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Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« on: April 09, 2019, 06:33:04 pm »
Here's the video to accompany the pictures of the engine. I'm sorry for the clarity and movement. I had it on the end of my air gun and it's so small it's hard to get the camera to focus on it.
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2019, 06:50:11 pm »
Cute! I like the tiny stuff.
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2019, 08:21:45 pm »
I like that a lot, I'm starting to get into the small's myself right now, very nice work Sir.
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2019, 08:49:13 pm »
Incredible ! You must have better eyesight than me! What size of lathe are you doing this work with?
thanks for the video and all the detailed pictures and build info.
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2019, 09:23:05 pm »
Oh my.... When Mrs RedRyder sees this she is going to want one in her collection of miniatures!


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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2019, 10:45:55 pm »
Quote from: gbritnell on April 09, 2019, 06:33:04 pm
I'm sorry for the clarity and movement. I had it on the end of my air gun and it's so small it's hard to get the camera to focus on it.

Send it over here and I'll do my best to get a clear video  ;)  ;D

We are very lucky that you share your work with us, it's very impressive  8)

I was a bit worried about too much air launching it off the end of your air gun though  :o
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2019, 03:36:46 am »
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Oh my.... When Mrs RedRyder sees this she is going to want one in her collection of miniatures!

That goes for me too!

Wonderful work George and great to see it running, be interesting to see how it goes on live steam.
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2019, 07:56:13 am »
Quote from: crazydoug on April 09, 2019, 08:49:13 pm
Incredible ! You must have better eyesight than me! What size of lathe are you doing this work with?
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I don't know what size lathe George used, but I built a similar-sized engine (Tubal Cain's Jenny Wren, with a 1/8" bore and stroke) using a 10" Logan lathe. See my avatar for a picture.

It would appear to be true that you can make small things with a big lathe, whereas you cannot make big things with a small lathe....🤔
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2019, 08:09:27 am »
Hi Bob,
I have an 11 inch Logan and a 6 inch Atlas/Craftsman. You're right about the lathes. If forced into it I can make small pieces on the Logan but can't make large pieces on the Atlas.
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Re: Huff and Puff steam engine (very Tiny)
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2019, 03:14:17 pm »
Hi, George,

I've also used the Logan to make the cylinder for Dr. Senft's Thimble Engine (1/16" bore and stroke, with an integral trunnion threaded internally 000-120)), and had no trouble running off four (in case of goofs). Ironically, though, I keep messing up the engine frame, even though I have a dandy little Sherline mill to make it with.

I think the skill of the worker enters into this somewhere, and I'm not very skilled, I fear.
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