[modeleng] Re: Stuart 6A
- From: Terry Lane <tel.47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:43:12 +1000
Fabrication is your friend! Build up cylinder blocks are an interesting
exercise and every bit as good as a cast one.
On 4/09/2012 11:44 PM, Chris Crosskey wrote:
> Has anyone here ever built the Stuart 6A? Opinions on doing it with a Myford
> ML7 and a mid-sized horizontal/vertical milling machine?
>
> I'm considering one as a motor for my boat project (12" to the foot
> paddlewheel launch). I was also wondering about basically co-opting its
> design and building without castings, opinions sought on that too.
>
> Reason for going for it is that it's an established design so info available
> on power output and steam consumption, but the castings are rather expensive
> and I do have lots of bits of biggish stock kicking around that I could use.
> Push comes to shove I might have to buy the cylinder block or else come up
> with a way of doing castings at home...
>
> Chris
>
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