[modeleng] Re: Model Engineer's Traction Engine
- From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:07:27 +0100 (BST)
Wasn't that book written by Greenly, but updated by Steel?
Yours,
Rich.
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Allen Messer wrote:
> 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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