{"id":327,"date":"2024-06-25T00:09:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2024-06-25T00:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T23:17:36","slug":"stationary-steam-engine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/projects\/stationary-steam-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Stationary Steam Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the reasons I bought the lathe and mill (see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/interests\/metalwork\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/interests\/metalwork\/\">Metalwork <\/a>page) is so that I can do some model engineering. I decided that I would like to build a working version of a stationary steam engine. These were used mostly in the 19th century to power factories, mills and pumps (see the Wikipedia article: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stationary_steam_engine\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stationary_steam_engine\">Stationary Steam Engine<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/se-transformed-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328\" style=\"width:634px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/se-transformed-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/se-transformed-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/se-transformed-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/se-transformed.jpeg 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love steam engines, and am always impressed by the large steam engine at the Science Museum in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steam Engine, Science Museum, London.\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRYSjMsnIt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My approach to this project was very ambitious, as I chose not buy a kit or use any existing blueprints.I designed this from scratch. It is therefore not a replica of anything that exists or existed, but I wantedit to have the same look and feel of steam engines of that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stuart Twin Victoria Live Stream Twin Mill Engine\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NRpWzB7yO2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sketchfab-embed-wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stationary Steam Engine\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; xr-spatial-tracking\" xr-spatial-tracking execution-while-out-of-viewport execution-while-not-rendered web-share width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/3400a6fcb68e40bcb8adbc6337d39d19\/embed\"> <\/iframe> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to machine most of the parts from raw metal, rather than cast parts, including the cylinders. The only parts that are impractical to create myself are the flywheels, due to the size of the steam engine I want to build (the flywheels would be 7 inches in diameter), and because of the design of wheel itself. I have therefore opted for cast iron flywheels, and got these from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdgtools.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rdgtools.co.uk\/\">RGD Tools.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0000-00-19-14-007-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0000-00-19-14-007-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0000-00-19-14-007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0000-00-19-14-007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0000-00-19-14-007-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0000-00-19-14-007-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I will still need to machine them, but the spoke structure and centre hubs are already defined, and just need cleaning up and painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>This project was put on hold due to other priorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2014 One of the reasons I bought the lathe and mill (see my Metalwork page) is so that I can do some model engineering. I decided that I would like to build a working version of a stationary steam engine. These were used mostly in the 19th century to power factories, mills and pumps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/projects\/stationary-steam-engine\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stationary Steam Engine<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":88,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/333"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.russellcarter.co.uk\/archive\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}