INJECTION of INSPIRATION
by John
Today I visited a fellow member of our local model engineering club, Hamish L. The models he has built in his 4-5 years of model engineering just about blew me away.
Vertical boiler, twin cylinder engine, condensing tank, and boiler pump.
Hamish is well into building a 2″ scale Burrell Traction Engine
The slide valve is completed. The base of the valve and ports could almost be used as a mirror. Many many hours of polishing there.
The steering gears were pre-machined.
The rubber tyres were vulcanised to the rims by a company in Queensland. The spokes were laser cut. The rivets are actually bolts with nuts, disguised to look like rivets. Very clever.
Forget what this is, but it is substantially machined. Some finishing required.
Fantastic attention to detail.
Hamish is building this traction engine, to entertain his grandchildren (and probably infect them with the “Model engineering virus”. It certainly inspires me.
johnsmachines 
Thanks for showing some of Hamish’s work. It is always good to see what others are creating. Meanwhile I shall keep attempting to make the bobber do something other than sit there. So far I have had no failures but at least three attempts that I now know don’t work – at least not for me.
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Including mine (not working). I could use some ceramic balls.
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