I and my son Ben have purchased and built several Graham engine kits. they go together very nicely and made very nice little engines. they are quite basic as you would expect from their price tag. So the next question was what to do with them.
As the kits do not include boilers, that was the first order of business. the type of boiler is dictated by how the engine would be used. as we have three different engines, three different projects await our attention.
I built a two cylinder engine first with plans for a tugboat. It got a gas fired horizontal boiler.
Ben and I each built single cilinder engines. We decided they would make serviceable logging engines and should have vertical boilers spirit fired.
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We plan to make little "shop built" logging engines. they will be quirky by design. Ben wants "Monkey Motion" or connection rods. His larger single cilinder engine and bigger boiler hint at 7/8" scale so we have thought to make big wheels possibly with curved spokes just for fun!
What have you guys done? I would like to see some other Graham engine Projects.
As the kits do not include boilers, that was the first order of business. the type of boiler is dictated by how the engine would be used. as we have three different engines, three different projects await our attention.
I built a two cylinder engine first with plans for a tugboat. It got a gas fired horizontal boiler.
Ben and I each built single cilinder engines. We decided they would make serviceable logging engines and should have vertical boilers spirit fired.
We plan to make little "shop built" logging engines. they will be quirky by design. Ben wants "Monkey Motion" or connection rods. His larger single cilinder engine and bigger boiler hint at 7/8" scale so we have thought to make big wheels possibly with curved spokes just for fun!
What have you guys done? I would like to see some other Graham engine Projects.
