Mamod SP6 stationary steam engine
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that engine is saying,cut me loose! cut me loose!. Well thats what I'm saying to it.
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... simply great.
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cool! i have one like this. i live in australia. anyone now where to buy the tablets that u burn from?
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I have finally bought the sp6 and i have to say its pretty amazing, the speed is astonishing.
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thanks for the info.. Im getting one in the next few weeks from forest classics
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how does the engine reverse
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hi peter just wondering if you get the same on the sp6 engine ive got.. at the end of a stroke the piston rod seems to jolt very slightly and also when starting a stroke?
NUKEMTWICE 4 years ago
Not sure what is causing this since I have never had the cylinder apart. There will be a small amount of slack on the small end of the connecting rod (i.e. the joint between the connecting rod and the piston rod). This may be causing the "jolt" but that is not a problem. Always remember to keep all of the linkage lubricated whenever operating your engine.
peterlongfils 4 years ago
is it possible to stop the engine when the connecting rod is at the bottom of the flywheel (AT about 8 SECONDS ON THE VIDEO) then open the steam valve so the piston is then pushed the opposite way?????
NUKEMTWICE 4 years ago
Because it is fitted with a slip eccentric you need to stop the flywheel and then turn it through at least 180 degrees in the opposite direction to reverse the engine.
peterlongfils 4 years ago
Does the steam exhaust to the chimney on the SP6? On the new Centurian traction engine it just exhausts from a hole at the bottom of the valve chest, but the hole is tapped to take a 1/8th pipe.
ogwen040 4 years ago
The SP6 exhausts in the same way through the bottom of the valve chest - the new Mamod loco does the same. I had considered adding pipework to carry the exhaust steam to the chimney but wasn't happy with drilling parts of the original metal-work so I left it as supplied.
peterlongfils 4 years ago