[modeleng] Re: Model Engineer's Traction Engine
- From: "Steam" <steam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 9:40:05 +0800
In my searches for something else..... I remember reading some of the
articles for the 1" scale traction engine (by Henry Greenly) in some of the
1920's/30's Model Engineer magazines. The club I'm in has a copy of every
M.E. which makes for a hell of a reference library. To make things easy to
find, we also have a almost up-to-date index book (published by someone in
S.Africa I think), which is something thaat I feel EVERY CLUB should
purchase.
But as for castings for the engine...... You may be lucky to find something
similar from other engines.
Oh, Earnest A. Steel was Henry Greenly's son in-law, so that may well be the
same engine..... He did most of the later corrections to Greenly's drawings.
Cheers,
Phill.
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Subject: [modeleng] Re: Model Engineer's Traction Engine
Date: 01/10/04 00:08
Page...
http://www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk/paxman/paxmanTE.htm[1]
....says...
Plans for the 1" to the foot scale traction engine, ...,were published as
a series in 1958 Model Engineer magazines. The drawings
were done by E F Steel, based on a Davey Paxman 7NHP traction engine.
The first of the 1958 Model Engineer articles on this engine has a note
saying the original design was by Henry Greenly. The model shown below may
also have followed the Greenly design but it is not known where that
design was first published.
Yours,
Rich.
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Roger Mason wrote:
>Hi,
>
>A friend of mine has suddenly become enthused with building
>something and dug out from some dim and distant cupboard bits of a 1"
>traction engine that he started many years (actually decades) ago.
>After much grubbing around he has located quite a bit of the engine,
>including the drawings, but he is short of a few castings, things like
>the main cylinder and the water pump.
>
>The details of the engine are: 1" scale, designed by H. Greenly
>in 1933. It is a freelance design, although it is believed to be
>based on a Davey Paxman engine. It was published in M.E. and was known
>as the "ME Engine". I wonder if that was also in 1933?
>
>Does anyone know if castings are still available for this engine,
>and if so, where? He has tried Reeves and they deny all knowledge of it!
>
>If you guys can come up with the answers on this one I might be able
>to persuade him to join the list.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.
>
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