Unseizing a Beam Engine PART 5

Continued from p.757 M.E.4757 November 29 SMEE This series is a transcript of a talk given to the Engine Builder's Group at the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (SMEE) in May 2024. The next step would be, at last, to see if the piston could be pushed out. I'd be having the cylinder inverted for this because there was less distance to push the piston as it was close to the top of its stroke when it seized up. I decided to make a tool for this, in the form of a steel rod to act as a sort of punch. I had no idea what could happen if I was to push it downwards; it might get permanently stuck. Too risky and totally unnecessary. My steel rod would…

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