Unseizing a Beam Engine PART 3

Continued from p.663 M.E.4755 November 1 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. To remove the entablature I had first to carefully disconnect the parallel motion's radius rods. Once they were off, the main links (the droplinks that connect the piston rod, through the crosshead to the beam end bearings) could come off. I didn't have to remove the back links (the pair of droplinks closer to the beam centre) but I did remove and bag the beam centre bearing caps which enabled me now to swing the beam out of the way and liberate some working space. This would confirm whether anything else was stuckski. Luckily, nothing was. As…

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