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This is a picture of my latest project, finished
on November 28th, 1999. The model is a 1/8th scale model of a 1906 STANLEY STEAMER. It has already been a world traveler, since it began it's life in Holland. Construction began sometime around 1982. A fellow collector brought it to the USA along with the original plans which were in Dutch. The wheels, frame, suspension, steering wheel, and front seat bottom (water tank) along with the engine (two cylinder with reverse gear) were finished. I purchased the model in August, 1999. |
| This is a picture of the gas burner for the
boiler. It is the only part on the entire model that was not scratch built. An e-mail friend that lives in Holland translated all the words that I could not figure-out. The only word he could not translate from the plans was "Bleuet" I found out later that it was the brand name of the burner. That would be like asking someone to translate the word "Pepsi". I want to thank my e-mail friend for his help. Thank you very much Martijn. |
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This picture represents about a month of work. The hood had to have louvers pressed in on three sides. The rear seat houses the tank for the butane fuel. Construction is mostly out of .025 thick brass. The boiler is a nine tube vertical and has two feed pumps, one driven from the engine cross-head, and the other a hand operated pump. There are three hand valves, One is for the gas burner, one is for a water pump by-pass, and the last one acts as a throttle. On original Stanleys some boilers had 900 tubes to help heat the water rapidly. |
| This view looks down into the interior. Just ahead of the steering wheel is the pressure gauge (I lied, I did not make that either). The tuffed seats were the hardest thing for me to make, I am a metal "kinda guy" but they turned out pretty nice. |
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Here is a view of the completed model. It runs on 40 psi steam pressure. The original 1906 Stanley racer set a land speed record of 127 MPH at Datona Beach. The model is 19 inches long and 9 inches wide and weighs about 15 pounds. |
| This picture is a salesman's sample of a WATER TURBINE. In the old days, Grist Mills (facilities to grind grain) were operated by water wheels. The water turbine was the latest invention of the time to up-date aging mills. Similar designs are still used in hydro-electric generating plants. Salesman's samples were common in the old days to give a customer a chance to see a fully functional scale model of what is being offered. These days a good meal and a little "nip of gin" is about all that is offered to help sway a potential customer. |
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