Fast Workers?

Fast Workers?

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26 October 2017 at 14:06 #323660
bugbear6502
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I've been reading Model Engineer magazines from 1953

The late, great L.B.S.C. published a design for a steam crane. This was simplified right down, and was intended to be made by reader as a Christmas gift for a suitably deserving child.

The article was published in mid October?!

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26 October 2017 at 14:06 #25588
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26 October 2017 at 14:49 #323670
Neil Wyatt
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In those days people didn't have TV and internet forums to keep them out of the workshop.

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26 October 2017 at 15:12 #323676
bugbear6502
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Google to the rescue!

crane bought secondhand

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Edited By bugbear6502 on 26/10/2017 15:12:35
26 October 2017 at 16:21 #323685
Neil Wyatt
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He claimed to have lifted a basket oif kittens with one, but I suspect the great man may have been prone to exaggeration
26 October 2017 at 16:41 #323692
not done it yet
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The article was published in mid October?!

Did he mention which Christmas?
26 October 2017 at 17:54 #323702
Howard Lewis
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Yes, Internet forums do keep us out of the workshop.

Particularly, this one, in my case!

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27 October 2017 at 13:34 #323893
bugbear6502
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Google again;

This guy has a page of Steam Plans, and it includes LBSC's crane, listed as "Model Engineer Steam Crane"

It's a 4 page PDF of the original article.

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27 October 2017 at 14:03 #323900
larry Phelan
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Neil,he may not have been exaggerating at all! Many years ago I made up a small crane from bits of Macanno,using what few gears we had,together with miles of very thin string running through pulley blocks. We powered the whole thing with a motor from an old oil heating unit [1/100th HP] .Having clamped the contraption to the table top,we managed to lift a full coal bucket.,without any effort,the motor never stalled at any point. As an exercise,I calculated how high it should lift in a given time,and to our surprise it worked out dead on !

So,maybe he was not too far out !
27 October 2017 at 17:18 #323935
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