Hi Stoker,
Looks like a box full of fun from here. Of course it could well be full of hours and frustrations as well.
Absolutely, as sure as the sparks fly upwards!
Having got tired of cutting plywood sleepers for a model railway layout I thought I would have a look at the beam engine and maybe make a start. The bits were removed from the base and stored in three plastic bags: (1) crankshaft, fly wheel and their fitting, (2) beam, column and their fittings, (3) the cylinder and piston assembly.
This left the wooden base; the place to start, alas it was very rough and more importantly slightly warped, it would be easier and possibly more sensible to replaced it, but ‘Hey Ho’ its original.
Any wood workers in the group please disregard the following I am no wood worker but I do own a milling machine. This might have been just as well as there was a nail hidden in the wood; which I suspect would have damaged a plane or a wood working machine. The base board was flattened and squared and the original securing holes drilled out for plugging, the smaller holes were plugged the larger await making suitable size plugs.
That’s it for now further work will have to wait for gaps in on-going projects.
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Regards Tony.