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Title: First completed steam set
Post by: John Rudd on June 27, 2016, 11:13:43 AM

My kids decided to buy me a steam engine for one of my birthdays.....About 4 years ago..
I finally got round to finishing it today....Last job, rivet the boiler bands on....

Here it is all finished, needs a good polish now...

And.....dont mock, I know its a classroom model, but they didnt know what they were buying me.... :Doh:

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: RobWilson on June 27, 2016, 12:14:02 PM

Nothing to mock John ,  :thumbup: 


Beats the hell out of getting socks as a present     :palm:   I very nearly bought a similar engine  kit wile perusing the Deutsches museum gift shop  , anyway it  looks like  fun putting that kit together.  :dremel: 

When is the grand steaming ?


Rob

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: SwarfnStuff on June 28, 2016, 03:12:33 AM

Gotta agree with Rob, WAY better than sox n jocks.  :lol:
   Now, out with your favourite metal polish and apply some bling.
     We await the initial steaming run.
John B

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: John Rudd on June 28, 2016, 03:34:12 AM

Ok, I fired it up and it runs well..A few teething issues but nothing that cant be fixed.
Still waiting for photobucket to approve the video... :scratch: How long does it take to vet a 30 sec video? :Doh:

Title: O/T re: First completed steam set
Post by: DMIOM on June 28, 2016, 03:41:23 AM

Quote from: John Rudd on June 28, 2016, 03:34:12 AM

........Still waiting for photobucket to approve the video... :scratch: How long does it take to vet a 30 sec video? :Doh:

Well - if instead of "A Steam Set" you titled you video "A Steamy Set" I can imagine they'd pass it round them all for a look first!

Dave

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: John Rudd on June 28, 2016, 06:05:06 AM

Well if they are...fecking perverts...but hurry it up... :coffee:

Got fed up waiting on them...
Here's a Youtube link til I find out how show it directly...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SSkr2qDbtMo

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: Toolshed on June 28, 2016, 01:29:45 PM

OK that is fantastic!!!!  Give your kids a thanks from me too!!!

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: RobWilson on June 28, 2016, 01:32:25 PM

Nice going John  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: 



Rob

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: John Rudd on June 28, 2016, 01:57:42 PM

To be honest, I was quite thrilled at seeing it run for the first time.....

The kit itself was quite easy to out together, although the brass sheetwork presented a challenge to my 'tin bashing skills' but it does adequately demonstrate the principles of thermodynamics very well for education purposes..

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: vtsteam on July 26, 2016, 08:13:37 PM

Just catching up on some threads here -- cool, John! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Title: Re: First completed steam set
Post by: John Rudd on July 26, 2016, 08:30:25 PM

Thanks for the great comment.....currently sat at Singapore airport waiting on my flight to Melbourne so wont be doing a lot for the next few weeks