[SEL] More good news

[Jerry Evans]

At 07:00 PM 22/02/2008, you wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:53:01 -0500
>From: Denis Rouleau <buzzcoil2 at videotron.ca>
>Subject: Re: [SEL] More good news
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>Real nice!!! How small is it?
>Denis Rouleau


Hi Denis,
         Question should read "How big is it ?" (smile)

         I'll put a dimensioned  pic on the page (maybe later tonight) and 
post to the list but for now here are a few basic sizes (in metric):

         The wooden base is 570mm (w) X 320mm (d) X 150mm(h).
         The top of the "smokestack" is 370mm high (excluding the 150 mm 
(h) wooden base).
         The flywheel diameter is 150mm (6").

         I spent some time last night oiling (aerosol penetrating fluid) 
all the moving parts as I did not want to try turning anything "over" and 
possibly forcing something that did not want to be forced :-)

         Everything is now loose except for the drain tap (valve ?) on the 
boiler. The whole engine turns very easily now as do all the other "valves".

         Earlier this evening I removed the bottom of the wooden base and 
took out the paraffin (kerosene) heating unit. It consists of 2 (linked) 
heavy brass tubes approx. 390mm long X 55mm diameter. This unit just lies 
loose in the base and has a "Primus" type burner which locates below the 
boiler tubes. It is a "homemade" unit and the actual burner unit looks like 
it was stripped off a "Primus" stove. The 2 tubes replace the  "paraffin 
storage tank" on a normal "Primus" stove and incorporate a "filler tube" 
and a pressure release jet similar to what was fitted to a "Primus" (or old 
brass blowlamp).

         Something that I found to be very innovative was that it did not 
incorporate the normal "Primus" type pressure pump. Instead, it has a 
bicycle tube valve brazed into place and would have been pumped to pressure 
with an ordinary bicycle pump and connection tube.

         Once I had the base off I also discovered that the flyball 
governor is driven via a flexible shaft from a gear on the outrigger side 
of the flywheel. All very sturdily constructed and encased in a brass 
tube.        There are also a few drain cocks hidden in the wooden base.

         I'll add more pics to the page a bit later tonight and let the 
lists know.

Keep the revs up (or down)
Jerry Evans
Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm