steam power

[moggiethouable]

A neat way to generate electricity[frame][/frame]

[mike.perry]

"Hello this is my first posting. I have just finished at college and have bought several large boxes which I am told contain all the necessary parts to rebuild a traction engine. I have never rebuilt anything so I am looking for advice on which box to open first"

[moggiethouable]

I hope thats a model traction engine
Which box to open first?...................There is a theoretical link here to Schroedingers cat theory, as long as the boxes remain closed the traction engine exists, if you open the box and nothing appears...............?
I would open the heaviest box, that is sure to contain the most interesting component parts.

[MarkyB]

The box you keep your money in?

[mike.perry]

Thankyou for your advice, I have opened the box and found some lumps of black rock and a bucket of water

[irmscher]

There is an actual steam powered Minor i think its on youtube it was for sale last year

[mike.perry]

What is the law about wearing seat belts whilst stoking the boiler at 40 mph in a steam powered Morris Minor???????????

[ASL642]

You must wear gloves!

[Matt]

Thats a nice showmans engine

Prestons of Potto seem to be doing the haulage of gantry sections for the roadworks on the M1 at the moment

[IaininTenbury]

There is an actual steam powered Minor i think its on youtube it was for sale last year

Oh eck, missed it again. I wanted this so much when it appeared at an auction in Cambridgeshire, ooh, probably about ten years back now and circumstances weren't right then (skint and already too many cars). I'm assuming its the same one a blue pickup with the A series engine block used as the basis for the steam engine and an oil fueled boiler in the back...
Surely there isn't more of them....

[irmscher]

It was the same one Iain i think its on youtube or maybe google it .