anyoldiron Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Been dicking around with my hit and miss engines 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted June 5, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 5, 2016 wow they're fantastic what were they used for? what are the open tanks...cooling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted June 6, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2016 love the stationary engines, used to visit steam fairs at Chassen and there's loads of them all singing away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyoldiron Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Yes very rudimentary radiators, but do the job. They powered everything and anything from log splitters, to milking machines, to generators etc etc Here is the last evolution of the hit and miss engine, with a very basic throttle control 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted June 6, 2016 Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2016 Great stuff I love this kind of thing, so they didn't have radiators per-se, they just lose heat through the sides of the tank and the surface of the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Still do a lot of steam shows with my old man (he builds and exhibits miniature steam engines, i drink beer and rumage through the autojumble) Got a Stuart Turner R1M to go in my boat if you fancy lending a hand?... cant get it to spark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 SUPERB. i used to work a cement mixer [1970"s] with a water cooled petrol engine, had to top up the water now & again , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyoldiron Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 3 hours ago, wild foamy said: Still do a lot of steam shows with my old man (he builds and exhibits miniature steam engines, i drink beer and rumage through the autojumble) Got a Stuart Turner R1M to go in my boat if you fancy lending a hand?... cant get it to spark To be honest Foamy im a bit of a novice at this, this is where i go when im stuck ( which is alot) http://www.smokstak.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5 these guys know everything. As for me near anything with steam could prove fatal to my bank account, i mean, whats not to love about steam engines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Ah it isnt steam though, it's a two stroke single cylinder marine engine... all of around 1.5hp! i'll post up a snap when im back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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