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Originally Posted by alval
Nice work and castings, if they go back forty years the castings are worth a fortune now. Buying castings is still a bit rich for me, so I make mine from bar stock. The rest of my time has been fixing the little things that have been annoying me in my workshop for years but have'nt had the time or will to do before, probably got enough to last for quite a while unfortunately.
Al
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Great little project you've got there Alan, a lot of thought and planning has gone into your design I'll bet. Fabricating is very satisfying as you can often find bits of old stock to make various projects instead of buying expensive castings. Most of my castings are Stuart Turner bought back when they were affordable. My pic of the vertical twin steam engine is their Swan double acting marine engine 2 1/4" bore x 2" stroke producing around 3hp. I still have to fabricate a lot of parts including the reversing gear. I am also making a Stuart Turner Cygnet engine which is the same as the Swan but only a single cylinder version. This is shown in the earlier pic with the painted red crankshaft which I fully fabricated. As you say we probably have enough in the way of projects to last a good while. I've attached a pic of what the completed "Swan" engine should look like when completed.