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Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: IndianaRog on April 01, 2019, 08:50:19 pm: Daniel, that may be the crappiest paint job I have ever seen, but I bet if you stripped it completely it could be a beauty. Just keep telling yourself the paint job saved you money!!!

Rog
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Stoker on April 01, 2019, 08:42:45 pm: Quote from: Jim on April 01, 2019, 08:36:04 pm
Daniel, do you have a photo of this boiler?

Don't think I do Jim, but obviously you see the firebox on the base with the beam engine. The boiler looks much like it might have been built by an auto mechanic or such like person, as it has valves and fittings that seem to suggest that might have provided the supply chain. It may actually be a sound boiler if it was reworked with proper fittings and if it checked out okay otherwise. But again, this is WAY down the project list, partially because I really don't have a proper place to display it without kicking old favorites out first.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on April 01, 2019, 08:36:04 pm: Daniel, do you have a photo of this boiler?
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Stoker on April 01, 2019, 08:16:26 pm: No sign of it being ground off Jim, and as I recall, a few other people did chime in that theirs were sans lettering as well. Possibly the foundry that cast for Stuart put some casting sets out as well, with or without Stuarts knowledge and / or permission ???

This beast was painted everywhere like that when I got it ... probably had much to do with the price which seemed unusually affordable. Has a monster iron coal fired boiler to go with it, that I might be afraid to use, or even hydro test, but it may actually be okay ... or not !?!?
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on April 01, 2019, 07:12:07 pm: Daniel I wonder if Stuart ever did them without "Stuart" or the builder decided for some reason to grind the letters off?

Looks like a nice engine, it would be great to see it free of that paint job (if you did it, its looks GREAT :)....if it was someone else...what a crap paint job :) ).
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Stoker on April 01, 2019, 07:03:36 pm: Yep ...

(https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1110.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh449%2FReal49er%2FSTWWW%25202014%2FIMG_2326_zpsa5d486e2.jpg&hash=bb2c07ad69218e0118642debd1dae33c015f0f4b) (http://s1110.photobucket.com/user/Real49er/media/STWWW%202014/IMG_2326_zpsa5d486e2.jpg.html)

(https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1110.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh449%2FReal49er%2FSTWWW%25202014%2FIMG_2327_zps0d51ff75.jpg&hash=d71717258ada82fdc71f7981eb10c03ac92a1188) (http://s1110.photobucket.com/user/Real49er/media/STWWW%202014/IMG_2327_zps0d51ff75.jpg.html)

Mine is lacking the cast in letters spelling STUART on top of the base, but I do believe that it is a Stuart even so.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on April 01, 2019, 06:39:17 pm: Quote from: Stoker on April 01, 2019, 02:57:32 pm
NICE!!!

Makes me want to pull mine out of storage, take it all down, get it bead blasted to remove the gawd awful paint, and have a go at bring it back to a proper life !?!?

Project number 2,308,745 in line ... and counting .....
Thanks Daniel, do you have a photo of yours?
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on April 01, 2019, 06:38:56 pm: Quote from: Belugawhaleman on April 01, 2019, 02:28:00 pm
Very nice Jim.
Thanks Paul.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Stoker on April 01, 2019, 02:57:32 pm: NICE!!!

Makes me want to pull mine out of storage, take it all down, get it bead blasted to remove the gawd awful paint, and have a go at bring it back to a proper life !?!?

Project number 2,308,745 in line ... and counting .....
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Belugawhaleman on April 01, 2019, 02:28:00 pm: Very nice Jim.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:59:22 pm: Quote from: IndianaRog on March 31, 2019, 08:20:18 am
Jim, you can't ask for more...really runs on next to no air pressure...lovely.

Rog
Thanks Rog, these are mesmerizing to watch. I remember when I was new to steam and saw yours. I knew I was never going to be happy till I had one of my own :)
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:58:30 pm: Quote from: Swift Fox on March 31, 2019, 08:00:13 am
Nice engine Jim, i do like those Stuart beams and i think that was a smart move fitting the steel base to help with bearing alignment. Reminds me a bit of when Geoff built his own beam from a machined kit many years ago.
Thanks Philip, after watching so many Keith Appleton videos and him talking about how they should be mounted on steel. I got some last week and mounted it.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:56:50 pm: Quote from: Scorpion2nz on March 31, 2019, 04:06:16 am
Running nice and slow .
A design fault having a outboard bearing .
I am pleased with how mine turned out with both bearings onboard .

Cheers
Dennis
Thanks Dennis. Post up a video and some piccies of your mate. You did a lot of work on her.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:56:04 pm: Quote from: St Paul Steam on March 30, 2019, 09:18:48 pm
Runs wonderfully Jim , I think I have the unpainted twin to your engine...lol

Thanks Bruce :)
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:55:45 pm: Quote from: Nick on March 30, 2019, 08:37:29 pm
Very smooth and slow runner Jim and it does look great naked

I really like those oilers on there and I might have to purchase them now while they're available, place them on the shelf with my beam and hope that one day I find them installed and the engine running as nice as yours
Thanks Nick :) They are really nice oilers. I have them on a lot of engines now and they give them a nice finished touch (even the naked ones :) ).
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:54:35 pm: Quote from: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on March 30, 2019, 08:29:59 pm
The Beam is running beautifully, Jim. Smooth and effortless, like they should. Im given to understand the base is a great addition due to flex in a wood base?
A smart looking addition to a great piece.
Thanks Benny, yes the steel base has made a good engine that ran well, run even better. As soon as you tighten the bolts down on to wood you get some flex.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:53:13 pm: Quote from: Steamandoil (Tim) on March 30, 2019, 08:24:23 pm
That is a fine machine. Did you build it? I would love to build one from a machined kit. It sure runs sweetly.
No Tim, I bought it off the daughter of the builder (deceased) who advertised it along with a Stuart unfired boiler and lots of other bits and pieces.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 31, 2019, 08:52:01 pm: Quote from: RedRyder on March 30, 2019, 07:51:46 pm
Jim, Your Stuart Beam looks and runs great!

Is this the one we conversed about before you bought it a few years ago?

Gil
Yes Gil that's the one that I asked your opinion of. Jenny and I did a road trip to pick it up.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: IndianaRog on March 31, 2019, 08:20:18 am: Jim, you can't ask for more...really runs on next to no air pressure...lovely.

Rog
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Swift Fox on March 31, 2019, 08:00:13 am: Nice engine Jim, i do like those Stuart beams and i think that was a smart move fitting the steel base to help with bearing alignment. Reminds me a bit of when Geoff built his own beam from a machined kit many years ago.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Scorpion2nz on March 31, 2019, 04:06:16 am: Running nice and slow .
A design fault having a outboard bearing .
I am pleased with how mine turned out with both bearings onboard .

Cheers
Dennis
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 30, 2019, 09:18:48 pm: Runs wonderfully Jim , I think I have the unpainted twin to your engine...lol
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Nick on March 30, 2019, 08:37:29 pm: Very smooth and slow runner Jim 8) and it does look great naked :D

I really like those oilers on there and I might have to purchase them now while they're available, place them on the shelf with my beam and hope that one day I find them installed and the engine running as nice as yours :D
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on March 30, 2019, 08:29:59 pm: The Beam is running beautifully, Jim. Smooth and effortless, like they should. Im given to understand the base is a great addition due to flex in a wood base?
A smart looking addition to a great piece.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Steamandoil (Tim) on March 30, 2019, 08:24:23 pm: That is a fine machine. Did you build it? I would love to build one from a machined kit. It sure runs sweetly.
Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: RedRyder on March 30, 2019, 07:51:46 pm: Jim, Your Stuart Beam looks and runs great!

Is this the one we conversed about before you bought it a few years ago?

Gil
Title: Stuart Beam Engine
Post by: Jim on March 30, 2019, 07:13:34 pm: I added a steel base to the Stuart Beam engine. Here it is running slowly being tested on air.

I often think of painting it, but the grey metal has grown on me :)

https://youtu.be/jTT_85QB7Bs