[modeleng] Re: Model Engineer's Traction Engine
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 05:38:22 -0700 (PDT)
Is this the same Mr. Steel that wrote the book on
"Model Engineering---" a nember of years ago? I had a
copy once and it was a very good book--lots of reasons
"why" we do things as we do them in ME.
Al Messer
--- Steam <steam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: "Model Engineering List - Latest"
> <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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