Sold September 2020 Back to Archive

An impressive Stuart steam plant, comprising a spirit-fired 501 boiler with hand pump and reservoir, coupled to a 10V vertical engine and 10H horizontal engine, the former driving a dynamo, the latter lineshafting which in turns powers a circular saw bench.

Both engine are fitted with displacement lubricators, pipework has been formed and fitted to a high standard (we particularly liked the siamesed exhaust pipes with bolted up flanged joint feeding into the base of the chimney).

The whole plant is mounted on a milled aluminium plate, atop a wooden base with glass case cover.

Under steam in the workshop this afternoon the engines run well, the boiler easily able to keep up with both - there's a clip of it here. The saw bench is fitted with a small slitting saw - looks authentic and makes a good job of cutting through cardboard - you do need to keep your fingers out of it though...

The drive belts originally fitted were somewhat perished, we've made and fitted new ones. The 10V drives a dynamo which, off load, produces about 2 to 3 volts.