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Building a Portable Steam Engine: A Guide for Model Engineers
Tony Webster
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Description for Building a Portable Steam Engine: A Guide for Model Engineers
Hardcover. Describes the construction of a model of the Lampitt portable steam engine, which dates back to 1862, and which provided rotative power to drive threshing machines, circular saws, feed mills and other farm machinery. Num Pages: 128 pages, 142 colour photographs. BIC Classification: TGBN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 654.
This practical, instructional book describes the construction of a model of the Lampitt portable steam engine, which dates back to 1862, and which provided rotative power to drive threshing machines, circular saws, feed mills and other farm machinery. The construction of every component is described in precise detail and the text is supported by many helpful step-by-step photographs. In addition, useful advice is provided about obtaining materials and about the tools that are required to equip a model-engineering workshop. Accordingly, the information provided in this fascinating book will enable the reader to construct not only the Lampitt ... Read more
This practical, instructional book describes the construction of a model of the Lampitt portable steam engine, which dates back to 1862, and which provided rotative power to drive threshing machines, circular saws, feed mills and other farm machinery. The construction of every component is described in precise detail and the text is supported by many helpful step-by-step photographs. In addition, useful advice is provided about obtaining materials and about the tools that are required to equip a model-engineering workshop. Accordingly, the information provided in this fascinating book will enable the reader to construct not only the Lampitt ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Crowood Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847978653
SKU
V9781847978653
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Tony Webster
Tony Webster worked for many years as a fully trained agricultural engineer before teaching design and technology in secondary schools. His model engineering started in 1978 with the construction of a model traction engine in the scale of two inches to the foot. This engine was run for fourteen years at many traction engine rallies, and model rallies, ... Read more
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