Barking up the wrong tree

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7 July 2013 at 20:18 #124045
nigel jones 5
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I love machining things and I love all things steam. Ive made a few locos, beam engines, many boilers, couple of stuarts and am well into a 71/4 gauge invicta. The thing is that no matter how much I try to kid myself, locos just dont do it for me! I want to build (and design) a decent sized static engine, boiler, pumps etc so it can do some actual work – do you think im losing the plot??
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7 July 2013 at 20:18 #22697
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7 July 2013 at 20:38 #124051
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Welcome to the dark side, you are not the only one that Locos don't do anything for.

The steam ones I can just about bear but sitting astride a fibreglass box with an old lawnmower engine beneath does not get me excited.

J

PS wish we had a "hide behind the sofa" smiley
7 July 2013 at 21:12 #124055
jason udall
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Can I go futher out on the limb and say steam is not the only thing. .its not even the only external combustion solution. .
7 July 2013 at 22:24 #124062
michael howarth 1
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I also love all things steamy, especially locomotives. On the other hand I have no desire whatsoever to run them on a track or be pulled around by them, preferring to run and admire them on a rolling road. Not too different to a static engine really. Scenic railways seem like a lot of hard work to build and even harder work to maintain.

Mick
7 July 2013 at 22:43 #124063
Boiler Bri
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You can always come to Llandudno and help us all build the new track if you want a change!!!!!!!!

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480 foot down 1500 to go

Bri
7 July 2013 at 23:31 #124068
Bazyle
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Bob Symes (of Tomorrow's World) used to have a small steam engine that powered a saw that cut wood to fire the boiler to power the engine that ……..
8 July 2013 at 07:47 #124079
IanT
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Mick H,

I like scenic railways too – Gauge '3' ones (2.5" gauge) but I don't have my own garden railway.

Fortunately some of my friends (other G3 Members) do! So "Scenic Railway = Need Big Garden and/or to Build Own Track" is an incorrect assumption. It should not be the first issue (or barrier) when thinking about building an engine in G3. Also true in G1 & 16mm I would think.

Regards, Ian T

PS I like to greet my GTG Host with a cheery "Is this where they are giving out the free Tea & Cakes then? ( This a always seems to go down well!)
8 July 2013 at 08:40 #124081
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by fizzy on 07/07/2013 20:18:12:

I want to build (and design) a decent sized static engine, boiler, pumps etc so it can do some actual work – do you think im losing the plot??

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No, Fizzy … You have just rediscovered the plot.

Have a look around here

MichaelG.

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Edit: … and here, for inspiration

Edit: … and one more link … these look very interesting!

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 08/07/2013 08:55:52

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 08/07/2013 09:02:33
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