2008/10/21 Peter Salisbury <peterthevicar@???>:
> 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?
I want to see the whole thing. Are you going to document the build?
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Philip Stubbs
