Burrell Traction Engine
by John
Castings for Burrell steam traction engine.
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Wow, a jigsaw where the pieces don’t fit!
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I bought these Burrell Traction Engine castings and parts off ebay recently, because they were cheap, and my triple expansion engine castings still have not arrived!
The traction engine is 1.5″ scale, and the finished model will be about 500mm long.
The complex copper sheet part in the middle of the back row has been partly riveted and soldered. The sheet steel parts on the right hand side have had some of the fittings bolted to it. I am guessing that 95% of the build is yet to happen.
There were no plans, but Kelly Mayberry at EJ Winter has a 1.5″ Burrell in his catalogue , so I have purchased those plans hoping that they will suit. Kelly tells me that the Burrell is a fairly difficult build, so that is a challenge.
There are hundreds of rivets in this engine, so riveting will be a new skill to acquire.
22 July 2014. The plans have arrived, 9 sheets of them. Like all plans, the initial browse showed a daunting mass of detail. Some of the sheets have imperial measurements, so first task is to convert those to metric. The boiler particulars were upgraded to modern approved standards a few years ago, so they at lest are already metric.
The next task is to get the plans laminated, so they remain readable in the dirty workshop environment.
Then to starting the fun bit… the machining…..
There are many such models, working, on U Tube, and worth a look.
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hi there is it possible to get a copy of your drawings as I have acquired a 1.5 burrell scc but are unable to find the technical drawings to Finnish it marsons@live.co.uk
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are you’re drawings for the burrell by a.j.every many thanks mark
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Hi, I have searched for those plans, and I have found the laminated version, but not any electronic files. I can send the laminated plans, for the postage cost , plus a bit for the lamination, but I think that would be pretty expensive, and the plans might not be appropriate for your castings and parts.. I think that you would be better off looking for some plans closer to home.
Let me know if you want mine. I estimate that it would be close to 100 pounds.
John.
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thanks for the reply so who are your drawings by I just need the drawings for the back wheels mainly but would be good to have a copy of them all where in the world are you I’m in East Yorkshire uk
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