Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.

[Dave R]

Thank you gentlemen.

[Dave R]

Not a steam engine this time. Instead this is a machinist's model of a shaper. The top part reciprocates forward and back pushing a cutter over the work clamped in the vise. As the machine cycles the table with the vise on it increments to the side after each stroke.

[tuna1957]

@Dave-R super slick modeling as is your usual. Curious what is the vintage of this mechanical marvel ?

[Dave R]

@tuna1957 Thank you. Shapers were fairly common in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are still some in use today, though.

[Bryan K]

Top notch modeling!

[Mike Amos]

I concur with the sentiments ^. Cracking.

[Dave R]

Thank you gentlemen.

[Dave R]

You probably won't believe it but here's another little steam engine. This is a 2-cylinder engine driving a duplex water pump.

[Mike Amos]

Very compact mechanical marvel there. Pukka.

[Rich O Brien]

If you hadn't mention what it was I would've guessed it was this...

At least I now know what it is you are building!

[Dave R]

A twin cylinder steam powered donut delievery device? That would be cool.

In the meantime here's an idler sprocket for #40 roller chain.

[Bryan K]

Top notch work!

[Mike Amos]

They always are mate.

[Dave R]

Thank you!.

Here's an animation I did as an experiment with scenes, native materials, and Vray.

Footplate Animation2.mp4

[Dave R]

[Rich O Brien]

What happens when you push the button?

[Mike Amos]

Another Kipling, I wonder if a little flag pops up with the word 'Bang' on it?

[Dave R]

BANG! :

Actually that's the cap for the fuel tank. It's supposed to have knurling on it but I was getting bored. There's a nother cap on top of the boiler for adding water that needs the knurling and I have to add a spring and some other details.

[Dave R]

For scale the flywheel is 166mm dia.

[L i am]

Most times when I see your models Jules Vern come to my mind