Potty

[RogerP]

My rather free interpretation. Needs a bit a of tidying yet and some paint (maybe).

 

[Adam9453]

Looks lovely but what's it for?

 

[blackrodd]

If you've made this, you should go to the front of the class, and possibly stay there!
What lathe and milling machinery do you have?
Although a really good paint job would be good, it looks really nice and functional as it is.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards Rodders

 

[RogerP]

Looks lovely but what's it for?

It's a working model of a steam mill engine.
To power it steam (or in this case compressed air) goes in the little tube, first photo top extreme right.

 

[RogerP]

.....
What lathe and milling machinery do you have?................
Regards Rodders

Thanks Rodders. Pretty basic stuff.
An old Chinese 9x20 lathe which I can also mill on with a home made vertical slide arrangement.
For really tiny milling I also have a Proxxon Micromot BFW 40/E on a vertical stand.

 

[Harbo]

Nice work

Rod

 

[RobinBHM]

Looks lovely but what's it for?

It's a working model of a steam mill engine.
To power it steam (or in this case compressed air) goes in the little tube, first photo top extreme right.

I thought it was a sharpening jig.......

 

[Woodchips2]

Looks a lovely piece of work Roger, well done =D> =D> =D>

Roughly how many hours has it taken you?

Regards Keith

 

[RogerP]

I thought it was a sharpening jig.......

None of that "sharpening" here please - it's causing enough hissing and flouncing on another current thread. :roll:

 

[RogerP]

Looks a lovely piece of work Roger, well done =D> =D> =D>
Roughly how many hours has it taken you?
Keith

Difficult to say Keith as I did it in between other stuff but probably whole of one day in all, an hour here and an hour there over a couple of weeks Took me ages getting it to run through some timing mistakes I made.

 

[AJB Temple]

If that is basic, I am using a different dictionary! Very nice. How big is it - hard to judge scale from the photos.

 

[RogerP]

............ How big is it - hard to judge scale from the photos.

The aluminium plate it's mounted on is 220mm x 65mm, the brass wheel is 75mm diameter.

 

[Monkey Mark]

Very nice. Love stuff like that. Did you work from plans?

 

[RogerP]

Very nice. Love stuff like that. Did you work from plans?

Thanks. Yes I found some plans but stuff got changed a bit ending up more of a guide.
http://www.vapeuretmodelesavapeur.com/telechargements4/h-potty-mill-engine-09-02-08.pdf

 

[DTR]

Nice =D>

I want to build a Stuart 10V when I get around to it (in about 40 years, probably...)