Unseizing a Beam Engine PART 4

Continued from p.722 M.E.4756 November 15 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. There are two ways of bolting the cylinder onto an ME Beam's bedplate. Brave souls try to use small headed nuts that can be accessible from above the cylinder's lower flange but most builders bolt it on from underneath using bolts or studs and nuts, which is what Mr. Evans did back in 1981. This was also common practice on full sized engines. This is a heavy model to turn over in order to get to those studs, but having chosen to use studs, it would actually make reassembly easier later on. This is because I could…

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