2008/10/21 Steve Kemp <steve@???>:
> 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
OK, you've got me: what do you use to make the cylinder?
Peter
