Fast Workers?

[bugbear6502Participant @bugbear6502]

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?!

BugBear

[bugbear6502Participant @bugbear6502]

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

In those days people didn't have TV and internet forums to keep them out of the workshop.

Neil

[bugbear6502Participant @bugbear6502]

Google to the rescue!

crane bought secondhand

BugBear

Edited By bugbear6502 on 26/10/2017 15:12:35

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

He claimed to have lifted a basket oif kittens with one, but I suspect the great man may have been prone to exaggeration

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

The article was published in mid October?!

Did he mention which Christmas?

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Yes, Internet forums do keep us out of the workshop.

Particularly, this one, in my case!

Howard

[bugbear6502Participant @bugbear6502]

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.

BugBear

[larry PhelanParticipant @larryphelan54019]

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 !

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

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