On Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 13:49:10 +0100, Wayne Lee wrote:
> > At one point I was using a steam engine to open my curtains, but
> > more for novelty than for practicality.
>
> Some people have far too much spare time.
I was challenged to demonstrate that my collection of engines
were useful in some fashion!
Mind I've spent about three weeks on a project to construct, from
scratch, a wooden beam engine. That's very labour intensive. For
example it took me about five hours to make a single spoked wheel:
http://www.steve.org.uk/Images/2008/09/wheel.jpg
I'm hoping it'll be finished by this time next year, but I'll
not be surprised if it takes far longer..
Steve
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