Quote from: Eddy MatthewsBut it looks like a work of art and runs like a Rolls Royce. What more could I ask for? :-)

I am totally agree with you as I also have some experience with MH&B products.
A photo  of a very rare MH&B engine (with scotch yoke or a slide crank)  It was also a double cylinder version of this engine.

:idea:  Aha! Scotch Yoke! That's Towboat Joe's Pitman Arm propulsion arrangement in the Verity! (sound of penny dropping; vision of fog clearing).  :idea:

Wisht I'd had a bit of metalshop and engineering training in my youth - wld have made a huge difference. :

Wisht I'd had a bit of metalshop and engineering training in my youth - wld have made a huge difference.
The only Time it's too late to take training is when they put the final nail in , until then you should keep trying to learn new skills
Regards,
Gerald

Hi PD's - Eddie - I am stumped with the number of lagged steam pipes on your MH&B engine - in snap DSCF0056 I see the following [when comparing to a clock face]

1) HP main steam line + red valve from 11.00 to 5.00 connecting to the engine rotary steam regulator valve mounted on the steam inlet manifold
2) LP main steam exhaust line running parallel to above from the exhaust steam manifold to the oily water seperator
3) you also have a LP bypass line from the steam regulator valve to the LP exhaust maifold - [I don't understand this line]
4) HP you also have another short line + red valve from 11.00 to 2.00, however the valve appears to be on a T [I am unsure of what this supply is used for]

I am also a little stumped in how the oily water seperators can drop the suspended oil out from the exhaust steam, then let clean steam escape to atmosphere :?:  :?: - if I can understand this I will build my own oily water seperator [it is not a pressure vessel] modeled on the MH&B design as all of the currently marketed versions appear to a very plain looking cylinderical chamber with three fixed tubular standpipes to be connected to silicone tubes which naturally looks a bit 21st century when I am trying to create a vision of yesteryear

The train people have it good - the oily steam condensate is sprayed straight onto the tracks to stop them rusting - I don't understand why we cannot pipe the same oily steam condensate into the spent heat path in the chimney :?: -  Derek

Rather than trying to explain it in words, I'll connect the engine to the boiler and take some more photos Derek - That should then explain most things...

I'll try to get that done later today, but no promises....

Okay, here ya go....

Very good photos of a very nice power plant!  

Regards,
Engineman

Eddy  Are you aware that the steam plant was desigend for a AUSTRALIAN PS called
Lucinda But with time and commitments it was canceled with only the engines being made

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/heritage_places/maritime_history/other_wrecked_ships/#gen1


Peter

I didn't know about the Lucinda Peter - What a shame MH&B didn't put it into production, it would have been a lovely model, but no doubt well outside my price range!

Would it be possible to see a video of this MH&B paddler engine running?

Quote from: kno3 on November 15, 2010, 07:54:47 AM
Would it be possible to see a video of this MH&B paddler engine running?

I'm afraid not, I sold the plant some time ago.... I got an offer I couldn't refuse

Regards
Eddy

Then please pass on the question to the new owner