Another Machinist's Model of a Steam Engine.
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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.
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@Dave-R super slick modeling as is your usual. Curious what is the vintage of this mechanical marvel ?
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@tuna1957 Thank you. Shapers were fairly common in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are still some in use today, though.
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Top notch modeling!
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I concur with the sentiments ^. Cracking.
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Thank you gentlemen.
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You probably won't believe it but here's another little steam engine. This is a 2-cylinder engine driving a duplex water pump.
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Very compact mechanical marvel there. Pukka.
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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!
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A twin cylinder steam powered donut delievery device? That would be cool.
In the meantime here's an idler sprocket for #40 roller chain.
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Top notch work!
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They always are mate.
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Thank you!.
Here's an animation I did as an experiment with scenes, native materials, and Vray.
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What happens when you push the button?
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Another Kipling, I wonder if a little flag pops up with the word 'Bang' on it?
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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.
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For scale the flywheel is 166mm dia. -
Most times when I see your models Jules Vern come to my mind
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@L-i-am I can certainly see that with this model.
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