Born in 1964 and was lucky enough to live a few miles away from the county fair grounds, which also hosted an annual Old Threshers Reunion. Whew, I can vividly remember the sights, sounds and smells of live steam the first time my parents took me, must have been 3 or 4. There was a dedicated stationary steam engine building that housed a number of restored engines. My father knew the gentleman who over saw the operation of an engine very similar to the one here. As I grew older I eventually became friends with the guy myself and became his "oiler", lol, for few years during the annual shows. I remember almost becoming hypnotized by the rhythms it made from the hissing exhaust, clicking and clacking of the valve gear to the whooshing and swishing sounds of the connecting rod and flywheel. And then you have the visuals, just watching all that immense weight moving so effortlessly and with such delicate precision is just... just awe inspiring. Watching this little jewel run was such treat. Thank you for sharing.
Southworth took over from Fleet and Peter Southwoth has passed and someone has taken over so you can look up Southworth in the UK and reach out to them.
Beautiful Engine and so many details! Can You tell me, how big the bore / stroke is? Is it korrekt that the regulator opens the steam valve to increase power under load? I have built a steam engine myself but i think the regulator that i´ve made is not the best and so i´m searching for someone who has done this better :-) My engine has 20mm bore, 30mm stroke.
Three years late, but here is a site you can learn a lot from, go to his home page as well and look up his play lists. ruclips.net/video/u_UE7tzSlJQ/видео.html It is: Keith Appleton.
Born in 1964 and was lucky enough to live a few miles away from the county fair grounds, which also hosted an annual Old Threshers Reunion. Whew, I can vividly remember the sights, sounds and smells of live steam the first time my parents took me, must have been 3 or 4. There was a dedicated stationary steam engine building that housed a number of restored engines. My father knew the gentleman who over saw the operation of an engine very similar to the one here. As I grew older I eventually became friends with the guy myself and became his "oiler", lol, for few years during the annual shows. I remember almost becoming hypnotized by the rhythms it made from the hissing exhaust, clicking and clacking of the valve gear to the whooshing and swishing sounds of the connecting rod and flywheel. And then you have the visuals, just watching all that immense weight moving so effortlessly and with such delicate precision is just... just awe inspiring. Watching this little jewel run was such treat. Thank you for sharing.
Phenominal piece!
Incredible patience and skill!
The most fun engine to understand yet so simple
Craftsmanship at its absolute finest . Four years later , but sheer excellence .
Nice machine winner
what a beautiful model.. thanks for sharing!
Totally AWESOME ✅👍😊
Thank you 👍
That's a thing of real beauty!
beautiful engine thanks a lot for sharing
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I would love to build a model of this engine where do you get kits from?
Southworth took over from Fleet and Peter Southwoth has passed and someone has taken over so you can look up Southworth in the UK and reach out to them.
More like a clock than most clocks.
Wat een excellent stukje techniek in een prachtige kleurstelling top !!!
Beautiful Engine and so many details! Can You tell me, how big the bore / stroke is? Is it korrekt that the regulator opens the steam valve to increase power under load?
I have built a steam engine myself but i think the regulator that i´ve made is not the best and so i´m searching for someone who has done this better :-) My engine has 20mm bore, 30mm stroke.
Three years late, but here is a site you can learn a lot from, go to his home page as well and look up his play lists.
ruclips.net/video/u_UE7tzSlJQ/видео.html
It is: Keith Appleton.
Beautiful!!
nice engine
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