ???
https://youtu.be/yyaw-0NnQjs
Oh ,Ok ....that's our own "Steam and Oil" , Tim's Ferris Wheel.(he did a great job on it)
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What an awesome project with your Grandson Jim.
Please continue to provide updates.
This is really a neat kit!
Cheers,
Charlie
Thanks Charlie, my grandson and I have watched your vid of your FW multiple times now!
I tries in vain to find Charlie's ferris wheel video, where's it at Charlie ?
I might have made a mistake, I watched this and thought this was Charlies cool southern Texas drawl voice ???
https://youtu.be/yyaw-0NnQjs
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What an awesome project with your Grandson Jim.
Please continue to provide updates.
This is really a neat kit!
Cheers,
Charlie
Thanks Charlie, my grandson and I have watched your vid of your FW multiple times now!
I tries in vain to find Charlie's ferris wheel video, where's it at Charlie ?
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What an awesome project with your Grandson Jim.
Please continue to provide updates.
This is really a neat kit!
Cheers,
Charlie
Thanks Charlie, my grandson and I have watched your vid of your FW multiple times now!
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What an awesome project with your Grandson Jim.
Please continue to provide updates.
This is really a neat kit!
Cheers,
Charlie
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On the counter behind James I see a nice collection of Vodka a couple of bottles deep.
I hope they're not getting in the way and slowing you down. ;)
For medicinal purposes only Tommy 😊
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On the counter behind James I see a nice collection of Vodka a couple of bottles deep.
I hope they're not getting in the way and slowing you down. ;)
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Isn’t it crazy how fast these builds eat the hours away!?!
I knew it was going to go slow Nick when Bruce said it took 7 hours and Charlie said he did it over a long weekend.
I'm trying to let James do as much as possible and his smaller fingers (compared to my big fat ones) are great for getting
those pesky nuts on. There's definitely some thought must go into reading the plans and explaining them. Its certainly a quality product
that's for sure.
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Isn’t it crazy how fast these builds eat the hours away!?!
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Little bit further today :)
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Just an update - Yesterday Bruce went out to his workshop and made a video for James and myself showing in close detail and well executed verbal explanation how he went about his mod on the FW to get it to run so nicely on steam. What wonderful mateship that is! Bruce, I sent the link to James's Dad last night and all the family watched it on their TV, I got a phone call after they did and they were very impressed with Bruce from St Paul Indiana USA !!! Thank you mate :)
Garsh...I am humbled, I hope it helped & glad they enjoyed it.
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Just an update - Yesterday Bruce went out to his workshop and made a video for James and myself showing in close detail and well executed verbal explanation how he went about his mod on the FW to get it to run so nicely on steam. What wonderful mateship that is! Bruce, I sent the link to James's Dad last night and all the family watched it on their TV, I got a phone call after they did and they were very impressed with Bruce from St Paul Indiana USA !!! Thank you mate :)
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Are you running it with a belt and pulley or wiring it up to a genny?
Belt & pulley Nick.
Not 100% sure how I will do that though, been studying Bruce's vids.
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Uh oh , been a day or two since I built it , but slow & sure is the order of the day , I remember taking it back apart a few times because of a incorrect piece used in the wrong place. If I can be of any assistance
Jim, please don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks Bruce, much appreciate the offer of help and I will most definitely take you up on that when I get more along as I can't work out from your vids how you put your pulley that you turned on your lathe into the mechanics of the ferris wheel. Young James wants to make it just like "Bruce's" as he's really impressed with the fairground atmosphere that you created with the ticket booth etc so I can see that the rest of my year is taken up in the afternoons with my grandson and I thank you for that :)
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Are you running it with a belt and pulley or wiring it up to a genny?
Belt & pulley Nick.
Not 100% sure how I will do that though, been studying Bruce's vids.
@St Paul Steam
Uh oh , been a day or two since I built it , but slow & sure is the order of the day , I remember taking it back apart a few times because of a incorrect piece used in the wrong place. If I can be of any assistance
Jim, please don't hesitate to ask.
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Are you running it with a belt and pulley or wiring it up to a genny?
Belt & pulley Nick.
Not 100% sure how I will do that though, been studying Bruce's vids.
@St Paul Steam
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Are you running it with a belt and pulley or wiring it up to a genny?
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That's good news Nick because there's none in our box.
Really have to think about the build (especially with a keen 10 year old) and study the plans, its easy to misread and make a mistake.
School bus doesn't get to our neck of the woods till 3.40pm, by the time he walks home, drops his stuff off and rides his bike over to our place we only will have about
45 minutes on the weekdays he comes to do a bit. Weekends we might move a bit more forward.
Going to be a long, but enjoyable project until its completely finished and running off a steam engine :)
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Good news Jim, those brass gears were not used
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Its going to take some time.....but a start has been made!
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Haven't opened it all up yet Nick until this arvo when James comes after school, but pretty sure I don't have this brass toothed gear -
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Don’t panic yet, I know I had some leftover pieces in mine...
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Haven't opened it all up yet Nick until this arvo when James comes after school, but pretty sure I don't have this brass toothed gear -
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Oh, and by the way, this is how mine arrived 😂
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And after more than a few minutes of sorting
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I had thought about getting one of their larger cranes... made offers on a few, but haven’t found a steal yet...
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G'day Jürgen I had only ever seen their ferris wheel converted to run via steam engine before (pretty sure Bruce, St Paul Steam was the first I saw) but when my grandson saw the name Eitech he said he had other smaller construction sets from them and that all the toys shops here stock this brand, so at least it seems to be a well known brand here in Australia and competes with Meccano.
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Hello Jim,
your purchase has made me curious. I live in Germany, but the company eitech was not known to me until now. Therefore, I have looked around on their website something. Very interesting and especially the expansion possibilities of the systems convince. Even for the smallest children there are very great toys. Since this grandpa here was immediately wide awake. Starting in May, he'll need something for the little ones again. ::)
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Cheers all, pretty impressive now its opened.
There feels like there's about a kilo of nuts and bolts in that plastic bag!
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Eitech definitely makes some fine construction sets, and the ferriswheel is right up there amongst their best.
Congratulations Jim!
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Congratulations on the catch and have fun crafting with the kids. I had a kit like this myself as a child. It was from Trix.
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Sort the pieces carefully Jim , many are "slightly" different than others.
Thanks for the heads up Bruce, I'll try and put them into separate ice cream containers or something.
The windmill you sent me was job and a half, so this is going to take awhile I reckon mate.
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Great deal! Yours is sealed, so should be good, mine arrived with nuts falling out of the box :D
Yep and still sealed. Looking sorta' forward to this ???
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Sort the pieces carefully Jim , many are "slightly" different than others.
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Great deal! Yours is sealed, so should be good, mine arrived with nuts falling out of the box :D
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Really stoked to get one of these finally and at USD $115 delivered.
Looking forward to some hours with my grandson James (and maybe my granddaughter Ruby if she wants to) a couple of days a week after school until its finished and the 1200 pieces are a working Ferris wheel, I've always liked looking at the vids that other folks have of these running off a steam engine.
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