"Rushforth"
Hi She's based on "Panatela" but 5' wide x 25' She just touched the water for the first time...sans boiler http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/mcandrew1894/?action=view&current=P1010214.jpg http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/mcandrew1894/?action=view&current=P1010031.jpg http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/mcandrew1894/?action=view&current=DYNO2.jpg http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/mcandrew1894/?action=view&current=P-1.jpg http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/mcandrew1894/?action=view&current=P1010216.jpg Boiler is almost done...then it's time to put it all together! Regards, Dave

It's a nice looking engine. could you give us some details?

engine
Thank you for the kind comments. She is obviously a compound. 1.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 Inside admission on HP and outside on the LP stephenson valve gear with box links Piston valves 2 HP @ 600 rpm w / 160 psi She"ll go up to 1800 rpm if you let her. I designed and built her myself with only the cylinder blocks and the standards as castings ( my patterns) The rest of the engine is bar stock. She has a "Seabury" style receiver plumbing that is through bolted and sealed on a face seal. This allows for thermal expansion. The engine is lagged in brass. Dave

Thanks for the dimensions. What results did you get when you put it on the brake? Edward

Brake Results
The steam was quite wet as it was at the end of a 20 foot long steam table. At 80 psig ( all the boiler would do) and 600 rpm I got 0.75 BHP. My boiler is capable of 150...160 to lift the safety, and If I am dryer than the -*test*-('")....which I should be, and using a condensor, which wasn't used in the -*test*-('"), I should come close to 2 BHP @600 rpm She is capable of higher speed, but 600 was the design speed. Dave