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Offline raynerd

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #50 on: December 06, 2010, 01:49:21 PM »
Ray, you are moving on nicely and making it look easy!

Regarding the price, just another thought - keep your eye on ebay and homeworkshop. I got mine for £50 and just the con rod had been machined, everything else was as new. Saved about £50! Like Kwackers sell, they sell for a fortune once built (not that I`ll be selling mine!!!!) and it would pay for them both if you built two and sold one. 

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #51 on: December 06, 2010, 03:22:46 PM »
Hi Chris  :wave:,Thank you for the comment and info chris i will keep my eye on ebay next time,

Ray.
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #52 on: December 06, 2010, 03:33:20 PM »
Hi all  :wave:, i started on the eccentric strap and the eccentric sheave plus the steam chest valve rod gland,





Starting to machine the eccentric strap,



i will finish the eccentric strap tomorrow,

Ray.
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #53 on: December 06, 2010, 03:37:02 PM »
Evening Ray

Sure is going to be a fine engine  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:,,,looks like it will be up and  running soon   :dremel:


Will you be making a boiler to go with the engine ?


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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #54 on: December 06, 2010, 04:03:18 PM »
Hi rob  :wave:, thank you for the comment, I will make a boiler for it at some point Rob, i have made a few in the past  it was the usual thing
play with them for awhile and then pass them on Wish i had kept one now   ::),

Ray
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #55 on: December 06, 2010, 04:34:28 PM »
..damn,   :jaw: you`ve just passed me!!

 :beer:   :clap:
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #56 on: December 06, 2010, 05:01:18 PM »
Quote from: craynerd on December 06, 2010, 01:49:21 PM
Ray, you are moving on nicely and making it look easy!

Regarding the price, just another thought - keep your eye on ebay and homeworkshop. I got mine for £50 and just the con rod had been machined, everything else was as new. Saved about £50! Like Kwackers sell, they sell for a fortune once built (not that I`ll be selling mine!!!!) and it would pay for them both if you built two and sold one. 

Chris

There is a pair on ebay at the moment both from the same seller one part machined and one untouched
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stuart-Turner-10V-Engine-Castings-/160515107970?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item255f722c82#ht_500wt_1156
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #57 on: December 06, 2010, 05:28:21 PM »
Yea, I had also been watching those.... notice in the picture that kit has a solid one piece casting for the crank?!
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #58 on: December 06, 2010, 06:53:38 PM »
Quote from: craynerd on December 06, 2010, 04:34:28 PM
..damn,   :jaw: you`ve just passed me!!

 :beer:   :clap:

It's not a race Chris but get a move on  :lol:

I've watched a few on ebay but they always seem to go for £70+ so I think, well it's not that much of a saving - suppose if it's brand spanking new any kind of saving is good though. Bet that un touched one goes for almost full price! I quite like the PM research 1BI - it's a bigger engine and works out about the same money with shipping etc I think. Maybe a bit more as you get stung for some sort of import duty.

http://www.lineymachine.com/product_info.php?currency=GBP&products_id=2852&osCsid=5acfc6f6aab7366c1404015e0a7ac0f5

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #59 on: December 07, 2010, 04:18:53 AM »
Join your local engineering club.

Most engineers (me included) are old duffers and hoarders. Natural wastage means in a typical club they drop off at the rate of a couple a year and have workshops that need disposing of - plus some just sell stuff because they realise they'll never get round to it.

I've picked up two sets of Stuart No 4 castings and a set of No 8 castings (which I've just completed) for £50 each.
I've also got a set of Stuart Major castings - which I'm saving for when "I'm good" and I missed out on a set of 'Twin Victoria' castings because the guy wanted the outrageous sum of £100 (spent too long thinking about it!).
None had been started, one of the No 4's had been bought in the early 70's and was missing the cylinder cover casting.

My lathe, mill and a fair chunk of tooling have been picked up from ex-members too - it's all in my care now until the next guy comes along...  :med:

Looking good though scrapman, perhaps Chris will actually get a move on and finish his now...  :dremel:
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #60 on: December 07, 2010, 08:30:05 AM »
Hi all, :wave: Thank you all for your comments,
Well i am on stop for now :coffee: until the die's i ordered turn up( Chris has got a chance to catch up now  :lol: ),
did a little more cleaned up the steam chest cover flywheel,

 

Ray.
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #61 on: December 07, 2010, 10:42:39 AM »
Kwackers, good point - funnily enough it's the AGM at our Model Engineering Club tonight - that should be interesting  :lol:

You're right though, I heard a guy saying he was building a No.1 from castings that someone had given to him ... never happens to me though!

Nick
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #62 on: December 07, 2010, 11:52:12 AM »
Ray.
That's one good looking engine!  :clap: :thumbup:

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #63 on: December 07, 2010, 01:34:37 PM »
ps - like the red flywheel, all of my engines have red flywheels for some reason!  :thumbup:
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #64 on: December 07, 2010, 04:23:05 PM »
Thank you for the comments Nick and David, Not sure what colour i am going to paint the engine yet,

Ray.
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #65 on: December 08, 2010, 12:22:38 PM »
Got a new Lathe  :ddb:, well second hand the sherline is a little small so i have purchased a myford ML10,
photo in tools section,

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #66 on: December 10, 2010, 12:58:21 PM »
Hi All  :wave:, well i have assembled and finished the 10v engine with just the cylinder cover to do and then to paint it, i have connected an airline off a airbrush compressor and had it running today  :D,
it's been a learning curve for me as this is my first engine from castings, Thank you all for your comments and following the build,


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Ray.
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #67 on: December 11, 2010, 04:32:21 AM »

"Oh! What a feeling"........  :ddb: :ddb:

Ray. That runs beautifully...... I can see your smile from here!  :D

Blummin well done..... AND, well shown!  :clap: :clap: :thumbup:

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #68 on: December 11, 2010, 04:43:49 AM »
Great stuff Ray  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:


That's one very smart looking engine  :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:


Whats next on the build list ? :poke: :poke: :poke: :lol: :lol:



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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #69 on: December 11, 2010, 05:39:17 AM »
Ray

Looks like a great little runner. Is that a big smile I see on your face or are you that happy all the time. It sure feels good when they run like that.  :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer: :beer:

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #70 on: December 11, 2010, 08:26:19 AM »
Hi All  :wave:, thank you for your kind comments, i am very pleased with it  :ddb:, i have finished the cylinder cover and drilled the cylinder holes ready for tapping, i have ordered an 8BA tap to tap the holes, And i have started to paint the engine,

Rob, Not sure i will start a build at the moment ,

Ray.
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #71 on: December 11, 2010, 09:12:56 AM »
My prayers are with you and your family. Not easy right around the holidays.

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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #72 on: December 11, 2010, 09:14:48 AM »
Hi Ray, I was thinking "I really like the red flywheel, and I wonder what color he's going to paint the engine, it'd better complement that red flywheel", then I saw the next frame and the video.  That is a very fine running engine, it sounds great, very smooth, and very even, without even a governor, I hope you intend to run it on steam, they do sound even better with it, throatier I think, the steam being denser than the air.  Very sorry to hear about your mother, I wish you the best and will keep her in my prayers.  It is hard for a son to lose a mother, and likewise for mother, too.  Perhaps the engine colors can be chosen in memory of her last times and the things she cherishes.  Now don't none of you get blubbery, I'm a Marine, but I have feelings about Moms just like people do.  :poke: mad jack
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #73 on: December 11, 2010, 10:43:18 AM »
Ray  ,,,,, :( Very sorry to here about your mum ,


Regards Rob
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Re: stuart 10v build
« Reply #74 on: December 11, 2010, 11:08:30 AM »
So sorry to hear that Ray.......

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