3" Burrell Traction Engine build.

 Welland steam Show 2023 Report..... Welland Steam Show (Upton-upon-Severn July 28th-30th  2023). The show as usual was well attended. I'm happy to report the numbers looked better than perhaps some of the traders were expecting. Maybe the cancelled years, due to Covid, have inspired the next generation of Model Engineers. It certainly looked like there was no shortage of money changing hands for tools.  The show boasted 37 miniatures and 99 full size engines, along with a huge number of commercials, cars, bikes, tanks and military vehicles and displays. This time again, like last year there was the heavy haulage arena, which was fascinating to watch, as long as you could keep the coal ash out of your eyes :-)  I can imagine the rising fuel costs to move large machines, but this has not stopped them from attending this year. Thank you to all the organisers and engine owners, both big and small another fab year!! I actually spent quite some time there wandering about,...

  3" Burrell Steering Part 3a and spectacle plate (Continued)... Background story. If you are have been following my posts, or have just landed on this page by accident here is a brief intro to what this is all about. I'm Stephen and I am currently building my second traction engine. The first engine was a 1" Minnie that I completed a few years ago, and I'm happy to say it runs well and I do steam it every month or so to make the most of it and the 12 years it took to make. I did say I wouldn't build another one, however the Minnie is small and not capable of hauling on a rally field, it is difficult to keep in steam for more than a few hours and need constant attention to the water and fire otherwise it will go out in a flash. Then a major pandemic hit, and I had been looking at various drawings to see what I could understand, what castings were available and at what cost. I finally decided, just before the 4 year Covid holiday started, to look at building a 3...

  3" Burrell Steering Part 3 and spectacle plate. If you have been following so far we still have the hot weather with us, making it difficult to focus in the workshop. However on a steam related note it was the usual Kinver Model engineering open day on fathers day, so as a tradition we normally go along and support.  Kinver Model Engineers open day 18/6/23 Back to the steering in question, the lower bracket fits where it touches, mainly all over the worm wheel. (See Photo). I've unfortunately  drilled the mounting holes without actually checking first, and the top mounting hole is not even on the steel plate. The last few week have been studying others peoples photo's and trying to work out how best to modify the bracket with as little deviation from the original design or trying to resemble something close to the real thing. (Bottom left). Also thanks to Traction Talk another builder reached out to me and sent us a photo of his modification to sort his. (Thanks Del)....