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Making a Flywheel for a Model Traction Engine.
« on: October 07, 2022, 03:30:48 am »
Hi,

Almost a working day was spent making a replacement fly wheel for a Mercer traction engine. starting with a square block of steel.
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Re: Making a Flywheel for a Model Traction Engine.
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2022, 09:49:18 am »
Imagine that flywheel hiding inside that block of steel... Nice work!
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Re: Making a Flywheel for a Model Traction Engine.
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2022, 06:11:14 am »
there's a whole lot of transformation that went on behind the scene, well done Tony.
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