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I've ordered a pair of suitably victorianesque boots from eBay that I think will have enough room for a boiler/furnace based on two small Carnation condensed milk cans. | I've ordered a pair of suitably victorianesque boots from eBay that I think will have enough room for a boiler/furnace based on two small Carnation condensed milk cans. | ||
I've also picked a likely design: http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/category/elmers-32/ | I've also picked a likely engine design: http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/category/elmers-32/ (only upside down) | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 16 February 2011
A hybrid steam engine/steamroller/rollerskate built around a victorian style boot.
Features
- Mill-style steam engine
- Boiler and furnace live inside the boot, with a hinged grille on the heel providing access to the furnace.
- Furnace fuelled by hexamine tablet
- Furnace and boiler made of two tin cans brazed together, with rockwool (should this be steel wool?) nested between to improve heat transfer.
- Combine water inlet with close-fitted weighted cap as safety valve?
- Moving parts live outside the boot.
- Front wheel will be a single roller, connected by forks to the chassis.
- Ideally would attach the fork to chassis with a skate-style "truck".
- Failing that, allow the forks to turn freely and feed a central spoke through the upper of the boot to a steering wheel.
- Back wheels would be fixed to a central shaft and driven by the mill.
Progress
I've ordered a pair of suitably victorianesque boots from eBay that I think will have enough room for a boiler/furnace based on two small Carnation condensed milk cans.
I've also picked a likely engine design: http://start-model-engineering.co.uk/category/elmers-32/ (only upside down)
