Elmers #5 geared engine

[GaryK]

This will be the second steam engine I have built.

Here is a video of what the completed engine will looks similar to.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sn1-caqvfE[/ame]

They modified the original design. I may also make changes from the original.

I will post picture as I go along.

Gary

 

[weez]

This engine is on my list of engines I would like to make. Have you purchased the gears yet? When looking for them I was kind of surprised at how expensive they are. I think the internal gear is about $75. I am sure I will eventually buy them as this is such an interesting looking engine. Good luck on your build. I will be following.

 

[GaryK]

This engine is on my list of engines I would like to make. Have you purchased the gears yet? When looking for them I was kind of surprised at how expensive they are. I think the internal gear is about $75. I am sure I will eventually buy them as this is such an interesting looking engine. Good luck on your build. I will be following.

Yes, I have the gears. I bought them both from Amazon and applied for their credit card at the same time so I got them both for $51. It will be the last time I use the card though.

Now that I have the internal gear I will use it as a master to make more.

Gary

 

[GaryK]

Here is my start. I have all the material for the mill all roughed and ready to be taken to size.

I will do the lathe parts later.

Gary

 

[aarggh]

That looks like a great engine to build Gary, I'll enjoy watching this one.

cheers, Ian

 

[GaryK]

Here's the work I got done tonight. I started with the steam chest. I originally started with a piece of rectangular stock then I thought round would be a lot better. Waste a little more material but a lot easier to make.

All's that left to do is some holes and remove material from the cavity in the center and the that's it

Gary

 

[GaryK]

I haven't been able to work out the shop lately, but I did today and got a lot done.
Most of the mill work for the flat parts. All the material brought to size and drilled all the holes.

I didn't want to bore you guys with all the little details that I am sure you have seen many times before.

I just need to mount the rotary table on the mill and do some work with it. I want to make sure everything
that needs the rotary table is ready before I mount it. That way I can leave it mounted while I work on
the lathe getting more parts ready for it.

Gary

 

[GaryK]

Made some progress. Just 2 more parts to go. 1 actually since I just need to add holes to the Internal Gear. The flywheel is the last part. I had a bar of 3" so I will be making it from brass.

From my trail fit of everything it looks like there will be a bit of tweaking. Everything is dead on, but it would seem that it still needs some work.

Next time I hope to post a video of it running.

Gary

 

[Inky Engines]

Gary

This is looking really good - if you've followed Elmer's instructions relating to orientation and alignment of the gears it should be up and running in no time.

Kind regards

Geoff at Inky Engines

 

[dreeves]

Gary, If you do make more internal ring gears Im in the market for one. I have the engine built to that point and fell over when I priced the gear.

Dave

 

[GaryK]

It's working. Here is the video I promised:

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTAUUonZPhs[/ame]

I just have some cleaning up to do. On to the next project!

And here are some pics of the engine:

 

[johnmcc69]

Very nice!

 

[Wagon173]

Very cool! Once I'm hip to making gears I may think about this one. How long was your build?

 

[vascon2196]

Wow...your geared engine looks amazing. I built this engine a few years back and it still draws a crowd at the shows. Mine does not look as good as that one though...great job!