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Thread ID: 139281	2015-04-06 03:15:00	Steam Engines	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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1398105	2015-04-07 03:39:00	The hardest bit is probably the fact it likely uses BA nuts and bolts / screws. It may well have been a modelling magazine project in many episodes and would be one of the very few ever completed out of thousands that were started. (/guess) I know. We had to get him some more in the '80s. Old Telephone exchanges were handy for that. It wasn't a kit or anything. he had some kind of engineering job in England, when they moved to NZ he had a garage (repair) business for a while . He tinkered. He had a workshop out back......us kids used to go out there with him and watch all these amazing things.... He had loads of model boats, most smaller as I remember....some sailboats (not sure if they were powered with bombs as well or not) Possibly, he had 3 fingers and a thumb on one hand.....one of the tinkering episodes.... This was just the one that went on and on forever, the one he was perfecting or maybe stalling.... At the end he couldn't see well, he got glaucoma hence possibly it's state.	pctek (84)
1398106	2015-04-08 07:14:00	This is an amazing bit of craftsmanship. The detail of the steam engine is amazing. The fuel tank would have contained kerosene or white spirits and pressurized. The blow lamp would probably be pre-heated with meths, but if using white spirits it would probably be unnecessary. The boiler is wrapped in an insulating material, probably asbestos, to keep the heat in and protect the woodwork. There is a steam pressure gauge on the boiler. You might ask the Museum of Technology in Auckland if they have anything like it. It would be interesting to attach the steam engine to a car tyre and see how it runs!	mzee (3324)
1398107	2015-04-08 08:47:00	If you get stuck for BA nuts or bolts let's know what you want. I used to have bottles full of them. For those wondering what we're talking about HERE (en.wikipedia.org).	B.M. (505)
1398108	2015-04-08 20:12:00	This is an amazing bit of craftsmanship. The detail of the steam engine is amazing. The fuel tank would have contained kerosene or white spirits and pressurized. The blow lamp would probably be pre-heated with meths, but if using white spirits it would probably be unnecessary. The boiler is wrapped in an insulating material, probably asbestos, to keep the heat in and protect the woodwork. There is a steam pressure gauge on the boiler. You might ask the Museum of Technology in Auckland if they have anything like it. It would be interesting to attach the steam engine to a car tyre and see how it runs! Well, it needs a bit of attention..... And the process to start it before you can sail it...can't see son doing it, technically it's his. So I have it on Trademe.....going to sell it.	pctek (84)
1398109	2015-04-08 23:25:00	Pity to sell it. It is a piece of family history. If it was mine I wouldn't attempt to sail it. I would place it on a stand and connect it to a source of compressed air so it could be run, just as it would on steam, just as a show piece.	mzee (3324)
1398110	2015-04-09 01:46:00	Pity to sell it. It is a piece of family history. If it was mine ... I would place it on a stand.. Yes. But, it sat in a box for around 14 years. Pity if it sat there doing nothing again. Better it goes to someone who wants to play around with it like my Granddad did. And it has. He'd be pleased with that. My son won't, and really it's his boat, not mine as such. I have other things....clocks for instance. And it looks as if I may end up with the grandfather clock now too....at least I know how to attend to one of those.	pctek (84)
1398111	2015-04-09 07:09:00	Definitely the way to go, let an enthusiast worry about it.	Cicero (40)
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