Vertical Steam Engine :

This model is a freelance design that was built as a compliment to a similar styled horizontal steam plant that I constructed recently.

I decided to build this model to my own specifications, incorporating many of the features found on a typical steam engine of this style from century or so ago. I have tried to make the model as aesthetic as possible, and where necessary I have replaced realism with visual enhancements!

The engine features many working parts and a few non working dummy parts too. These include a working piston slide, a directional control valve which is just to the left of the crankcase, a spinning centrifugal governor, a cam driven water pump, shown to the right of the crankcase, crankshaft ball races, water injection from the water pump, a water tank with drain off and a top up stand pipe, boiler sight glass behind the flywheel, an inspection hatch above this, a flue damper which is controlled by a remote cable and lever, a firebox with glowing coals, whistle on the top of the boiler and a safety pressure relief valve and various valves and stops.

The base is a hardwood surround from an old wall clock.

Power is provided from a six volt supply, driving a mini Faulhaber gearmotor, mounted within the boiler. The dummy pressure gauge is to show the working pressure of the boiler.