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John Olsen makes a steel boiler, of the Yarrow type, for his full-size steam launch.
Martin Ranson concludes the construction of his pair of 32mm ‘pepperpot’ locomotives and offers some tips on steaming them.
Ian Couchman adds the cladding to his redesigned boiler feed pump and then subjects it to a rigorous performance test.
Jeremy Buck builds a new corridor tender for his 5 inch gauge A4 locomotive.
Hotspur completes the well tank for his 5 inch gauge Beattie 2-4-0 locomotive.
Peter Kenington adds a versatile power supply to his steam raising blower.
Ron Fitzgerald takes a look at the technical development of the Newcomen engine, in particular improvements to the steam admission valve and valve gear.
Ray Griffin offers a novel technique for boring eccentrics
Brian Baker makes a set of olives to go with the union nuts he made last time.
Roger Backhouse visits the Brass, Steel and Fire exhibition at the National Railway Museum, York, before its move to the Science Museum, London.
David Haythornthwaite makes the steam chest and cover for his 1 inch scale Model Engineer beam engine.
Alan Pickering dives into his box of odds’n’ends and surfaces with an inverted Ross Yoke Stirling engine.

An Inverted ‘Ross Yoke' Watercooled Stirling Engine

As with all my hot air engines they are cheap to build, mostly from scrap

5 mins

A Draught Proposal

A Draught Proposal

10+ mins

Union Nuts, and How to Make Them

These are quite different from those commercially available and are made from copper

3 mins

WORKSHOP TIP - Boring Eccentrics

I am making a 1 inch Minnie traction engine and have arrived at the machining of the eccentric straps.

3 mins

SHOWCASE Paul's Engine

One day my son Paul came to me and asked if we could make something in my workshop, so that he could learn engineering processes.

1 min

Wenford A 7¼ Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank

The stage has now been reached where the well tank body can be completed but beforehand there are some internal details to add.

4 mins

A Boiler Feed Pump

A Boiler Feed Pump

2 mins

Vertical Boiler Locomotives

Vertical Boiler Locomotives

4 mins

Building Dancer - The Boiler

Dancer needed a boiler that would be somewhat larger than the size permitted under the Model Engineering exemptions in the New Zealand regulations.

10 mins

CLUB NEWS

My secret’s out!

9 mins

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