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BOYS'
BOOK
OF ENGINE-BUILDING
HOW
TO MAKE STEAM, HOT AIR AND GAS

ENGINES AND HOW THEY WORK, TOLD IN
SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND BY CLEAR PICTURES
BY
A.
FREDERICK ROLLINS
Author of "Design and Construction of Induction Coils,"

"Manual of Wireless," "Keeping Up with Your
Motor Car," "How to Fly," "The Book of
Wireless," "Shooting for Boys," "Inventing for Boys," etc.
With Drawings
by the
Author
BOSTON
SMALL,
MAYNARD AND COMPANY

PUBLISHERS
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Copyright, 1918
By SMALL,
MAYNARD & COMPANY

(incorporated)
may 21 1918
CI.A499047
A WORD TO YOU
I
hope you
boy who
built
will
model engines along in the
out in the Far

place
where
it
terials for his
read these few pages about a

late 7o's
West and at a time when and a

was next to impossible to get ma-
work.
This boy was Bion
J.
most American engineer.
Arnold,
now our
He was
fore-
only thirteen
when he built his first engine and it

worked, too. It was a little horizontal steam
years old
affair about seven inches long,
building
it
in the right
way
and he went about
that
patterns for the chief parts, cast
and put them together with the
is
he made
them
in lead
tools of a kindly
disposed gunsmith.
When
Bion was fourteen, he
built a vertical
steam engine over a foot high and here

his genius
showed
itself again,
is
where
for he used a piece
of old iron pipe for the boiler, a discarded hub
from a wagon wheel for the

from a
valve,
fire-box, a
wheel
which had been thrown away, for
a
;
Word
the flywheel, a gas-cock
You
to
some one had given him
for the throttle valve and, finally, he riveted the

fire-box to the boiler with bolts
forged with his
He
the
own
hands.
built his third engine
main parts of
and he made the
which he had
this
when he was
fifteen
he cast in Babbitt metal
boiler of
inch thick sheet iron
which he hammered into shape and riveted
to-
The
gether at the forge of a genial blacksmith.
heads of this boiler were made of two wooden

disks
and these were
iron rods through
tied in place
by passing four
them and held on with a couple
of nuts.
His next attempt was made when he was
His idea was to build a 2 horse
teen years old.
power engine
to drive the
noble scheme since
wood
in the
six-
it
was
wood saw with
his job to keep
box for the kitchen
fire
enough
but
his
father would have none of either the scheme or
the engine and so both were scraped somewhere
between the time
where
it
it
was concocted and
would have been put
Having been
the place
to work.
so successful in building these
small model engines
young Arnold began
model when he was seventeen, and
this
his last
was a
A Word
You
to
miniature locomotive of the type that was in com-
mon
use on western railroads in 1876, and for
about ten years thereafter.
handiwork
shown
is
picture of his
in the frontispiece of this
book.
He
took the measurements for
it
from the big
locomotives in the roundhouse at Lincoln, Nebraska, where he
was going
to school and, with
his father financing his hobby, after
work he
of hard
complete
It is
finished his
down
many months
model engine.
to the smallest details, if
we
except the air brakes and the air compressor
for
it,
but even these were
put them on.
This beautiful
can
three feet long
Chicago
ceives
office
and
work on a
When
real coal
made though he never

little
it
is
be seen in Mr. Arnold's
where the master builder now con-
directs various kinds of engineering
gigantic scale.
the model locomotive
was
fired
up with
and a few pounds of steam were raised
in the boiler,
prototypes,
it
ran as smoothly as any of
much
the point
its
big
to the pleasure of the builder
and the delight of those who saw
Now
model
is
this:
To
it
in operation.
build a
working
engine however small takes a certain amount of
A Word
to
You
mechanical ability plus stick-to-it-ive-ness, and
you have these

the world
engineer
qualities there isn't a reason in
why you
not so
for his income

siderably
if
should not become a great
great, perhaps, as
now
Mr. Arnold,
as a traction engineer
more than
is
con-
that of the President of the
United States.
If
it
is
your intention to become a
chanical or an electrical engineer

all
three
the thing for you
to use tools as well as a
to
civil,
me-
Mr. Arnold
do
is
to learn
is
how
mechanic does and then
you want to get the best technical schooling you

can.
With
this equipment, provided
amount of business
you have a
you
will
of a large income as long as you
live.
is
why you
tact too,
should start in
now and
fair
be assured
And
this
build engines.
A. Frederick Collins.
550 Riverside Drive,
New York
City.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.
PAGE
The
First Engines
Two Simple Steam Turbine Engines

A Simple Piston Steam Engine ...
IV. A %4-H. P. Horizontal Steam Engine
II.
III.
V.
VI.
Making Small Boilers

Fittings for Model Engines
24
45
61
91
.
.110
A Model Atlantic Type Locomotive .138

VIII. A Model Atlantic Type Locomotive
VII.
(Con.)
IX.
X.
Steam, the Giant Power
A Hot Air, or Caloric, Engine ....
XLA ys -H.
XII.
156
P.
Gas Engine
Useful Information
Appendices
.......
182
199
214
241
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ENGINE-BUILDING
CHAPTER
THE FIRST ENGINES

Hero Invents
Steam Engine Branca Devises a

New Engine Papin Gets up the Piston Engine Newcomen Makes the Engine Work The Boy Who Made it
Self Acting Watt Puts on the Flywheel The Development of the Steam Boiler The First Steamboats The
Invention of the Locomotive The Modern Steam TurThe Compressed
Some Other Kinds of Engines
bine
Air Engine; The Hot Air Engine; The Gas Engine.
the
About the beginning of the Christian

babe named Hero
off
Alexandria in
tined to
make a
era, a
saw the light of day in far

Egypt, and this child was des-
first
lasting impression on the
human
race.
Even
of
all
as a boy he built apparatus and machines
kinds, even as you do now, but this
was
doubly hard in his day for few inventions had
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been made and tools to make them with were just

about as scarce, for science had not yet come into
its
own.
Hero Invents the Steam Engine.But Hero

was not discouraged and he began
make
To
things for himself.
experiments he
made and
all
you of
tell
his greatest invention
this size, but
and the one that
interests
now is his steam engine, for he was

who ever made steam do useful work.
us
Hero
and
called the
built
an
words, the
(pronounced
first
first
of which
out
find
is
Eolus, the
name
of the
pila,
which
now
just
why Hero named
god of the winds plus a
place he
metal ball ana he

holes
made
fitted
ball
ball
In
his engine of a hollow
two short bent pipes
on the opposite sides of
mounted the
and
word he coined from two Latin
his engine the
the
first
a-ol'-i-piV)
god of the winds, and the other one

means ball.
Let's
the
steam engine which he invented
eolipile
curious
this
the
all
the apparatus he
would take a whole book of
built
and
to invent
it.
on a pair of hollow
trunnions as they are called, so that
it
into
Next he
pipes, or
would
re-
volve easily and the lower ends of these pipes
The
were
Fig.
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fixed to a boiler, all of
which
3
is
shown
in
1.
When
he
built
fire
under the boiler the steam
passed through the trunnion pipes into the ball
and then out of the bent pipes
As
into the air.
the steam struck the air with considerable force
Fig.
1.
Hero's Reaction Engine or Eolipile
much the same
as a rubber ball does
it
acted
it
strikes a sidewalk, that is
low
ball forcing
rection
winds
and
let
it
it
when
reacted on the hol-
to turn in the opposite di-
at a fairly high speed, like unto the
loose
by the god Eolus.
reason an engine of this kind
is
This
is
the
called a re-action
engine.
Branca Devises a
New
Engine.
Strangely
enough nothing more worth while was done in
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the
way
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of transforming the energy of steam into
mechanical motion during
from the year
Then an
the long centuries
all
to 1609.
Italian
named Branca
devised another
He made
sort of rotary steam engine.
a paddle-
wheel and when the steam from a boiler was
more properly a
directed through a spout, or
Fig.
2.
Branca' s Impulse Engine or Turbine
nozzle, against the paddles, or blades, as
shown
in
Fig. 2, the force of the impulses of the steam
striking
them made the wheel
reason an engine of this kind
For
revolve.
is
called
this
an impulse
engine.
In those early days the Italians put an artistic
touch on
everything they
haven't got over the habit yet
made
indeed
and so
it
was
they
per-
The
fectly natural for
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Branca to give
his boiler the
head and body of a human being and he added
by having the steam blown
to the life-like effect
from
its
Now
ball like
is
mouth.
you may think out loud that a reaction

Hero's or an impulse wheel
not a real steam engine but
quite mistaken for

last
Branca's
you do you are
so happened that within the
twenty years both of these ancient toys have
led to the last
that
it
if
like
is
word
the steam
Papin Gets
in
steam engine building and
turbine.
Up the Piston Engine. The first
steam engine in which steam in a cylinder moved

a piston forth and back, or up and down, came
shortly before
Branca devised
his rotary engine
but these engines were used only for pumping

water, for no one
knew how
to
change the re-
ciprocating motion, as the to and fro motion of
the piston
is
called, into
rotary motion, as the
complete turning of a wheel
hundred years or
To
is called,
so.
begin at the beginning of the
of the piston engine,

nis Papin, a
for another
we have
Frenchman.
scheme of using a piston
first
invention
to start with
Den-
In 1610 he got up the

in a cylinder
and moving
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it
by steam
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say scheme because
when he built it.

engine was that he made
The
successfully
his
did not
it
work
trouble with
the boiler and the
cylinder in one piece.
The way he
water
tried to use
it
was
to
pour a
little
bottom of the cylinder, which stood
in the
Then he heated it
When steam was made
in a vertical position.
shown
in Fig.
Fig.
3.
3.
Papin's;
The
First Piston
forced the piston up, the
fire
as
it
Engine
was then taken
away, the steam cooled down, thus forming a
vacuum
air
in the cylinder,
on the piston forced
Although
to
work
was
it
it
down
again.
this engine of Papin's
was intended
half by steam and half by air pressure
called
name
and the pressure of the
an atmospheric engine and
has always been known by.
it
this is the
The
First Engines
Newcomen Makes
Nearly a hundred years
the
Work.
1705, Thomas
Engine
later, in
Newcomen, of England, and
his assistant,
James
Cawley, made the piston engine of Papin work.
They accomplished
Fig.
4.
this
by using a boiler that
Newcomers Improved Engine
was separate and

The piston in the
distinct
cylinder
from the
cylinder.
was connected by a
rod to one end of a lever called a walking beam
and a weight
to balance
it
end of the beam as shown
When
from the
was hung on the other

in Fig. 4.
steam was admitted into the cylinder

boiler,
it
forced the piston up, then the
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steam valve was shut
was
to
is
off
and a
little
cold water
the cylinder to condense the steam,
let into
that
of Engine-Building
change
it
into water again,
when a
vacuum would be formed; this done, the piston

was pushed down by the pressure of the air on
it; when the steam was turned into the cylinder
again,
it
forced the water out through another
valve.
The end of the walking beam which carried

the weight was connected to a pump and hence
the Newcomen engine came to be largely used in
England for pumping water out of mines.
The Boy
Who Made It Self-Acting. As you
can imagine the piston of Newcomen's engine
worked very slowly and the steam and water

valves had to be opened and closed by hand.
it
was
light,
though tedious, work to do
As
this,
boy was usually given the job and a youngster
named Humphrey
Potter happened to be one of
them.
Now Humphrey was

genius and
ing terms.
levers
beam
humdrum work
are seldom on speak-
So he bethought him
worked by
to
a boy of genius, and
to rig
up some
strings tied to the walking
open and close the valves and his inven-
The
worked
tion
at least
it
like
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He was
a charm.
seemed so
9
in a fair
draw
to him, to
way,
his sixpence
a day while the engine worked automatically.

Instead his genius threw himself and
all
the
other valve boys in England out of their jobs, and

all
he ever got out of
Fig.
5.
it
was undying fame.
Potter's Self-Acting
Humphrey's invention was
at
Engine
once improved
upon by one Henry Beighton who connected a

rod to the walking beam to work the valves and
it
by
is
quite likely that, being a
man, he
profited
it.
Watt Puts on
the Flywheel.
In your young
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lifetime
of Engine-Building
you have heard enough of James Watt,
of Glasgow, Scotland, to believe, probably, that
he was the inventor of the steam engine, but you

have seen that Papin and Newcomen and Potter
Fig.
developed
took
it
it
6.
Watt's
The
First Real Engine
to a considerable extent before
Watt
up.
What Watt
invention for
did,
it
though, constituted a mighty
was he who made
the wheels
The
go round.
It
was
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II
in 1763 that he conceived the
idea of connecting the piston rod to a crank hav-
ing a flywheel fixed to
it,
and
made
this
the engine
useful for producing power for a thousand dif-
where before
ferent purposes
pumping water.
To make
It is
shown
it
was
limited to
in Fig. 6.
the piston turn a crank the steam
much faster than it did

Newcomen engine, so Watt let the steam
had
to act
on
it
from the cylinder
at the
stead of condensing
water run into
it.
it
in the
escape
end of each stroke,
in the cylinder
Not only
this,
by
in-
letting
but by keeping
the cylinder hot the engine used far less steam,
was much more economical.

Some years after Watt made two other im-
and so
it
provements of great value,
first
of which was to
admit steam on each side of the piston

nately, thus
the second
alter-
making the engine double acting; and

was
to cut off the supply of
steam to
the cylinder before the piston had completed

stroke and so using the expansive
its
power of the
steam in the cylinder to force the piston on to the

end of
its
Finally,
that the
stroke.
Watt
invented the throttle valve, so
amount of steam which flowed
into the
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cylinder could be controlled
and he also invented
the centrifugal governor which opens and closes

the throttle valve automatically, depending on
the speed with which
it
revolves and this in turn
regulates the speed of the engine.
The Development
Since the
we
first
of the
was the one which he used

His
boiler, as
a hemispherical
by a
under
fire
Boiler.
engine was the one built by Hero,
are bound to believe that the
it.
Steam
shown
shell set
first
steam boiler
to generate
in Fig.
i,
steam for
was simply
on a stand and heated
it.
In the early days of the piston engine boilers
were
built in the
shape of long boxes with
fires
under their entire length, but they were so weak

that a steam pressure of only three or
four
pounds to the square inch could be used with
For
safety.
this
reason cylindrical boilers, which
were very much stronger, took the place of the

rectangular boilers.
The
greatest improvement in boiler
making
came, however, when some genius put a central
Hue
in
it
and
fixed the open ends to the boiler
heads, or sheets, as they are called, so that there

is
a hole clear through the middle of the boiler.
The
This
fire
is
13
surrounded by water and the heat of the
passes through
As
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this
it,
as
shown
in Fig. 7.
scheme proved so successful, a large
Fig.
number of
7.
The Fire-Tube
fire tubes,
Boiler
as these flues are called,
were then used for they gave a larger heating

surface and, hence, a higher pressure could be
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kept up.
The
tubular boiler,
known, see Fig.

engines and
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is
of Engine-Building
8, is
as this type
is
largely used for stationary
the only kind used for locomotives.
First Steamboats.
Long before a steam
engine capable of doing useful work had been

invented,
men began
to think about using steam
to propel boats.
Fig.
8.
Modern Tubular
Boiler
The first boat actually driven by a steam engine was a packet built by John Fitch, of England, in 1787.
it
It
was a
pretty crude attempt, for
used paddles at the sides and these were moved
with a feathering stroke very
when you paddle a
canoe.
It
like
that used
ran at a speed of
about three miles an hour.

Fitch built another steamboat
moved by paddles
at the stern, but his third boat
was a great im-
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provement over the other two, for
by a small
From
propeller.
and Symington,
it
was driven
1785 to 1788 Miller
also of England, experimented
with a steam propelled pleasure boat, but their

efforts did not lead to
any practical
results.
In 1803 Robert Fulton, of your

States,
was
in Paris
Fig. 9.
and while there
own United
built
a small
Fulton's Steamboat the Clermont
steamboat and operated

great success.
Coming
it
to
on the Seine with
America he
built the
Clermont, in 1807, a small paddle-wheel packet,
a picture of which
is
shown
in
9,
and
from
New
Fig.
launched her on the Hudson River.
When
York
she started on her
trial trip
to Albany, thousands of eager spectators
lined the shore
and marveled
at the ease
and
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speed with which she sailed up the river.
reached Albany without mishap and thus
She
was
it
the great era of steamboats and steamships be-
gan.
The Invention of the Locomotive. The first

locomotive built was really a steam automobile,
that
is it
was made
to
run on ordinary roads.
Since the engines were poor and the roads were

bad,
Richard Trevithick, of England,
locomotive in 1804 to run on a track.
built
Being
fearful that the wheels would slip on the smooth
surface of the rails he used a cog wheel that
meshed with a cog
rail.
Matthew Murray,
also of England, built the
next locomotive in 181 1.
It
had two upright
cylinders set on top of the boiler
the piston rods
were connected with a crankshaft, and a wheel

on
this
The
was made
turned the driving wheels.
gine to use a
fire
tube boiler
first
in
en-
1813
by William Hedley, likewise of England, and his

engine was also the
first
to
make
the spent steam
from the cylinders exhaust through the smokestack to give the furnace a good draft.
It
too
was George Stephenson
who put the
he was of England
finishing touches
on the loco-
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This he did by connecting the
motive in 181 4.
piston rods directly to the crank pins on the
driving wheels and he linked the front and back
driving wheels with a coupling rod.
Stephenson
Fig. 10.
10,
and
built the
it
in 1829, see Fig.
Stephenson's Locomotive,
in a test
Railway
Rocket
The Rocket
on the Liverpool and Manchester
ran away from
its
competitors,
all
of
which were driven by sprocket wheels and chains.
He
not only
won
for locomotives
the prize, but fixed the design
from that day
to this.
The Modern Steam Turbine.

come back
to the place
And
now we
where we started from
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2000 years ago, which goes

the saying,
of our
"The
own
first shall
to prove the truth of
Engineers
be last/'
time have perfected the reaction
engine of Hero and the impulse engine of Branca
and by combining the
principles of both they
have made an engine which uses far
and
much
is
smaller for the horse power devel-
oped than the best reciprocating engines

use.
It is
steam
less
now
in
not called a steam engine, however,
but a steam turbine
if
you
please,
though
it is
an
engine just the same.
Though other men had built steam turbines,

it was Gustav De Laval, of Sweden, who, in
He did this
1883, made it a practical success.
by driving a cream separator with
bine
is
it.
His tur-
a highly developed Branca' s impulse en-
gine having a single wheel mounted on a flexible

shaft.
The
small ones run at the enormously
high speed of 30,000 revolutions per minute and

this is
slowed
down
to
working speeds by means
of what are called reduction gears.
It is
shown
in Fig. 11.
A year after De Laval got out his
single wheel
turbine, Charles A. Parsons, of England,
com-
bined the principles of the reaction and impulse
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engines and built the
first
This turbine, see Fig.
power when running
Fig. 11.
De
minute and
its
at
19
multiple steam turbine.
12,
developed
10 horse
18,000 revolutions per
Laval's, the First Practical Turbine
success led to the building of
steam turbines powerful enough to drive the
Fig. 12.
Parsons', the First Multiple Turbine
largest steamships across the Atlantic

less
than
Ocean
in
five days.
Other Kinds of Engines.
There
are several
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other ways to run engines besides using steam.
Among them
are by (i) compressed air; (2) hot
and (3) gas, or

the same thing.
gasoline,
air
which amounts to
The Compressed Air Engine.
Any kind of an
engine that can be run by steam can be run by
compressed
air.
simple
for running a small engine
way
is
to compress air
described in Chap-
ter V.
Compressed
used instead of steam for
air is
running large engines when (a) the source of
power must be a long way

(b)
when
the
smoke
is
off
from the engine;
objectionable as on street
cars and in submarines, and (c)
from the
fire-box
dangerous, as in mines.
is
The Hot Air Engine.

engine as
it is
the heat of the
where the heat
The
sometimes
fire is
hot-air, or caloric
called, is so built that
used to produce mechanical
motion by acting directly on the piston.

This kind of an engine was invented by Robert
Stirling, of
his
first
England, in 181 6 and in 1827 he built
practical
engine.
John Ericsson, of
Sweden, made an improved hot-air engine

1833, but
first
it
was not
until
in
1852 that he built his
commercial engine, see Fig.
13,
and engines
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of this type are largely in use at the present time

for
pumping water.
The Gas Engine.
In
this engine a fuel gas,
such as coal gas, or a gas formed of gasoline,
mixed with
air, is
Fig. 13.
after
it is
drawn
Ericsson's
into the cylinder and,
Hot Air Engine
compressed by the piston,
is
exploded
usually by a hot tube, or an electric spark, which
produces what
is
called the
power
stroke.
The beginning of the gas engine dates back to

1678 when the Abbe d'Hautefeuille, of France,
conceived the idea of using the explosive power
of
gunpowder on a piston
to
make
it
do work.
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Philip Lebon, also of France, patented

in
which he proposed
an engine
to use coal gas as the ex-
plosive fuel.
The
first
gas engine that actually worked was
invented by Lenoir, likewise of France, in i860.
He
used gas for the fuel and this was exploded
Otto's Gas Engine
Fig. 14.
by an
electric spark,
but since the gas was ex-
ploded without being compressed, his engine was
very wasteful and
To Dr.
Otto, of
inefficient.
Germany, belongs the
credit
of having brought the gas engine to a successful

conclusion in 1878.
This was done by drawing
The
in the
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23
gas on the suction stroke, compressing
on the compression stroke, exploding
it
it
to pro-
duce the power stroke and exhausting the burnt

gases on the exhaust stroke.
a gas engine
is
engine and to
its
known
Hence
this
kind of
as the Otto four cycle
development
is
due not only the
automobile, but that mightier marvel, the airplane.
CHAPTER
II
TWO SIMPLE STEAM TURBINE ENGINES
Forming the Turbine Wheel An
Forming
Fashioning
the Blades
the Turbine Wheel
the Nozzle The Turbine Wheel Case The Bearings
for the Shaft Mounting the Wheel The Reduction
Gears How the Steam Turbine Works: The Action
Making
the Boiler
Made Alcohol Lamp Running the Turbine

Model De Laval Turbine The Tools Required Making
Easily
of the Blades
How
the Nozzle
Works.
Simple Steam Turbine Engine.
Just
hundreds of other fellows before you,
Branca
to the present time,
steam engines for their
first
have
as
from
built impulse
models, so you would
do well to follow in their footsteps and make one

too.
To make a
as it is now
toy paddlewheel engine, or turbine,

called, is
a matter of a couple of
you many times that
hours'
work and
many
hours' pleasure, for steam in action
it
will give
wonderful power and what

it
is
is
equally to the point
has done more to make our world a cheerful

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Two Simple Steam
place to live in than
Turbine Engines
any other power harnessed
by man, not even excepting
Now
power
plant,
to every steam
however small or large as you have
had occasion
to observe in the first chapter,
(i)
there are,
electricity.
two chief parts
there are
2$
and
the boiler which generates the
steam and (2) the engine which transforms the

energy of the steam into rotary mechanical mo-
which means
tion,
force of
in
everyday English that the
turns a wheel around.
it
Making
the Boiler.
turbine get
/4
To make
steam
pound baking-powder can
and
empty of course
soak
it
the paper label comes off; this
punch a %-inch hole
Drill or
this little
nozzle, about i/4 inches back
is
in
water until
for the boiler.
in the can for the
from the open end
or punch four /46-inch holes, two on
and
drill
each
side, at the places
shown
in the side
and end
views in Figs. 15 and 16 for the rivets; and,

finally,
-filler,
cut a %-inch hole in the cover for the
that
is
the hole through which water
poured into the
is
boiler.
For the nozzle get a %-inch piece of brass or

copper tube,
of
tin, if
if possible, V%
inch long, or
make one
necessary, and flatten one end a
little.
P/JDDLE
WHEEL
7X-, CORK IN
FILLER
LJHOLE
SOLDER
COVER
WIRE
FRAME TO
HOLD
BOILER.
ALCOHOL
Fig. 15.
Side
View
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Now
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27
solder the nozzle over the %-inch hole in
the can and don't be afraid of using too
much
solder.
Cut out two

heavy
strips of sheet brass, copper or
wide and 2 inches long for the
tin V2 inch
supports that hold the wheel, and rivet these to
You
the can so that they will be %-inch apart.
can buy small rivets or make them yourself by
When
cutting off bits of copper wire.
you have
these things done, solder the cover on tight.
Forming
the Turbine Wheel.
turbine wheel.
V2
inch thick and about
you can get a
spool,
the right size
it
Saw
saw
Get, or
16 slots
inch in diameter, or
on which ribbon
many
sealing
them
is
well.
the rim of
pieces of tin V2
members are
Fix the blades into the
wax on
wound, of
inch long for the paddles, or
blades, or buckets, as these
ously called.
if
inch deep at equal distances
the wheel, and cut out as

V2
is
purpose very
apart around the periphery, that
inch wide and
wood wheel
out, a
will serve the

Vs
Next make the
the edges,
if
slots,
vari-
using
needs be, to keep
in tight.
Use
a piece of perfectly straight iron or brass
wire, or a wire nail will do, Vs inch in diameter
P/tDDLE WHEEL
wtfstfm
WASHER.
PULLEY
SPINDLE
SUPPORT
NOZZLE
RIVETS
RIVETS
WIRE
ERME
Fig. 16.
End View
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Two Simple Steam
Turbine Engines
and 1% inches long for the

through the hole
fits
and
tight
in the
29
and push
it
wheel; be sure that
it
spindle,
sets absolutely true
and be careful
not to bend the blades.

Slip a
washer over each end of the spindle up
close to the wheel
apart slightly
the holes in
and then spring the supports
when you can
slip the spindle into
them with the wheel between.
Fix
a V-shaped pulley to one end of the spindle and

the hardest part of your job
frame of wire, shaping
and
and make
16,
boiler
it
it
as
is
Make
done.
shown
in Figs. 15
high enough to hold the
it
no longer a baking powder can
is
about three inches away from the surface
it
sets
on.
An
Easily
make an
Made
alcohol
Alcohol Lamp.
You
can
lamp without any expense by
using an ink bottle; get a squat one, not more
than 2 inches high,

will do.
if
you can, though any kind
Fit a %-inch tin tube in a hole in the
cork and put a cotton wick in
it
with alcohol, put the cork in
half-fill
it
the bottle
and you have a
serviceable lamp.
Running
the
Turbine. YidXi-hM the
with clean water and cork up the
filler
boiler
hole tight.
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Set the boiler and wheel on the frame, light the
lamp and
set
commence
to generate
utes and,
steam
when
will
it
The
underneath.
steam in
the pressure
boiler
will
or ten min-
five
great enough, the
is
be projected from the nozzle against

PADDLE
WHEEL
FLAME
WICK
TIN TUBE
WIREFRAME
TO HOLD
BOILER.
-ALCOHOL
Fig. 17.
The Steam Turbine Complete
the blades and the force of

will drive the
speed.
it
as
it
strikes
them
wheel around at a great rate of
The completed
turbine
is
shown
in Fig.
17.
Model De Laval Steam Turbine.
real
Two Simple Steam

De
Turbine Engines
Laval turbine has curved blades, a special
shaped nozzle and a
The model
flexible shaft.
turbine which I shall describe has
curved blades and a regular
De Laval
the flexible shaft need not be made.
nozzle but
Since this
turbine will run at a high rate of speed the wheel
carrying the blades must be very accurately bal-
anced and while you can make such a wheel
Fig.
1 8.
if
Toy Gyroscope
you are a pretty good mechanic,
I will tell
you an
way to get one.

You can buy a toy gyroscope x like the one
shown in Fig. 18 for 25 cents. The lead wheel
easier
in
the
ering
work
1
ring
runs
very
make
as perfectly a balanced wheel.
gyroscope of this kind can be bought of the E.
Company,
consid-
true
small cost and you would have hard
its
to
bearing
Union Square,
New York
City.
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Horsman
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The Tools You Need.
To make
this turbine
you need (a) a small machinist's hammer, (b)

a pair of tinner's shears,
frame and saws, (d) a
a jeweler's saw
(c)
stock and
drill
drills,
(e)
a set of taps and dies for cutting screw threads,

(f) a jeweller's soldering copper, (g) a couple
of
files,
(h) a pair of compasses for dividing
and scribing
off spaces
circles,
reamer for making tapering
and
it
will
be
a needle
holes.
Making the Turbine Wheel.

turbine so that
(i)
To make
efficient is
this
a harder task
than to make any other kind of an engine and
my
advice
not to start unless you have lots of
is
patience and are willing to
work
painstakingly.
Begin by taking the wheel shaft of the gyroscope out of
its
ring bearing and from this
ment on be more than careful not

shaft, dent the
them, for
bend the
wheel or to mar either one of
you do the wheel
if
to
mo-
will
never run true
again.
Take your compasses and draw a
circle
on a
sheet of paper exactly the size of the gyro wheel
and divide
it
into equal divisions
or as nearly as you can and
out even as
shown
at
still
inch apart,
make them come
in Fig. 19.
Glue
this
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paper pattern, or template as
it is
called,
33
on the
wheel and place one end of the shaft between a

couple of pieces of sheet lead and then screw
up
in
your vise; the purpose of the lead
is
it
to
keep the rough surfaces of the jaws of the vise
from marring the
shaft.
Put a saw blade
and use a blade that

of the sheet
tin,
in
is
your jeweler's saw frame

the same thickness as that
or brass, you intend to use for
Saw
the blades of the turbine wheel.
slot
%e
inch deep in the rim on each line of the paper
and be sure
saw each
to
slot straight across
rim of the wheel and straight down on the
the
line of
the paper so that each one will be in a radial

line
with the center of the wheel.
Forming
the Blades.
in the wheel, the
If the wheel of
eter,
which
is
Having sawed the
next thing
your gyro
is
is
to
2%
make
slots
the blades.
inches in diam-
the usual size, the circumference
of the wheel will be about

the blades are to be set
8%
inches,
and since
inch apart there will,
of course, be 35 blades.
The blades should be made of sheet brass about

%o inch thick and all of them must be as nearly
alike as
you can make them.
Make each
blade
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inch wide and cut out the corners to form a
shank
inch wide and
%e inch high as shown
in
the drawing at B, Fig. 19.
up
File
all
the blades nice and smooth and
Kn
Fig. 19.
Construction of the Turbine
Wheel
then bend them into the shape shown at C.
To do
this get a piece of iron
rod
/4
inch in diam-
and 3 or 4 inches long; file out a half-round

groove in a piece of brass or iron until it fits the
eter
Two Simple Steam
Turbine Engines
Lay
inch iron rod exactly.
on a
the grooved form
solid surface, place a flat blade
the iron rod over
with your
it,
35
on
it,
hold
give the latter a sharp tap
hammer and
the blade will be bent to
the proper shape.
Next
shank of each blade in a
set the
the wheel and
it
should
fit
To
in tight.
slot in
hold the
blades in place a rim must be fitted around them

this
can be made by cutting a strip of brass
inch wide and V2 inch longer than the circum-
ference of the wheel with the blades set in

file
down both ends
of the strip so that
it;
when they
are lapped over the joint will have the same thickness as the rest of the ring.
To
hold the ring in place on the blades while
they are being soldered to

it;
twist a wire around
then moisten the joint and the tip of each
blade where
ing
it
fluid.
it
It
touches the ring with some solder-
would be too hard a job
each one of the blade
tips to the ring
soldering copper, but you can do

neatly this
way
to solder
it
with a
easily
and
melt one-half a pound of solder
in a small shallow pan, dip the rim of the wheel

in the solder
and turn
it
slowly around.
By
so
doing the solder will flow evenly and stick to
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parts
those
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soldering
the
has
fluid
acted.
Fashioning the Nozzle.
Laval steam turbine
The nozzle of a
De
of special design, as will
is
be explained presently.
To
fashion the nozzle get a piece of brass rod
inch in diameter and 2 inches long.
have a machinist
drill,
Vi 6-inch
the center of the rod to within
other end;
reamer
and the
Drill, or
hole through
inch of the
ream out the hole with a needle

%2 inch
in diameter
inch in diameter.
This done,
until the throat is
outlet is
out the other end of the brass rod for the
drill
intake of the nozzle with a %-inch drill to a depth
of
/4
inch,
when
it
will
meet the small end of the
hole which forms the throat.
Saw
of 15 degrees, as
in Fig. 20,
will
end of the nozzle at an angle
off the other
make
shown
in the cross-section
and the phantom view
inch wide and
ellipse
thread one end of
thin,
this
which measures
inch long.
File the end
smooth and have a machinist or a
B;
the outlet, or hole, for the steam to be
thrown on the blades an
at
view
it
steam-fitter
and screw a standard sized
round tool for enlarging and tapering
holes.
Two Simple Steam

union, that
is
Turbine Engines
a pipe coupling, on to
37
so that
it
can be joined to the supply pipe of the
it
boiler.
This completes the nozzle.
The Turbine Wheel Case.

left
The wheel can be
exposed and the nozzle mounted on a sup-
port, but
it is
better to enclose
\%
it
so that the ex-
QtmMT
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THROAT
Fig. 20.
Construction of the Turbine Nozzle
haust steam can be piped

case or housing as
cutting out
and
4%
it
two metal
away from
is called,
plates
A metal
it.
can be
Vw or
made by
inch thick
inches wide and high and rounding the
upper halves as shown at
in the side view,
Fig. 21.
Clamp
these plates together, or screw
them up
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in
your
vise,
and
drill
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three /4-inch holes, one in
each corner and one at the top, as shown by the
Next
small dotted circles.
drill
a /4-inch hole
exactly in the center of both plates for the shaft.
In one of the plates
drill
line so that they just
three %-inch holes in a
meet and have the middle
one i/4 inches above the center, or shaft, hole;

these holes out with a small half-round
file
so that the beveled end of the nozzle will

into
it
solder
at the angle
shown
at
fit
file
snugly
in Fig. 21
and
there.
it
Brace the nozzle with a twisted plate formed

of a strip of brass Vie inch thick,
and about 1% inches long;

one end cut a
;
half
slit
way between
drill
Slip the
inch wide
a %-inch hole in
on each side of
it
/4
inch deep
the ends, and then twist them
at right angles to each other as
Fig. 21.
shown
end with the hole in
it
at
in
over the
nozzle and solder the other end to the case plate

as
shown
at
A.
Drill a /4-inch hole near the lower side of the
other case plate for the exhausts, and this ought

to have a pipe soldered to
Finally, get three
it.
6-32 brass machine screws
inch long with a
washer and a nut on each one, also get a piece
Two Simple Steam
Turbine Engines
of brass tubing just large enough to
slip
39
over one
of these screws and cut off three lengths of the
tube each
%e
inch long.
To assemble the
4'/*-
case put a screw through each

*t
musm
x
ANGLE
PLATE
N%\zzie
nozzle
Fig. 21.
Construction of the Turbine Wheel-Case
hole in the plate which carries the nozzle; slip
one of the tubes over each screw to keep the

plates apart
and
insert the shaft of the wheel
in the center hole of the nozzle plate.
Next
set
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the case plate with the exhaust hole so that the
screws will go through the screw holes in
it
put
on a washer and screw a nut on each screw.

Cut out four
%e
plates
strips of brass
for the angle
inch wide and 1Y2 inches long, and
drill
a hole in one end of each strip; bend these as
shown
solder
them
view
in Fig. 21
and
to the sides of the case plates near
the corners of the case as
These are
to be
shown
at
and D.
screwed to the bed of the ma-
chine to hold the case rigidly in place.
The Bearings for
the Shaft.
You can buy the
bearings for the shaft or you can
An
yourself.
easy
way
to
do the
make them
latter is to cut
a pattern out of soft pine and cast a couple of
them
in type metal or better,
them
in brass for you.
Each bearing
support,
have a molder cast
consists of a standard, that
inch thick,
inch wide and
long with feet on one end as shown at
Smooth up the
% 6-inch
hole
castings with a
file,
is
2%
inches
and D.
then
drill
inch from the plain end and
thread these holes with a tap to take a /4-inch

screw.
Get two brass machine screws, each
inch long, and
drill
out the ends of the screws
Two Simple Steam

%2 inch
Also
deep.
Turbine Engines
drill
41
a %-inch hole in each
foot so that the standard can be screwed to the

bed.
Wheel Get
Mounting the
any kind of a smooth iron or brass
plate, or
about
a piece of boiler
/4
thick,
4 inches wide and
5 inches
plate,
long
for the bed.

Drill four %-inch holes in this plate for the
bearing standards, two on each side; have each

pair of holes Wig inch apart
other as
shown
in
and
A and B.
Tap
inch
from the
out these holes
and screw the standards tight to the bed.

Set the shaft of the wheel between the bearing screws and drill a %2-inch hole through the
bed at the places where the angle plates of the

wheel case rests on
it;
thread them with an 8-32
down
tap and screw the angle plates
to the bed.
This completes the steam turbine proper and,
when done, it will

The Reduction
enough steam,
look like Fig. 22.
Gears.
this
When
turbine
supplied with
w heel
y
will
about 10,000 revolutions per minute, and

course,
To
is
much
run at
this,
of
too speedy for any earthly use.
reduce the speed to something like that of
an ordinary engine a reduction gear
is
needed,
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a very small gear, or pinion as
often called,
is
made
to turn a very
gear and, of course, this one turns
it is
more
much larger
more slowly,
the rate depending on the relative sizes of the two
Fig. 22.
The Model De Laval Turbine Complete
gears, or their ratio as
duction gear
is
shown
Sometimes there
is
it is
called.
re-
in Fig. 23.
a second small gear fixed
to the shaft of the large gear
made
A single
this small
to turn another large gear
you a double reduction gear.
and
gear
is
this gives
You can
rig
up a
reduction gear by using the wheels and pinions
taken from an old clock or you can buy them
Two Simple Steam

from dealers
boiler large
ter
Turbine Engines
model maker's
in
enough
to
run
43
For a
supplies.
this turbine see
Chap-
V.
How
the Steam Turbine Works.
not have noticed
it,
but the
You may
De Laval
turbine
/
DRIVING
GEAR
\
DRIVEN
GEAR
A
Fig. 23.
Pair of Single Reduction Gears
is
both an impulse turbine like Branca's and
is
also a reaction turbine like Hero's.
The Action of
back to Fig.
the nozzle,
pushes
it
1 1
the Blades.
you
when
it
If you
will see that the
it
will turn
steam from
strikes the blades of the wheel,
forward by the impulsive force of the
energy that
is
stored up in
it.
You
will also ob-
serve that, after the steam strikes the curved
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blades,
it is
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thrown out against the
air
and
this
causes the force of the steam to react on the
wheel just as
How
it
does in Hero's engine.
the Nozzle Works.
When steam
lowed to escape through a simple
is al-
hole, or orifice,
a considerable amount of the energy in
wasted in setting up
motions in
of
its
To
it
and
it
is
whirls and other com-
little
this leaves only
a small portion
useful energy to drive the wheel with.
prevent these untoward actions as well as

1
to
make
to
change the energy which exists in
the steam expand
in the nozzle, that is

it
as latent
heat into the energy of motion, a special shaped

nozzle must be used and this
the one
De Laval
When
is
the purpose of
designed.
the steam from the boiler reaches the
throat of the nozzle,
it
initial pressure, that is
the boiler to the nozzle.
falls to
about half of
its
the pressure delivered by
After passing through
the throat the steam begins to expand and thus,
while
it
decreases in density, in pressure and in
temperature, the particles of which
it is
formed
increase in speed and hence in power.

1
See Chapter IX, "The Stuff that Steam
is
Made
Of."
CHAPTER
III
A SIMPLE PISTON STEAM ENGINE
The Oscillating Cylinder Engine The Tools You

Need The Parts of the Engine: The Cylinder; The
Piston The Crank, Crankshaft and Flywheel The Engine Bed Assembling the Engine
Oiling the Engine
How
Make the Boiler How to

Run the Engine: About the Lamp How the Pbwer
Plant Works Where to Buy Materials.
Testing the Engine
to
Before you build any of the larger and more
complex engines which follow, you should by
all
means make the parts of and assemble the simple

single-acting
steam
engine
described
in
this
chapter.
By
building this one you will get a clear idea
way steam
of the
and
acts
and how an engine works
this will be of great help to
come
to the
The
more powerful
slide-valve engines.
Oscillating Cylinder Engine.
lating cylinder engine is one in

is
you when you
An
oscil-
which the cylinder
pivoted in the middle and by rocking up and
down
like
a druggist's balance, or oscillating as

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it is
called, allows the
steam from the boiler to
pass into and escape from a single port, that

hole, or opening, in
is
is
that
is
single acting
admitted into one end of the cylinder
and hence there
is
only one power stroke to each
revolution of the crankshaft.
double acting
into each
one end of the cylinder.
This kind of an engine

the steam
is
that
is
It
can be made
the steam can be admitted
end of the cylinder alternately and so
gives two effective power strokes to every revolution of the crankshaft.
The
tell
oscillating cylinder engine
you how
have chosen
to build
it
is
because
which
I shall
a single-acting one and I

it
is
the easiest kind to
make.
The Tools You Need. You will need very

few tools to make this little engine but though a
couple of them are rather expensive you ought
to have them anyway as they will prove useful
for a thousand and one other things.
Get (1) a small machinist's hammer; (2) a
hand
(3)
drill
stock and half a dozen twist drills;
a couple of Hies; (4) a pair of tinner's
shears; (5) a small bench vise; (6) an alcohol
blow torch; (7) a jeweller's soldering copper;
A
(8)
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ten cents' worth of wire solder, and (9)
make some
pings in a
soldering fluid by dissolving zinc clip-
little
muriatic acid.
The Parts of the Engine.
There are six prin-
cipal parts to this engine: (1) the cylinder; (2)
the piston; (3) the piston rod; (4) the crank-
shaft; (5) the flywheel, and (6) the bed.
The
Cylinder.
To
make
the cylinder get a
piece of brass or copper tubing
smooth inside
inside
and have
it
it
must be
inch in diameter,
measurement, 1% inches long and with as
you can get
thick a wall as
on one side so that
File off the cylinder
and then
perfectly flat
middle of the
it.
a hole through the
drill
flat side Viq
inch in diameter for
the pivot and another hole of the
same
from the end,
shown
all
it is
of which
is
size Vs inch
at
in
Fig. 24.
Take a 6-32 screw,
down
the end of
it
moisten
with a
it
cut off the head

in the
middle hole;
it fits
little
soldering fluid, turn the
then touch the end of the
moment and
wire solder to it when
it
for a
the latter will run around and join the

Seamless tubing
is
file
until
flame of your blow torch on
and
the best.
two
pieces
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of metal firmly together.
Make
a spiral spring
of brass wire just large enough to go over the
and screw a nut on the
pivot
To make
latter.
the heads of the cylinder cut out two
disks of sheet brass, or
you can use sheet lead
which
and
is
easier to work,
drill
a %-inch hole
SPIML SPM'to
SOLDER HEP
CYLINDER
Fig. 24 A.
in the center of
The Cylinder and Cylinder Heads
one of them.
to be soldered to the
this
These heads are
ends of the cylinder, and
done better after the piston
can be
is
made.
The
Piston.
and fro
close
Because the piston must
in the cylinder
enough
slide to
very smoothly and yet
to prevent the
steam from leaking
A
past
it,
the
making of the
piston
49
a most par-
is
ticular job.
Since the inside of the cylinder
is
inch in
diameter, the piston must be nearly the
same
size.
Take a
thick
and
piece of brass about
%2 inch
scribe, that is scratch a circle
of compasses
it
with a pair
inch in diameter; drill a %-inch
hole in the center and
jfiHOLE
on
file
down
the piece of brass
SOLDER HBZ
,woa/ POD
^,v
PISTON
s/
^?a
PISTON
Fig. 24 B.
until
it is
The Piston and Piston Rod
a perfect circle and
fits
the bore of the
cylinder accurately.
You can make

of iron wire
Vs
inch thick and
off the sides of
/46-inch hole
shown
at
the piston rod of a straight piece
one end a
through
it
in Fig. 24.
%6
2%
little
inches long
and then
file
drill
inch from the end as
This done,
fit
the other
end of the piston rod into the piston and be sure

to get
gether.
it
in straight,
and then solder them
to-
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Having the
thing to do
hole in
it
is
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cylinder
and the
piston, the next
to slip the cylinder
head with the
over the piston and put the latter in
the cylinder with the cylinder head on the end
of the cylinder opposite the port.
Now
solder
CRANKSHAFT
OLDER HERE
CRANK
SOLDER
CRANK PIN
Fig. 25 A.
The Crank and Crankshaft
the head to the cylinder using your soldering cop-
per to do the job.
Be
careful that the head
ton will
When
work
is
on so that the
pis-
forth and back without binding.
you have done
on the other head
this,
go ahead and solder
to the cylinder
part of your engine
is
and the hardest
made.
The Crankshaft, Flywheel and
Pulley.
51
straight piece of wire %2, or Vs inch thick
and 3
inches long will serve for the crankshaft, that

is
that part of the engine which revolves, to
which the piston rod
is
connected and on which
the flywheel and pulley are fixed.
For the crank, see A, Fig.
Fig. 25 B.
Spoked Fly- Wheel
of brass Yi inch thick and
one end
wide;
drill
25, cut out a piece
inch long, and
inch wide and the other end
Vi 6-inch
make
inch
hole in the small end and a
%-inch hole in the large end
fit
in
and solder one
end of the crankshaft to the crank and solder a

/46-inch wire,
inch long, into the other end for
the crank pin.
Almost any kind of a wheel
will
do for the
fly-
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wheel, see B, but
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should be pretty large, say
it
3 inches in diameter,
and
it
should be rather
heavy, say about 2 ounces, and the larger

for
is
its
it
weight the smoother the engine will
run.
You
can cast a flywheel with a
little
by sawing out a wooden pattern
it
pulley on
making
first,
a mould of plaster parts and pouring in some
An easier way
melted type metal. 1
is
to
buy one
already cast.
The Engine Bed.
This
is
wood
a block of
inch thick, 2Y2 inches wide and 5 inches long on
which
to
and give
mount the engine; sandpaper

it
smooth
it
a coat of red paint.
Cut out a frame of a piece of thick sheet brass,

or heavy tin will do, 4 inches square to the shape
shown
Drill a %2-inch hole in the
in Fig. 26.
marked
center of the circles
inlet port
and ex-
haust port and in each of those marked bearing;

also drill a %-inch hole in the circle
inder pivot and in the screw hole
Now
bend up the
marked
cyl-
circles.
sides of the tin or brass
on
the dotted lines to form the frame and solder a

piece of brass pipe Vs inch in diameter
1
You can
use lead, but
it
shrinks on cooling.
and 6
53
inches long over the inlet port on the inside of
the valve plate.
Assembling
the
Engine.
You
have
now
reached the last and most interesting stage of
Fig. 26.
The Engine Frame
your work, the assembling of the parts.
Begin
by screwing the frame to the bed of wood and
have the valve plate and bearing on the side with

it
flush, that is even,
of the bed.
with one of the long edges
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the crankshaft through the bearings
of the frame and then

to the other
solder
end and,
them on
to the
fit
if
the flywheel and pulley-
these are
made of
end of the shaft.
metal,
Slip the
crank pin through the hole in the end of the
pis-
ton rod; put the cylinder pivot through the pivot
TOBOILER
Fig. 27.
The
Oscillating Cylinder Engine Complete
hole in the frame, set the spiral spring over the

pivot and screw on the nut.
This arrangement
permits the cylinder to oscillate freely and at the
same time holds
it
The
shown in
close to the valve plate.
engine complete and ready to run
is
Fig. 27.
Oiling the Engine.
To keep the steam from
leaking between the port of the cylinder and the
inlet port of the
valve plate, lubricate
with a drop of sewing machine
oil it,
put a couple of drops of

this will
make
the steam
drop of
gine
it
oil into
run with
oil
it
and
is
also
the cylinder as
finally,
and keeps
put a wee
on each of the bearings and your en-
Testing the Engine.
Having put your engine
together, the next thing to do
do to
that
ready to run.
is
see if
oil
less friction
from getting past
it,
55
in
is
it
working order.
find out if
it
will
run
is
to try
it
All you need to
to give the flywheel
is
a start and blow through the inlet pipe.
have made
it
When
blow.
next need
How
is
to
is
Make
it
it
will
you
If
run as long as you
runs to your satisfaction, your
a boiler.
Make
that will raise
engine
right,
out to
the Boiler.
enough steam
To make a
boiler
to operate this
little
a simple matter.
a can
2%
inches in diameter and 6 inches
long of heavy sheet
tin.
To do
this cut out a
and 7 inches long;

on a broomstick until it is a cylinder and
piece of tin 6 inches wide
bend
it
solder the edges together thus,
making a
lap
seam.
Cut out two disks of
tin 2/4 inches in
diameter
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and with four ears on each one as shown
Bend
Fig. 28.
A in
the ears over and solder the disks
to the ends of the boiler

drill
at
and do
it
well.
Now
a %-inch hole through the seam 2V2 inches
from one end and a %-inch hole
also
through the
seam 1% inches from one end.

STEAM PIPS
-TO ENGINE
FILLER
TONGUE
TOPSEAM
Fig. 28.
Make
Construction of the Boiler
a box of heavy
tin, or, better,
of sheet
Russian iron, for the boiler to rest on, 3 inches

high, 3 inches wide
be
made
and
5 inches long.
of a single piece of sheet metal by
marking out a template, that
shown
at
full size
This can
in Fig. 28.
Draw
is
a pattern as
the pattern out
on a sheet of paper and paste
tin or sheet iron.
Drill a
it
on the
dozen %-inch holes
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near the top on the sides and a dozen or more

holes of the
same
size
near the bottom in the
middle so that the flame can get plenty of air and

the heat will be kept in at the
Bend
same
time.
form of a box
the iron or tin into the
and then bend out the edges
at the
bend in the edges at the
Now make
top.
bottom and
a
wood
RlVETHOLE
OQgpO
00000
AIRHOLES
filR HOLES
SCREW HOLES
&^"6'^^<v'/K~~6""
6"A"6
-3&
2
17k'
Fig. 28 C.
base
long.
The Fire-Box
inch thick, 5 inches wide and
7%
inches
Screw the flanges of the box on the base
leaving a margin of
V2
inch
all
round.
Set the
boiler in the concave ends of the box, as

in Fig. 29,
shown
and bring the steam pipe up from the
engine and bend
it
so that
it
will
fit
close to the
small hole in the top of the boiler and solder
it
fast.
Half-fill the boiler,
through the large
filler
hole,
with clean water and put a cork in the hole; the
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cork will not only keep the steam

act as a safety valve, for
it
will
in,
but
it
will
blow out before
the boiler blows up should the steam pressure get

too high.
There
is
only one more part to
your miniature power plant
is
make before
complete and this
TOENG/NE
Fig. 29.
is
The
Boiler
Mounted on
the Fire-Box
the furnace to heat the water in the boiler.
Get, if
salve
eter.
you can, or make,
if
you have
to,
a tin
box about
% inch high and 2 inches in diam-
Drill, or
punch, a %-inch hole through the
center of the lid
and solder a
tin tube
inch high in
it
diameter and
inch in
for the burner;
A
drill
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a /46-inch hole in the outer edge of the
a vent
make
lid
for
fit
the
or buy a braided cork wick to
burner, about
1%
inches long, and put
it
through
the tube.
How to Run the EngineFilling the Boiler.
By
the boiler with boiling hot water
filling
not only
make steam
Be sure
hol.
quicker but
the water
may
port of the engine
is
it
it
will
will save alco-
clean or else the steam
get choked up and then
the engine will run slowly or stop altogether.
And
be careful the boiler does not run dry.
About
the
Lamp.
Have the wick
above the tube and
Wipe
alcohol.
spilled
on
it
half-fill
off
in filling
If the water
is
just a trifle
the lamp with
any alcohol that may be
and then
boiling hot
light the wick.
when you put
the boiler and the flame of the lamp

blue,
it
will take
At
steam.
wood
about
five
is
it
in
burning
minutes to get up
the end of this time turn the
fly-
wheel around several times to clear out the steam
which has condensed

steam
will
is
run
under
in the cylinder and, if the
sufficient pressure,
your engine
like sixty.
How the Power Plant Works. First the heat

of the lamp changes the water in the boiler into
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latter is hot
enough,
it is
un-
der pressure.
Now when
the piston
is
at the
back end of the
cylinder, the port is then just even with the open-
ing of the pipe in the valve plate; the steam un-
der pressure rushes into the cylinder and forces
forward; as the crankshaft turns
the piston
round the rear end of the cylinder

the port
plate
is
and
is
raised until
even with the exhaust hole in the valve

this permits the
used steam to escape
into the air.
By
this time the crankshaft will
have made
one complete revolution and the cycle of operation will begin all over again.
It is
indeed a
pretty mechanical movement.
Where to Buy Materials.
You can buy a
cyl-
inder and piston for thirty cents and a flywheel

for the
same
price ready-made of the
Manufacturing Company,
New
Weeden
Bedford. Mass.,
or you can buy an engine and a boiler complete,
very
like the
one
firm for $1.50.
have described, of the above
CHAPTER
A y24 -H.
P.
IV
HORIZONTAL STEAM ENGINE
The Tools You Need: The Drawing Tools; The

Wood Working Tools; The Metal Working Tools
Drawing the Plans of the Engine The Parts of the
Engine How to Make the Patterns: The Cylinder:
The Cylinder Heads, The Piston; The Steam Chest, The
Slide Valve; The Cross Head Guide; The Crank; The
Eccentric; The Pillow Blocks; The Bed Plate Moulding the Parts in Metal Finishing the Castings: The
Cylinder The Steam Chest The Piston and Piston Rod
The Slide Valve and Valve Stem; The Cross Head
Guide: The Cross Head Guide Block, The Rocker Arm,
The Valve Stem Bearing; The Connecting Rod; The
Crank and Crank Shaft; The Eccentric Rod; The EcMounting
centric; The Flywheel; The Pillow Blocks
the Engine on the Bed Plate
Setting the Engine on Its
Bed The Auxiliary Parts How the Engine Works
Calculating the Horse Power of a Steam Engine.
There are three ways
to
go about making an
engine of this size and kind and you can choose

the one that suits your pocket and your purpose
the best.
The
easiest
castings (See
way
is
to
buy a complete
set of
Appendix D), have such machine

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work done on them
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as
may
be needed and then
assemble the parts.
The second way

ing the engine
and
make
to
is
this is
them
parts yourself, have
my
idea of build-
patterns of
all
the
cast in iron or brass
at a foundry, get a machinist to bore the cyl-
inder and the ports in

flywheel,
it,
and bore and turn the
when you can do
and assemble
it
the rest of the
work
without trouble.
A cheaper but less satisfactory way is to make

the patterns as before and cast
them yourself
Castings of this metal are very
in type-metal.
sharp and yet quite
hence they can be easily
soft,
worked.
When
gine will
make a good working model,
will
it
is
have to handle
done
it
in this
way, the enbut you
very gingerly to keep
it
from getting marred.
The Tools You Need.

few drawing
and (3) a
tools; (2)
fair
These consist of
some woodworking
( i )
tools,
assortment of metal working
tools.
The Drawing
drawing
tools
Tools.
You
you need for a
The necessary ones are
can get
all
the
dollar or more.
(a) an
11x15%
drawing board; (b) a good accurate rule
inch
an
Steam Engine
Yzi-H. P. Horizontal
architect's triangular
boxwood
(c) a 30 triangle; (d) a
63
scale is the best;
square as long as
the board; (e) a pair of 4-inch dividers; (f) a

pair of 4-inch compasses; (g) an eraser,
and (h)
a good, medium-soft lead pencil.
The Wood Working
Tools.
These can be lim-
ited to (a) a small block plane; (b) a scroll
saw
frame and saw blades; (c) a small back saw;

(d) a miter box; (e) a brace and %-, % and %inch bits; (f ) a try square and (g) a good pocketknife.
The Metal Working

list
Tools.
The
following
of tools includes about everything you need
and while you might get along with a few
less
you could, of course, use several more.

Get (a) a jeweller's saw frame and saws; (b)
a jeweller's
hammer;
hammer; (d) a
(c)
a small machinist's
center punch;
(e)
a pair of
spring dividers; (f) a pair of tinner's shears;
(g) a hand
drills;
drill
stock and an assortment of twist
(h) an alcohol lamp; (i) a jeweller's sol-
dering copper; (j) a pair of flat-nose side cutting

pliers; (k) a couple of
files;
(m) a
set of taps
screw drivers;
and
(1)
some
dies; (n) a carborun-
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dum
oil
stone; (o)
an
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oil
can
filled
with sewing
and (p) a vise.

Drawing the Plans for the Engine.
machine
oil,
thing to do
is
to
draw
all
The
first
the separate parts of the
engine shown in Fig. 31 on a sheet of paper full

size
and mark on the dimensions.
You
will then
Fig. 30.
T- Square and 30 Degree Triangle on Drawing Board
have a
set of
much
I
is
drawings that you can work from
better than those
shown
in the book.
have made the drawings of the parts
called isometric perspective so that
clearly see the design, construction
sions at a glance.
To make
in
what
you can
and dimen-
the drawings fasten
a sheet of paper on the board with thumb-tacks

lay your
square on the board with the 30 de-
gree triangle on the upper edge of
it
as
shown
V24-H. P. Horizontal
you can then draw 30 degree
in Fig. 30;
which are used for isometric
The Parts of the Engine.

engine
tal
Steam Engine
is
65
lines
pictures.
This
little
horizon-
formed of the following parts
( 1
the cylinder; (2) the steam chest; (3) the piston
and piston rod; (4) the slide valve and slide valve
stem; (5) the cross head guide; (6) the cross
head guide block; (7) the eccentric rod rocker
arm; (8) the connecting rod; (9) the eccentric

rod; (10) the crankshaft and crank; (11) the
eccentric;
(12)
the flywheel;
(13)
the pillow
and (15) the
bed, all
of which will be described in detail as
we go
blocks; (14) the bed plate,
along.
How to Make the Patterns. All the patterns

are
made
of
wood which must be
soft pine without knots
grain
build
is
and having a straight
wood
the easiest
well seasoned
to work.
up each part of as many pieces
you want, but be sure that they
fit
You can
of wood as
and glue them
well together.
Each part must be
built
the casting to appear
up exactly as you want
when
finished, only a trifle
larger to allow for shrinkage and machining;
and
to
make
the pattern
draw from
the
mould
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smoothly sandpaper
it
it
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with
fine
seems to be one solid piece but
it
sandpaper until
sandpapering
in
be careful not to round off any edges that
After sandpapering give the
should be sharp.
pattern a couple of coats of shellac varnish and

it is
then ready for the moulder.
The
Cylinder.
Take a piece of
i%
clear pine
inches square and 2 inches long and bore a hole
through the middle of

plane
it
down
until
inch wide and
in diameter
on
it is
flat
its
it
1%
inch in diameter;
inches across on top,
on the sides and 1% inches
rounded side as shown
at
in Fig. 31.
This will make the wall of the cylinder, that

its
thickness,
drill
%6
inch thick.
You
won't need to
the port holes in the pattern as
it
can be
done to better advantage in the casting when

is
is
it
made.
Saw
make
out two rings of
wood
Vs
inch thick and
the inside diameter of each one
inch
and the outside diameter 1% inches; glue a ring

to each end of the cylinder for the flanges
and
screw them up in a clamp or a vise until the

glue has
set.
Next saw out two
feet, as
shown
at B,
inch
M>A
^s.
.f
f\
*<c
\^y
yy^r^\
i-l
^>
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inch high and
foot proper
Vs
tern so that
i%
it
will
fit
the glue has
pattern and
the
inch thick, round the top of the patthe cylinder and glue a foot
to each side of the latter as
When
make
inch long;
it is
shown
in Fig. 32.
sandpaper and shellac the
set,
ready for the moulder.
SLIDE
STEAM
CHEST
V/ILVE
CYLIND
HE/fD
INLET
CYLINDER.
PISTON
FOOT
FOOT
Fig. 32.
An End View
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The Cylinder Heads. It is much easier to

make patterns for the cylinder heads than it is
The back cylto cut them out of sheet metal.
inder head, see C,
and 1% inches
The
it
is
simply a disk
Vs
inch thick
in diameter.
front cylinder head
has a ring on
it
%6
is
the
same
size but
inch long with a bore V2
inch in diameter and an outside diameter of

inch as
shown
at
D.
This ring forms the stuff-
ing box and allows the piston to be packed, which
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Steam Engine
keeps the steam from escaping around

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69
The
it.
small ring that holds the packing in can be cut
out of a piece of sheet brass.
The
thick
Piston.
and
Saw out a disk of wood
iVie inches in
/4
inch
diameter for a pattern
for the piston.
The Steam
Chest.
at the bottom.
This
Ae inch wide and
simply a box open
inch thick,
It is Vs
13
is
inch high,
inches long, outside meas-
1 V2
urement, as shown at E.
Glue a strip
Vs
inch thick, Vie inch wide and
inches long on each side of the
box along the
bottom; this will make
it
top of the cylinder but
an inch shorter
Now
V2
glue a disk
1 V2
just the width of the

in length.
inch thick and V2 inch in
diameter in the center and on top of the steam

chest
and then glue a ring
34
inch long with a
Vie
inch bore and an outside diameter of Vie inch on
one end of the chest.
This
is
for the stuffing
box.
The
Slide Valve.
thick, V2 inch
Saw
wide and
out a block Vie inch
inch long; cut out one
side with a chisel, or your knife; so that
be
Vie
inch deep,
Cut out a block
34
it
will
inch wide and Vie inch long.
inch square and glue
it
to the
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center of the top of the slide valve as
shown
at
to this is fastened the slide valve rod.
The Cross-Head Guide.
You
only need one
pattern for the supports, see G, and have two
made
of
inch thick,
castings
%e
and glue a block
Saw
it.
wood
out a strip of
inch wide and 2 inches long
inch thick,
Vs
inch wide and
inch long to one edge at each end for feet so
that the castings can be screwed
down
to the
bed-plate.
The Crank.
and
thick
From
a piece of
wood
V2
inch long cut out a crank as
Make one end
at
H.
inch wide and round off both ends.
ished metal crank
is
V2
inch
shown
inch wide, the other end
The
fin-
used to connect the con-
necting rod to the crankshaft.
The Eccentric.
For
inch thick and
at
I.
The Flywheel.
in the
this pattern cut out a disk
inch in diameter as
shown
You can buy an iron flywheel
rough with a %-inch face and
5 inches in
diameter for 25 cents.

If
you want
cast, so
much
to
make
a pattern and have
it
the better, but you must expect to
Steam Engine
spend a
lot
of time on
spokes and saw
Make
it.
Ji
with six
it
out with your scroll saw.
it
The Pillow Blocks.
These are
to support the
crankshaft and to provide the bearings for
Each block has a cover as shown
To make
inch wide,
Fig. 33 A.
J.
a pattern saw out a block of

1
inch high and
1%
wood
V2
inches long to the
Top View
of the Engine with Cylinder and Steam

Chest in Cross Section
shape shown at
J.
Have
and the bearing %6 inch

inch long and
cast
at
it.
them
make
the base
thick, V2 inch
the cover the
inch thick
wide and
same
size
and
separately.
The Bed
Plate.
This
is
the plate to which the
cylinder and other parts of the engine are bolted
and
it
should be cast in iron.
Make
a frame of %-inch
inches wide and

it Vs
inch thick.
9%
stuff, 1
inch deep, 3
inches long and put a top on
Cut out six blocks
/4
inch thick
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inch square and glue one to each corner
of the bed plate at the ends and one to each side

in the middle.
These are to permit the bed plate
to be bolted to the bed.
Moulding the Parts
in Metal.
the patterns are finished, take
and have them
As
the
When
them
all
of
to a foiindry
cast in iron, or, better, in brass.
amount of metal
in the castings is small
On
the cost will be about the same for either.
the whole brass castings are the best because they
are finer grained, easier to
work and make a
handsomer engine.
Finishing the Castings.
castings
rough
that
all
fit
When
from the foundry they
file
or in a lathe.
yourself, but if
little
Cylinder.
I -inch drill
If
to
If
you own a
you can do
all
the
you haven't one, then get
some genial machinist
size.
be a
together must be smoothed and trued up
lathe fitted with a slide rest,
The
will
over and the working parts and those
either with a
work
you get the
to help
you
out.
This must be bored out with a
make
it
smooth and of the right
you have a machinist do
you might as well
let
him
drill
this for you,
the ports and
screw holes through the flanges and cylinder
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heads as well as the steam chest and the steam

chest plate.
If
you
drill
the ports yourself, use a %6-inch
drill
and
start
it
inch from the center of the
cylinder on the plate the steam chest sets on;
hole
the
drill
grees, until
it
an angle of nearly 40 de-
at
goes through and meets the bore
shown
at a point just inside the flange as
top view
Then
Fig. 33.
the
same
the
same angle on
drill
another hole of
and
size for the other intake port
the
in the
opposite
the
of
side
at
plate.
For the exhaust port

straight
down through
%-inch hole
the center of the steam
chest plate to a depth of
same
drill
/4
inch;
now
drill
the
sized hole on the other side of the cylinder
from that on which the foot

the cylinder until
makes a passage
it
is
meets the
clear
cast
and through
first hole.
This
through from the steam
chest to the open air for the exhaust steam to

escape.
Drill four holes in the steam chest plate at the
points
shown
in the side
view
in Fig.
34 and
thread them with an 8-32 tap so that the steam

chest can be screwed to the cylinder.
Drill a
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hole through the center of the cylinder
head with the stuffing box on
Next make a ring of
%
its
it.
/46-inch thick sheet brass
% 6-inch
inch in diameter and with a

Drill
center.
hole in
two %2-inch holes through the
ring on opposite side of
it,
in the face of the stuffing
drill
two
of which
is
shown
at
holes
Vi 6-inch
box and thread these
holes so that the ring can be screwed to
Drill
75
it,
all
in Fig. 31.
four %2-inch holes at equal distances
apart through both of the cylinder heads and into

the ends of the cylinder; then thread the latter
holes so that the heads can be screwed to them.
The Steam
Chest.
Drill
% 6-inch
through the top of the steam chest for the

pipe and thread
it
to take a %-inch pipe.
hole
inlet
Drill a
%-inch hole through the end with the stuffing
box on
it
for the slide valve stem
/46-inch holes in the stuffing
Make
in
it
a ring
%2 inch
%6
drill
two
box and thread them.
inch in diameter, cut a hole
in diameter
the outer edge so that

stuffing box.
and
Drill out
and
it
drill
can be screwed to the
two holes on one
the steam chest, and thread

chest can be screwed
two holes near
down
side of
them so that the
to the
bed
plate.
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File the inside edges of the chest true
smooth and
Two
finish
up the outside of
it
with a
views of the steam chest are shown at
file.
in
Fig. 3i.
The Piston and Piston Rod.
The piston
cast-
down or it can be put in a lathe

and then turned down so that it fits the cylinder
ing can be
closely
filed
and yet
will slip
through
it
ing a half round groove should be

;
Drill a %-inch hole
in its face.
without bindfiled
or turned
through the cen-
ter of the piston for the piston rod.
good straight piece of soft
in diameter
3%
and
steel rod,
inches long, will
piston rod; thread both ends of
on one end,
nut on
slip the piston
tight.
sewing machine
the cylinder until
Now
slip
oil;
it
work
inch
make a good
screw a nut
on and screw another
Wrap some
the piston until the groove
it,
soft cotton cord

is full
it
and soak
it
on
in
back and forth in
slides easily.
the piston rod through the cylinder
head with the
stuffing
box on
and screw the
it
latter to the flange of the cylinder
likewise screw
the plain cylinder head on to the other end of

the cylinder.
Soak some cotton cord
in oil
and pack
it
around
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the piston rod in the stuffing box until
and then screw the ring
yj
it is full,
to the latter to hold
it
in.
The
Slide Valve
and Valve Stem.
sides of the slide valve until
it
until
it
slides
file
the
the inside of
it fits
the steam chest to a nicety and
File
the bottom of
on the cylinder plate accurately.
Drill a /46-inch hole in the boss of the valve,
%e
inch from
its
lower edge, and thread
take the valve stem.
Make
it
the stem of a piece
of soft steel rod %2 inch in diameter and

inches long and thread both ends of
slide
to
it.
3%
Put the
valve in the steam chest, slip the stem
through the hole in the chest and screw

the slide valve;
now pack
oiled cord as described
it
into
the stuffing box with
above and screw on the
ring.
Finally, screw the steam chest to the slide valve
plate of the cylinder
engine
is
and the hardest part of your
done.
The Cross-Head Guide. File
the top and bot-
tom faces of the guide supports true and smooth

and
drill
each one
Also
drill
two
V*
/46-inch holes in the top face of
inch from the ends and thread them.
a %-inch hole in each foot and a %-inch
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hole in the middle of one of the supports for the
rocker arm.
Cut
off four strips of brass Vs inch thick,
inch wide and 2 inches long for the guides.
two %2-inch holes through each
from one edge so that when

support
it
it is
off four pieces of
% 2 -inch
Drill
%2 inch
strip
screwed to the
This done, saw
over Vie inch.
will lap
%6
brass tubing,
inch
long, to keep the guides apart.
Now
put a 4-36 screw through each hole in
one of the guide
strips,
slip
a tube over each
screw, slip another guide strip over the screws
and screw them

in Fig. 31.
Do
to the support as
the
shown
at
same thing with the other
guide strips and support and your cross-head
guide
is
done.
The Cross-Head Guide
Block.
This
of metal to which the piston rod
which
it
is
To make
inch square and
the corners on opposite sides to a depth of
and on the other
shown
It
at
must
easily
file
out
inch
sides to a depth of Vi6 inch as
K in Fig.
slide to
a block
secured and
slides in the cross-head guide.
take a bar of brass
is
31.
and fro the length of the guide
and yet without the
slightest
play.
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cross section view of the cross-head guide
and
the guide block
is
shown
%-inch hole through

tap and screw
it
it,
thread
to the free
The Rocker Arm.
This
it
with an 8-32
end of the piston rod.

is
to connect the slide
Cut
valve stem with the eccentric rod.

piece of brass
%2 inch
Drill a
in Fig. 35.
thick,
off a
inch wide and
ROCHER jQRM
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P/AL
GU/DES
SUPPORT
ROCKER*
The Rocker Arm and Cross-head Guide
Fig. 35
inch long;
one end
holes,
and
file it
file
down
until
it is
the ends round and
%e inch
apart, as
shown
inch wide at
drill
two %-inch
in Figs.
31,
34
35.
Make
a brass washer
Vs
inch thick and
in diameter with a %-inch hole in
it;
slip
inch
a %-
inch long 8-32 screw through the hole in the

large end of the rocker arm, put on the washer,
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screw through the hole in the guide sup-
set the
port and screw a couple of nuts on
Cut
off
and
a piece of
steel
arm
inch down, put this end through the end in
it
as
shown
at
arm and screw a nut
in Fig. 31
and
The Valve Stem and Bearing.

stem, see Figs. 32 and 34,
3%
diameter and
Make
ends.
to the rocker
rod,
/4
inch of
fit
down a
diameter and %6
it
filing
piece of brass
inch long, on
inch thick for
is Ys
%2 of an
length.
the end of the valve stem
hole through the
pin of the rocker

line
end and
flat
half-round jeweller's
a straight
valve
rod %2 inch in
steel
Drill a %2-inch hole in the large
to
The
inches long threaded on both
arm by
inch in
its
is
in Fig. 35.
a bearing to connect the valve stem
both sides until
it
pin and
screw a nut on one end,
it;
the upper end of the rocker
on
inch in diameter
Vs
inch long for the rocker
thread both ends of
%e
rod
it.
file
arm
it
end and thread

;
drill
file it
a %-inch
out with a
when it is on the
can move to and fro in
so that
without binding and at the same
time without any lost motion.
It is
shown
at
in Fig. 31.
The Connecting Rod.
This can be made of a
straight strip of brass
4%
wide and
in
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Vs
%e
inch thick,
81
inch
Drill a %2-inch hole
inches long.
one end and a %-inch hole in the other end.
The
centers of the holes should be exactly
inches
The connecting rod
apart.
4% 6
shown
is
coupled to the cross-head guide block and to the
crank in the side view Fig. 36.
The Connecting Rod Bearing.

ing rod
is
The
connect-
coupled to the cross-head guide block
by a bearing made of a piece of brass rod

inch square and
end until
its
it is Vs
V2
inch long.
length and thread
as
file
shown
at
%e
inch of
it.
saw and
dow n one
File
inch in diameter for
Vs2
through the other end and
a slot %2 inch wide and
M in Fig.
inch deep
31 so that the thin end of
the connecting rod will
fit
in
it.
Put a pin
through the bearing and the connecting rod and,

while
it
must
fit
the bearing tight, the connecting
rod must swing easily on
it.
The Crank and Crankshaft.
Drill a
2 -inch
hole through the large end of the crank casting
and a %-inch hole through the small end and

have these holes exactly
their centers as
shown
at
inch apart between

in Fig. 31.
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*%
ctS
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u
o
be
a
d>
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Drill a /46-inch hole through the large
the crank at right angles to and through
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it,
until
meets the hole drilled for the crankshaft;
it
thread the hole and put in a screw pointed at the
end for the

bolt
Now
set screw.
put a %-inch thick
through the connecting rod and the crank
and screw on a
nut.
For the crankshaft get a piece of
rod
inch in diameter and 2V2 inches long.
from one end, another
Start a drill hole Vs inch
%e
soft steel
inch from the other end and a third hole i%6
inch from the
first
the other side of
it
end of the crankshaft but on
that
is
the
first
holes will be 10 degrees apart as

Drill these holes about
form
and second
shown
at
%2 of an inch deep
N.
to
cavities for the pointed set screws.
Fit the crank on the end of the crankshaft that
you
drilled first
and screw
in the
screw until the
pointed end of the latter sets in the cavity in the

shaft and this will hold
The
Eccentric.
them securely
Turn on a
lathe, or file out
hand, a groove Vis inch deep and

the rim of the eccentric as
% 6-inch
hole exactly
the disk and drill a
together.
/4
shown
by
inch wide in
at I; drill a
inch from the center of
/46-inch hole
through the
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groove at the point where
nearest the shaft
it is
hole until they meet.
Countersink the small hole, thread

in a flat
it
and put
head machine screw with a pointed end.
Slip the eccentric over the shaft so that the
pointed screw
is
directly over the cavity nearest
the middle of the shaft and force the screw in

until the eccentric is firmly fixed to the shaft
the head of the screw
is
and
flush with the face of
the groove.
To make the strap
for the eccentric take a strip
of brass Vi6 inch thick,
inch wide and
3%
inches long; drill a %2-inch hole in each end, then
bend the
strip of brass
inch in diameter,
on an iron rod about
hammering
it
V2
into a ring with
a wooden mallet, and bend out the ends as shown

at
I.
centric
Now
slip
the strap into the grooved ec-
and you are ready to make
The Eccentric Rod. This is simply a strip of

brass %2 inch thick, }4 inch wide and 3% inches
long.
Drill a %-inch hole in
rocker
arm
/4
pin and
saw a
slot
one end to
fit
the
%2 inch wide and
inch deep in the other end.
Cut out a piece of brass %i inch

wide and
thick, Vi inch
inch long; drill a %2-inch hole in one
end of
/4
this piece
and saw a
slot
shown
P and
at
two
85
%2 inch wide and
Now
inch deep in the other end.
slotted ends of the
as
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slip
the
pieces of metal together
solder them.
Place the end between the ends of the eccen-
put a screw through the holes of
tric strap,
of them and screw on a nut,
shown
in Fig. 34.
The
all
strap must
of which
fit
all
is
into the
groove of the eccentric to prevent any play but

it
must not
bind.
Slip the other
centric rod over the rocker
on a
arm
end of the
ec-
pin and screw
nut.
The Flywheel.
Should you have the flywheel
cast, or
buy
have
faced, in a lathe
it
it
in the rough,
you must face
that
is
it,
or
the rough sur-
face must be cut off with a turning tool.
Then bore a % 6-inch

center of
it
so that
it is
hole through the exact
perfectly balanced.
Drill
a %2-inch hole through the hub of the wheel,
thread
it
and put
in a pointed
machine screw.
Adjust the flywheel on the end of the shaft and

screw up the
An
set screw.
iron flywheel casting can be bought for
25 cents, as
have said before, and a brass one
can be had for about 75 cents.
It will cost
an

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additional 50 or 75 cents to have a hole bored in
the wheel for the shaft and to face
it.
The Pillow Blocks. If these are cast in brass,

they will make very good bearings. Drill a %inch hole in each foot and
drill
% 6-inch
hole in
each end of the cover and on through into the

block to a depth of
in the block
% inch
thread the latter holes
and ream out the holes
in the cover
to a diameter of Vs inch for the screws.
Now
drill
to
screw the covers to the blocks
tight,
and
a %6-inch hole through each cover and block
form bearings as shown
at J.
these holes must be precisely
The
centers of
inch
from the
base of the block and they must be drilled true

for, if the holes are the slightest bit out of line
the shaft will bind.
To
keep the shaft in place when
it
is set
in
the pillow blocks get, or make, two brass collars,
or washers will do,

eter
and with a
collars
Vs
inch thick,
% 6-inch
inch in diam-
hole in each one.
These
must be put on over the ends of the crank-
shaft before the crank and the flywheel are fixed

to
it.
Mounting the Engine on the Bed Plate.
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top of the iron bed plate should be planed

if this
file
means an outlay of
down
and steam
those parts of
where the cylinder
it
comes a
it
and the
with a mill
ticklish job
but
much money, then
chest, the cross-head guide
low blocks are to rest on
Now
too
off,
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the
pil-
file.
drilling of the
bed plate to correspond to the holes in the parts
above named so that they can be bolted down to
The
it.
safest
way
to
do
this is to
mark
out a
sheet of tin the exact size of the bed plate, set
the parts on
and
in the positions
it
side views, Figs. 33,
tern
it.
holes through the template, as a tin pat-
is called,
with a center punch, lay
make corresponding
of the bed and

latter
in the top
34 and 36, and scribe
the positions of the holes on
Punch
shown
it
on top
dents in the
by hitting the center punch with a ham-
mer.
Next
drill all
% 6-inch
holes with a %-inch drill
hole through each foot.
drill
now
bolt the parts to the
bed plate and
and
also
You can
feel rea-
sonably sure that each one will be in exactly the

right place.
Setting the Engine on Its Bed.
To
raise the
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engine from the surface
it is
for the flywheel to clear
to set
it
on high enough
the bed plate must
be set on a bed.
This can be made of a block of wood

thick,
4%
cut out to allow a free space
for the flywheel to run
Fig. 37.
in.
Finally, screw the
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bed plate to the bed and your engine

ready to run.
all
when done
The
It is
shown
is
as
finished
it
looks
in Fig. 37.
Auxiliary Parts.
fittings
inch
inches wide and about 12 inches long.
One corner must be
and
The
and the governor for
steam pipe and
this engine will
be
described in Chapter VII, "Auxiliary Parts for

the
to
Steam Engine."
run
it
will
Specifications for the boiler
be found in Chapter V,
"On Making
Small Boilers" while the safety valve, steam
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gauge, gauge cocks, whistle,
and pictured
scribed
How
how
in
will
etc.,
be de-
Chapter VII.
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understand
a slide valve engine works look at the cross-
section view
shown
the steam chest
is
right size to run
it.
Now
engine
in Fig. 33
and imagine that
connected to a boiler of the
as far as the mechanical operation of the

is
from the
concerned
it
works
boiler is forced
like this
The steam
under pressure into the
steam chest and then on through one of the
inlet
ports into the cylinder.
Since the piston
ing against
it
is
pushes
namely
( 1 )
moves back
it
does two
pushes the used steam up
it
through the other port and into the
which
end of the
to the opposite
it
cylinder; as the piston

things,
steam press-
at this end, the
slide valve
at this instant also opens into the exhaust
port and, hence, the steam passes out and into the
open
and
air,
this,
The
(2)
it
pulls the
way around
of course, turns the crankshaft with
eccentric,
which
of course, turns half
is
that
its
it.
fixed to the crankshaft,
way around
so placed on the shaft
crank
crank half
180
too, but
it
is
degrees from the
operation moves the slide valve,
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connected by the eccentric rod and
slide valve stem, in the opposite direction to that
of the moving piston.
The
instant the slide valve slides across the
slide valve plate
it
connects the
first inlet
with the exhaust port; at the same time

the other intake port
ing
it
is
and then on the
first
on one
other, driv-
forth and back.
The purpose
of the flywheel
is
to carry the
crank around past the dead centers; that

points
into
forced the other
In this fashion the steam acts
side of the piston
opens
from the steam chest
the cylinder and the piston
way.
it
port
where the piston reverses
its
is
the
direction
and
consequently where the steam ceases to act on
For the same reason the
flywheel, due to
ertia, as it is called, steadies the
engine.
How
it.
its in-
motion of the
the steam in the cylinder acts on
the piston and forces
it
from one end of the
cyl-
inder to the other will be described in Chapter
VIII, on
"How Steam
Works!'
CHAPTER V
MAKING SMALL BOILERS
y12 Horse Power Vertical Tube Boiler: A Simple

Iron Boiler: The Shell, The Smoke Box, The Firebox:
Good
The Grate; Gas and Liquid Fuel Burners;
Firebox,
Smokebox,
The
Copper Boiler: The Shell, The
Fittings for the Boiler
How to Test the Boiler A Safe
Way to Operate a Small Boiler.
In this chapter
small boilers.
enough
you how
I shall tell
The
first is
to
make two
a vertical boiler large
run the steam turbine, described in
to
Chapter
II,
or the horizontal engine, described
in the last chapter, at full speed.
boiler should be at least twice the horse-
power of the engine
make a
it is
to run.
Now
boiler according to the plans
fications I
you can
and
speci-
have given or you can figure one out
according to the rules laid

this chapter
down
at the
and design and construct
it
end of
to suit
yourself.
%2-Horse Power Vertical Tube
This boiler
is
Boiler.
of the single tube type, that

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running up through the
flue,
so that the fire not only acts on the
it
fire-box sheet, as the end of the boiler next to the

fire is called,
but
it
the water around
through
it
to the
It takes
it,
as the burning gases pass
smoke
stack.
a steam pressure of about 8 or 10
pounds to run the %4
h.p. engine,
6 inches in diameter and not

high must be used, for,
will not
it
and hence
also heats the tube,
make steam
less
if it is
and a
boiler
than 8 inches
any smaller,
fast enough.
Better
it
make
a third or a half larger than this size and be
sure of a continuous performance.
There are a couple of simple ways
to
make a
small boiler and I will explain and picture both
of them and you can take your choice.
The
Simple Iron Boiler
Shell.
Have
steamfitter cut a piece of iron pipe for
you 6^4
inches in diameter, outside measurement, and g
inches long, and thread both ends of
Also have him
fit
it.
a cap to each end of the pipe
and bore a i-inch hole through the center of each

one.
Now
on each
drill,
side of
or have drilled, a %-inch hole
and 2 inches from the center hole
in the top cap as
shown
in the cross section
view
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SAFETY YME\
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I
SMOKE &Q%QAP
WATER
TUBE
FIREBOX
Fig. 38.
Cross-section
View of
93
the Copper Boiler
94
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Fig. 38,
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of
and the top view, Fig.
39,
and thread
them.
Cut
inches
off
two
long
pieces of
%e
inch pipe 2V2 or 3
and thread both ends of them.
Screw a nut on each end of each
pipe,
smear the
smoke
BOX SHEET
SMELL
Fig. 39.
Top View
of the Boiler
ends with red lead, screw them into the holes in

the cap and then screw another nut on the end
of each pipe, as
shown
in Fig. 38.
This done,
screw both caps on the ends of the large pipe
good and
tight.
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Boilers
1
Next get a seamless copper tube
9%
ameter and
inches long; put
now
through each one
Vs inch.
to
make
through the
is
This done the ends

is
usually called,
spread out
this get a piece of iron
all
rod
diameter and 3 inches long and turn

a lathe, or
file it
down
until
it
that the small end will easily
now
around
A, Fig. 40, into and pull

tube until the latter
is
it
down
in
go
into the tube;

it is
called, see
out of an end of the
it
made
the tube will crowd
inch in
tapers enough so
drive this tool, or swage, as
when
projects
it
steamtight as shown in Fig. 38.
it fit
To do
it
called, so that
of the Hue, as a single fire-tube
must be expanded, that
inch in di-
and smoke-box
holes in the caps, or iire-box
sheets as they are
95
larger, or expanded,
up
close to the sheet,
or cap, and form a steamtight joint.
It is
a good
plan to run some solder around the joint to further insure
Make
its
being tight.
a peening tool of a bar of iron say
inch square and 3 inches long

doesn't matter
1
Can be bought
New
New York
City.
file
exact size
a notch in one end as
Hungerford Brass and Copper Co.,

York, or of Patterson Brothers, 27 Park
of V. T.
St.,
80 Lafayette
Row,
and
the
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shown
Set this tool with the notch on
at B.
the rim of the tube
with the aid of your
down
fits
all
tight
around
up
of Engine-Building
to
and pointed outward; then
hammer
until
it
Do
it.
gently turn the rim
laps over the sheet
the
and
same thing with the
other end of the tube and the boiler shell
is
^
i
done.
3
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A
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00
/.
Fig. 40.
Swage and Peening Tools
Drill %-inch holes in the boiler shell at the
shown in the cross-section view, Fig. 38,

and thread them to fit %-inch iron piping. Then
places
screw a piece of
%-inch pipe,
inch
long,
threaded at both ends and smeared with red lead

into each hole.
The
intake water pipe, water
gauge and steam gauge pipe are to be coupled to

these pipes.
Making Small
The Smoke-Box.
bore
ameter,
through
its
Boilers
97
Get a cap 5% inches
a hole 2/4
inches
center and have
it
in di-
diameter
in
threaded also get

;
a pipe 2/4 inches in diameter, 3 or 4 inches long,

for the smokestack and threaded on one end to
fit
the hole in the cap.

Drill
inches
two %-inch holes
in the
smoke-box cap, 2
from the center of the large
hole,
when
the cap will slip over the pipes screwed in the
smoke-box sheet as shown
in Fig. 38.
Screw a
nut on the end of each pipe to hold the cap in

place
and then screw the end of the smoke stack
into the cap.
You can make
a conical smoke-box, a flanged
smokestack and a flaring fire-box by turning pat-
wood and having them

cast in brass or iron.
A boiler made in this
way will look better but it will not work any betterns of these parts in
ter.
The Fire-Box.
To make the
fire-box take
iron, brass or copper ring just large
around the lower cap
and
4%
inches high;
enough
to
an
fit
should say fire-box sheet

drill
three or
more
Vs-
inch holes at equal distances apart around one
edge and a
like
number of %2-inch
holes at the
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98
same distances
apart,
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and thread these
latter
holes with an 8-32-tap.
Saw,
or cut out a piece of metal from
drill
the ring on the end having the screw holes
inch wide and 2 inches long this makes an open;
ing for the fire-box door.
a piece of metal
and
Vs
To make the
door take
inch thick, i/4 inches wide
2/4 inches long; get a pair of small brass
hinges and rivet these to the door and to the

fire-box rings.
Also saw out with a hack saw, or cut out with

a cold chisel, an opening on the bottom of the
fire-box V2
an inch wide and 2 inches long for
the air draft.

If solid fuels, such as charcoal, coke
like
are to be burned in the fire-box,
it
and the
must have
a grate, but
if
gas, kerosene or alcohol
used a grate
is
not needed though each kind re-
is
to be
quires a special burner which will be described

presently.
The
iron
Grate.
To make a grate take a ring of
inch thick,
parallel slots
one end and
inch high and cut seven
inch wide and
drill
%6
inch deep in
four holes through
it
at equal
distance so that the grate can be bolted to the
Making Small
Boilers
shown
shell of the fire-box as
99
in Fig. 41
now
cut
seven strips of either square iron bar or round

inch thick and of varying lengths to
iron rod
Vs
the ring
and drop these
thus formed will
Fig. 41.
in,
fit
to
first
and have
make a
How
grate
it
the Grate
is
Made
is
to
cast in iron.
A burner of
in Fig. 42.
is
It will
An
make a wood
Gas and Liquid Fuel Burners

Burner.
grate
inside the fire-box and, once
the grate bars cannot slip out.
way
The
into the slots.
fit
this
kind
easier
pattern
An Alcohol
is
shown
at
serve the purpose well and
the next best thing to a Bunsen burner.
It
can be bought for 25 cents.
Gas Burner.
the one
shown
at
A Bunsen flame burner

B
like
in Fig. 42, gives a broad, hot
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flame and
in the
is
quite expensive, costing as
of this kind with
little
Alcohol Burner
trouble and at a small
Cut out of sheet iron a plate
and 7 inches
Fig. 42 B.
edges
does
You can make a burner
An
Fig. 42 A.
thick
it
neighborhood of $3.oo. 1
Kerosene Burner.
cost.
of Engine-Building
Vs
inch
all
the
rivet three legs to
it
inch
and turn up the
in diameter
Vis
Bunsen Flame Stove
way round
so that
it
to
form a pan;
can be
set
under
the boiler with the plate at about the height of

1
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Boston, Mass.
Making Small
Boilers
101
the grate and tilting toward the back a
shown
at
to
do
bottom of a pint kerosene
Fig. 42 C.
it
and
as
in Fig. 42.
The next thing
to
little
is
to
oil
make a
hole in the
can and solder a cock
Kerosene Burner
in turn solder to this a /4-inch pipe, 12
inches long; cut a /4-inch hole through the top of

the door of the fire-box, pass the pipe through
the hole and over the pan,
all
of which
is
shown
at C.
Turn on
the
on the pan and
oil
so that
let it
it
falls
drop by drop
spread over the whole sur-
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102
face, then light
it
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and
it
will
burn up with a
large flame.
A Good Copper Boiler The Shell. To make

this little upright boiler get a piece of seamless
copper tube with a %-inch thick wall, 6 inches
and
in diameter
per tube
is
expand and
Brazed cop-
ii/4 inches long.
not nearly so good because

pull apart
a layer of No. 16
wire around
if
might
it
you have to use
wrap
it,
Brown and Sharpe gauge
steel
it.
Or, you can get a sheet of soft rolled copper
11%
inches wide and 20 inches long,
form
it
into
a cylinder 6 inches in diameter, lap the edges

over three-fourths of an inch and rivet
must use large
rivets tapering
from
the end to Vie inch at the head.

in the
seam
Yiq inch apart,
You
it.
/4
inch at
Drill the holes
measured from
centers put in the rivets and rivet the

;
seam
their
tight.
Whether you use a drawn copper tube or form

one yourself, for the boiler sheets, as the ends of
the boiler are called, use %-inch thick soft rolled
copper.
Cut out two disks from
have one of them
7%
this sheet
and
inches in diameter for the
smoke-box sheet and the other one

diameter for the fire-box sheet.
8%
inches in
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Cut out a
sheet over
103
-inch hole in the center of both
hammer
Next,
sheets.
of
Boilers
inch
all
the edge of the small
round, thus making a pan
Likewise bend the edge of the large sheet
it.
way 1% inches. When the

sheets are hammered into shape,
over in the same

edges of these
each pan must
fit
snugly into the ends of the
tube.
Put the smoke-box sheet

first,
in the boiler tube
with the bent edge up as shown in Fig. 38

a %6-hole through the tube and the rim;
and
drill
slip
a rivet through the holes from the inside,
hold a large
hammer
against
machinist's ball peening
of the rivet, that

ball
end
until
it
is
its
head and with a
hammer, peen the end
hammer
it
down with
spreads out evenly
all
the
round and
draws the two pieces of metal together as
tightly
as possible.
Drill another hole
through the rim of the sheet
and the tube on the opposite
side
and
together to hold the sheet in place.

drilling holes
with their centers
way round, then

and hammer it down.
all
the
Now
slip
1:L
/i6
rivet
them
Keep on
inch apart
a rivet into each hole
set the fire-box sheet in the
tube with the
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edge of the rim out and projecting
inch beyond
the end of the tube, the purpose of which
allow the fire-box ring to be riveted to

in Fig. 32.
it
as
is
to
shown
These riveted lap seams should not
leak steam at a pressure of fifteen or twenty
pounds but as a precautionary measure you can

run solder into them.
The next thing

This
Hue.
it
in
is
scribed.
and
8/4
is
do
to
done
to put in the central
is
in precisely the
making the iron
same way as
boiler previously de-
The tube should be 1

inches long.
Be sure
inch in diameter
that the ends of
the tube are well expanded and don't forget to
run solder around the joints before you turn over

the edges of the tube.
The Smoke-Box.
cap
5%
If
you can get an iron pipe
inches in diameter,
making the smoke-
box becomes a very simple matter.
Have
steam-fitter bore a 2%-inch hole in the center of

it,
thread
long.
it
and screw
The way
4 inches
the smoke-box
in a piece of pipe
this is fastened to
sheet will be explained further on.
Should you want to make the smoke-box, cut

out a disk of copper 8 inches in diameter and
hammer
the edge of
it
over
all
round making
it
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1
Boilers
Cut a hole 2 inches
inches wide.
105
in diameter
as before, get a piece of brass or copper tubing
2 inches in diameter and 4 inches long, thread one
end of
screw on a thin brass nut,
it,
slip
the end
through the hole in the smoke-box and screw on

another nut on the other
side.
A conical cast smoke-box with an overhanging

make the boiler look like the real thing,
and, if you make a pattern of it and have it cast,
make a pattern of the fire-box at the same time
flange will
and have
it
cast in the
same metal.
The Boiler Connections.
All of the
fittings
of
the boiler, namely the water intake, the steam

outlet, the
pressure gauge, the water gauge and
the safety valve, must be provided for while the

boiler is
under construction, that
are riveted
sheets
in
is
before the
ends of the boiler
the
tube.
The way
to
do
this is to drill
%-inch holes in
the tube and smoke-box sheet at the places

in Figs. 38
and 39 put a
and threaded
leather
boiler
at
/i-inch pipe,
shown
inch long
both ends into each hole; put a
washer on each pipe on both
and screw on a nut
The Fire-Box.
This
in
is
and
sides of the
outside.
the lower part of a
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106
vertical boiler
which the
of Engine-Building
on which the
fire is
is
and
in
kept to heat the water.
There are several ways

the easiest
latter rests
to
make a
fire-box, but
to get a piece of brass or copper
tube the exact diameter of the tube of your boiler
and 3 inches high. Saw or cut out an opening

for the door and another for the air draft in
the
manner described for the iron
a door for the former.
Now
boiler
and
also
rivet the ring to
the projecting end of the fire-box sheet as
shown
in Fig. 38.
If
fuel,
want
you intend to heat the

you
will,
boiler with a solid
of course, need a grate, but
if
you
to use gas or liquid fuels then select one of
the burners I have previously described for

Fittings for the Boiler.
to the
it.
Screw a stop-cock on
water intake pipe; a hand or a power
force pump, or an injector must be coupled to

the stop-cock and to a can of water or other
source of water supply.
Screw an elbow on
to the outlet
steam
pipe,
screw a i-inch length of pipe into the elbow and

screw a stop-cock to the end of the pipe; screw
a 2-inch length of pipe into the other end of the
stop-cock, screw
on an elbow and then screw
Making Small
Boilers
107
another length of pipe into the elbow long enough

to reach to the engine.
You
will
need an elbow screwed to the pipe
for the pressure gauge and, finally,
if
you have
a steam whistle, screw a coupling on the pipe in

the smoke-box sheet.
Pipe
inch in diameter
/4
can be bought cut to any length up to 2 feet and

threaded on both ends, and the elbows and couplings are tapped with right-left-handed threads
to
fit
the pipe.
The
boiler complete with a cast
smoke-box and fire-box
How
is
shown
to Test the Boiler.
in Fig. 43.
Before you get up
steam in the boiler after you have completed

the safest
way
water pressure.
is
to test
by trying
it
Then you can
and why without danger
leaks
find out
it
it,
with
where
it
either to yourself
or to your handiwork.
If
you
will turn to the
find that the
steam gauge
next chapter, you will

constructed with a
is
bent tube so that instead of the steam acting directly
tube
on the mechanism of the steam gauge the
is filled
with water and the steam presses
on the water instead.
Hence
all
you have to do
intake water pipe to a force
is
to connect the
pump and
to
pump
Fig. 43.
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Boiler Complete
108
Making Small
until the pressure
Boilers
109
gauge indicates twice the num-
ber of pounds pressure that you ever intend to
The
get up in steam.
boilers described in this
chapter should be tested to 40 or 50 pounds pressure consequently you should never

;
the steam
let
more than 20 pounds.

Safe Way to Operate a Small
pressure rise to
A
Any
Boiler.
engine that will run with steam can be run
with compressed
Now
air.
by pumping
air into the boiler until
under as much, or a
steam,
if
you used
it,
little
it is
more pressure than
you can run your engine
without steam and, naturally, without
fire,
and
both of these elements of danger.
this eliminates
To pump up
for you can do
the boiler
is
a simple matter,
with a bicycle pump,
it
with a motor car pump.

air,
If
or, better,
you use compressed
you do not need the water gauge on the
boiler; instead of coupling a source of
the intake pipe
valve
which
fit
is
water to
a bicycle valve or an inner tube
often thrown
away
be bought at an auto supply house
or one can
in the intake
pipe and then connect the latter with the pump.
CHAPTER
FITTINGS FOR
VI
MODEL ENGINES
Pipe and Fittings Taps and Stopcocks The Steam

Whistle Safety Valves: The Lever Safety Valve; A
Spring, or Pop, Safety Valve The Governor A Steam
Force Pump The Injector: How to Make It; How It
GaugeThe
Works The Water

Make It; Calibrating
to
Steam Gauge:
How
the Dial.
In building model engines, especially steam engines, a large
number of
fittings
such as pipe,
unions, or pipe couplings, stop-cocks, whistles,
safety valves, governors, force pumps, water and
steam gauges are needed.
While
it
is
more convenient
usually
them ready-made of the

engine, or boiler,
rather
it
make them
to
buy
right size to put on your
may happen
that
yourself and so
you would
I'll
tell
you
how.
Pipe and Fittings.
You can buy brass tubing
of any size you want from
on up and cut
it is
to
Viq
inch in diameter
any length you may need, but
not always an easy matter to get couplings,
no
Fittings for
Model Engines
III
elbows, T's and crosses that are threaded to
The Weeden Mfg.

Mass.,
pipe and
sells
New
of
Co.,
Bedford,
small
in
fittings
fit.
sizes,
threaded and ready to use you can buy brass or

;
copper tubing in nearly
Park Row,
Brothers, 2j
from Patterson
all sizes
New York
City,
and
!~
P/PE
COUPLING
ELBOW
CROSS
Fig. 44.
Steam Pipe
elbows, T's and crosses
and %e inch
Fittings
made of
in diameter are sold
brass
Vs
inch
under the name
of brass sockets by the Ideal Aeroplane and Sup-
West Broadway, New York City,

Wading River Mfg. Co., Wading River,
ply Co., 82-86
and the
Long
Island, N. Y.
Regular steam pipe and
shown
in Fig.
fittings
44 can be bought
in
like
those
inch and
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112
of Engine-Building
%6 inch sizes, outside diameter, of Luther H.

Wightman and Co., 132 Milk Street, Boston,
Mass., and the Chicago Model Works, 166
Madison
Street, Chicago,
West
111.
A small brass tap or
Taps and Stop-cocks.

stop-cock half size shown
bought for 50
a
still
at
cents, a larger
in Fig.
45 can be
one for 65 cents and
larger one for 75 cents.
good way
to
make a
stop-cock
H
PLUQ
is
to cut off
MNDLE
czQti
Plt/G
Fig. 45.
Brass Stop-cock.
(Full Size.)
a piece of brass rod the size you want

a hole through
it
from end
BODY
it
and
drill
to end, the diameter of
which should be about half the diameter of the

rod.
Next
drill
a plug hole for the plug through the
middle of the stop-cock body as shown in the
cross section
drawing
at
make
slightly
conical,
to
it
in Fig. 45,
and
ream
drill
it
out
a hole
through the body opposite the plug hole for a
Model Engines
Fittings for
The
screw.
must
brass,
which
plug,
a conical piece of
is
into the plug hole nicely
fit
a hole drilled through
it
as
113
shown
also
is
and have
at B.
a %6-inch hole in each end and thread
Drill
them.
The next operation

it fit
the plug hole steamtight
grinding paste of
Rub
and turn
and thinned down
set the
plug in the plug
around forth and back but don't
it
press too hard on
When
oil
the mixture on the conical
edge of the plug, then

hole
to do this
emery mixed with a few
fine
drops of sewing machine
with kerosene.
make
make a
to grind the plug to
is
the plug
it.
is
seated, as
it is
called,
push a
screw through the body of the stop-cock and

screw
it
into the
a handle for
bottom of the plug.
and screw
it
and your stop-cock
The Steam
is
it
to the top of the plug
done.
Whistle.
The
whistle used on a locomotive

tle
because
it
at the upper
is fitted
Now make
is
kind of a steam
called a bell whis-
with a hollow top closed
end and which somewhat resembles
bell.
The
first
whistle with
thing you need to

is
make
a steam
a stop-cock like the one just de-
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For a whistle of the right
scribed.
size for a
model locomotive make a stop-cock of a piece of

rod having an outside diameter of
drill
a %6-inch hole through
Vs
inch and
it.
Drill a /46-inch hole clear through one end of
the plug body and another at right angles to
it,
PLUGEND
SOLDER HERE
BIL
OUTLET MOUE
CUP
STOPCOCK
MJfflDlF
Fig. 46.
The Steam Whistle
so that the end will have four outlet holes for

the steam to escape through.
the middle of the body as before
ends of the
Make
and
as
Put the plug
in
and thread both
latter.
a cup of a disk of brass
%6
inch thick
inch in diameter and hollow out one side
shown
in the cross-section at
in Fig. 46,
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Fittings for
115
either with the point of a large drill or with a

Drill a %2-inch hole through
countersink.
thread
it
to
it
and
the end of the stop-cock body;
fit
screw the cup on the end with the concave, that

is
the hollow part up, and screw
enough so that the holes
in the
it
down
far
end of the tube
are just above the hollow of the cup.
Cut out a disk of sheet brass %2 inch thick and
inch in diameter, drill a %-inch hole through
the center of
it,
thread
it
and screw
of the stop-cock body so that
Now
the edge of the cup.
it
it
to the
end
with
sets flush
thread the inside of
the end of the body and screw in a brass rod %2

inch thick and
to stop
up the
inch long but not in far enough
outlet holes in the
end of the stop-
cock.
For the
brass tube
make
and
a
bell
of the whistle cut off a piece of
inch in diameter and
a plug end for
it
hole through
inch long;
of a piece of brass rod
either screw, or solder,
Vi e-inch
it
it
into one end
and thread
it;
drill
then
thread the end of the brass rod and screw the

latter into
it
and, finally, put a nut on the end to
hold the bell on tight.

bell
The lower edge
of the
should come within Vig inch of the edge of
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By screwing
the cup.
can adjust
it
so that
Now when
it
the bell up or
down you
will whistle the loudest.
the handle of the stop-cock
is
turned on, the steam rushes out of the holes in

the end of the body; this
under the disk when
forced out and up
is
it
the hollow cup
fills
against the edge of the bell; on striking

bell is set into violent vibration
istic
steam whistle
Safety Valves.
it
the
and a character-
results.
There
are several kinds of
safety valves but I shall describe only two of
them and these are: (i) the
lever safety valve
and (2) the spring safety valve.

The Lever Safety Valve. The time-honored
lever safety valve
The
boilers.
of this kind
is
easiest
is
largely used on stationary
way
to
make
a safety valve
to take a /4-inch pipe,
and thread both ends of
inch long,
it.
Cut or saw out two brass disks each %e inch

thick
and
inch in diameter;
drill
through one of them and thread

drill
% 6-inch
other disk and
it
a %6-inch hole
to
fit
the pipe
hole through the center of the
make
it
%6 inch
in diameter
on
the other side.
Put the two disks together and
drill
a %2-inch
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hole on each side of the holes in the center and
thread them; screw the disks together on one

side
and then make a standard of a piece of brass
rod
Ys
one end,
drill
end and saw a

deep in
it
% 6-inch
inch long; thread
hole through the other
slot Vie inch
wide and %e inch
these things done, screw the standard
&
G&oovi
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VPPEJtDJS*
BRASSPM
Fig. 47.
Lever Safety Valve
through the disks as shown at
in Fig.
screw the disks together on the other
Make a
2% inches
set the
side.
lever M.6 inch thick, Vs inch wide
and
long; drill a hole in one end of
and
it
end of the lever in the slotted end of the
standard and pivot
it
with a
The plug can be made

brass;
47 and
it
pin.
of lead, type metal or
inch at
%6
inch at
must be a shade larger than
the bottom and a
trifle
larger than
the top.
made
of lead, or type metal,
If
it
is
n8 The
you can
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fit
it
into the valve hole steamtight
pressure and turning
around, but
it
brass you will have to grind
mixed with
push a brass wire
both ends through

file
emery
fine
inches long and threaded on
it;
screw a nut on both ends
a groove in the top end of the wire so
All that
of
through the center and
that the lever will rest in
this
with
is
oil.
Drill a /46-inch hole
and
it
if it
by
is left
to be
done
can be a piece of rod
inch long;
saw a
it.
is
V2
to
make the weight
slot Yi6 inch
wide and
/4
deep and put a pin through the upper end.
inch
Slip
the weight on the lever and screw the safety valve

into the boiler shell.
Spring or Pop Safety Valve.
pop safety valve
is
A spring or
used on locomotives and you
can easily make one for your model.
If
you
will
take a look at Fig. 53, which shows a cross-section view of the locomotive boiler,
you
will see
that the safety valve pipe which leads through
the steam
dome
outside
is Vs
the end of this pipe must be threaded.
Cut out a disk
thick; drill a %2-inch hole through
its
Vs
center
inch
and
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Fittings for
thread
it
to
fit
Cut out another disk
the pipe.
of the same thickness and

hole in
its
center
and ream
size,
it
drill
fit
a %-inch
out until
inch in diameter on the other side.
grind a brass plug to
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it is
%6
Make and
this conical hole as
shown
in Fig. 48.
BLOW OFF
HOLE
ROD
SPRING
PLUG
P/5K3/?T
DISK
J.JB
Fig. 48.
Spring or Pop Safety Valve
Fit both of these disks into one end of a pipe

Vie inch in
diameter and
inch long with the
valve disk inside, and solder both of them in the

pipe.
Put the plug
in the valve hole;
spiral spring of brass
wire and put
it
form a
in the pipe
on top of the plug; thread the inside end of the

pipe and thread a rod
/4
inch long to
fit it;
drill
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a %-inch hole through the rod from end to end

to let the
steam escape when the valve
and cut a
slot across
then screw
The
into the
it
of
action
higher than
it
opened,
one end of this plug and
end of the
this
When
enough:
is
safety
pipe.
valve
is
simple
the pressure of the steam
should be
forces the plug
it
is
up
against the pressure of the spring and the steam
blows off through the hole in the screw plug at

the top of the safety valve.
The Governor.
A governor
tionary engines where
it
speed to be constant, that
The
is
is
necessary for the
perfectly steady.
usual kind of governor works on the prin-
ciple of centrifugal force , that is
of which
is fitted
to revolve
to the
end of a
two
balls,
lever, are
each
made
by the engine as the speed of the en;
gine increases the balls

levers.
used on sta-
is
The
throttle valve
fly
apart and raise the
levers are in turn connected to the
and when the speed
is
great enough
the raising levers close the valve, the steam
shut off and the speed of the engine
To make
reduced.
a centrifugal governor, or ball gov-
ernor, or fly ball governor, as

called, get
is
is
a soft steel rod
Vs
it
is
variously
inch in diameter
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and
of
2V2 inches long for the spindle;
it flat
shown
at
and
one end
hole through
it
as
A, Fig. 49.
Cut two
wide and
% 6-inch
drill
file
12
strips of brass Viq inch thick,
V2
%6
inch
an inch long for the top bars; lay the
bars together and
drill
them
and
at both ends
a /^6-inch hole through

in the middle; put a bar
TOP3/J/Z
fTm
CQNTROL
PULLEY
1
TO^
THROTTLE
STBAriCHEST
1
/I
Fig. 49.
An
on each side of the
Easily
drive a pin through
Make two
rod,
file
fly
end of the spindle and
flat
all
Made Governor
of them, tight.
arms of %2-inch brass or
steel
inch long; thread one end of each one and
both of them a
little flat
in the middle
the plain ends and then drill a
and
Yi 6-inch
at
hole
through the middle and ends.
Next cut out four

thick,
%e
flat
inch wide and
control
arms
Viq inch
inch long; lay
all
of
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arms together and
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drill
a hole through the
Set the ends of a pair of them
ends of them.
on the opposite sides of the
them with pins so that the
The next thing

down a rod % inch
and
from end
to
file
and
V2
inch long,
inch in diameter through

it
will slide easily
a groove,
from the one end;
move freely.
Turn or file
the guide.
end so that
spindle; cut or
arms and pivot
joints will
in diameter
a hole
drill
is
fly
file
of the other end and
Vs
down
drill
inch wide
it
on the
Vs
inch
the opposite sides
a hole through each
side.
Slip the guide

flat sides
of
arms on each
fix
joint the
to the lower end of the control
it
Screw a
side.
eter to the free
then
on the spindle and
ball
end of each of the
a grooved pulley
V2
inch in diamfly
arms and
inch in diameter on
the spindle.
Make
a lever of a strip of ^6-inch brass
inch wide and
1%
inches long, and drill a hole in
each end and a third hole
end as shown at A.
each
V2
an inch from one
Cut out two
strips of brass
% inch long of the same thickness
as the lever;
drill
%6
and width
a hole in one end of the lever
between them and rivet the three pieces together;
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now bend
the ends out until they
123
fit
into the
groove of the guide.
The
free end of the lever
and shorter lever and

other and a
is
still
this in
pivoted to another
is
turn
is
pivoted to an-
shorter lever and this latter lever
pivoted in turn to the handle of the stop-cock,
or throttle, as
and
close a
called
it is
steam
when
it is
used to open
which
pipe, all of
shown
is
in
Fig. 49.
Finally, the lower
in a bearing
wheel
is
end of the spindle must
and turn
and the grooved
easily,
belted to the pulley
rest
on the crankshaft of
the engine.
Now when
down and
the throttle
up speed the
up and so
you turn on the steam the

is
open as the engine gets

;
balls fly apart, this pulls the
raises the
yoked lever;
the steam until the speed falls off
begin to drop and more steam

engine.
balls are
A bought
governor
is
is
guide
this shuts off
when
the balls
admitted to the
shown
at B.
A Steam Force Pump.For stationary boilers

a steam force pump
water into
it
is
generally used to
pump
as needed.
simple force
pump can be made
of check valves, as shown at
of a couple
in Fig. 50, that
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in
valves which
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the water flow through
let
You can make
one direction only.
them
these
check valves or buy them ready-made.

If
you make them, buy two %6-inch elbows,
and two
of pipe
pieces
V2
inch long,
all
of
PISTON
PLUNGER,
P/PE /TOINTflKE
OFBOILER
8/PLL
JLJf"ELBOW
\*P/PE
p/pE
TO THE
WATER
SUPPLY
Fig. 50.
which are threaded
Steam Force Pump
at both ends
of pipe 2 inches long and thread
also get a piece

it
on one end.
Cut out two disks Me inch thick and
let
them
be of the exact diameter of the inside of the
bows;
drill
el-
a %-inch hole in the middle of each
one and solder
it
in
below the threads;
one end of the elbow just
this
can be done by putting
Fittings for
some soldering
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around the edge of the disk
fluid
inside the elbow, heating
alcohol
125
it
in the flame of
an
lamp or a Bunsen burner and touching
with the end of some wire solder.
it
Drop a brass
ball
%2 inch
in diameter in each
elbow on top of the hole screw one of the /4-inch

;
lengths of pipe into one of the elbows above the
and far enough
ball
in so that the ball can't roll
Screw the end of the pipe that goes
out.
into
the boiler into the other elbow above the ball
which
will prevent
it
Screw the other
from coming
out.
/4-inch length of pipe into
the other end of the elbow and then couple the
elbows together by screwing the T's to the ends

of the pipes and screw the 2-inch length of pipe
to the third opening of the T.
Finally,
make a
close fitting brass piston for
the pipe, or rather the cylinder, as
of which
all
The
is
clearly
piston can be
shown
at
now
it is
called,
in Fig. 50.
worked by hand,
can be
it
coupled to a separate eccentric on the crankshaft

or
it
can be connected to a crank which
by the engine.
1
Can be bought
City.
Of
course
it
of Patterson Brothers,
is
driven
must be used
Park Row,
in
New York
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an upright
shown
It
at
works
position.
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can bought for $3.5o.

like this
When
the piston
the ball in the right hand valve
but
it lifts
raised
is
raised
this pulls
down
tighter,
the ball in the left hand check valve
and hence the

it is
as
pulls the air out of the check valves
it
pump
small force
up
air
and water
in the pipe
into the barrel in
under
which the piston
works.
When
the piston
is
forced down, the pressure
of the water presses the ball in the left-hand
check valve
down
but
tight,
it
in the right-hand valve
up and
water to pass through
and
it
How
pushes the ball

this allows the
into the boiler.
To
feed
water into a steam boiler without having to
pump
The
Injector
an injector
it
is
ary boilers are
used.
fitted
to
Make
While nearly
An
jet,
1
station-
which have no
parts.
injector
is
boiler is forced
all
with pumps, locomotive boil-
ers are provided with injectors
moving
It.
so
made
that steam
from the
through a nozzle, thus forming
and blows the water
into the boiler against
Can be bought of Luther H. Wightman, Boston, or of the

Chicago Model Works, Chicago.
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own
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Hence we have what
pressure.
called
is
a hydrostatic paradox.
Get a piece of pipe
inch in diameter and 2
inches long, thread both ends of
and
drill
from one end for
/4-inch hole in the pipe V2 inch
Fit a cap to each end of the
the overflow pipe.

pipe, drill a
it
/4-inch hole
through the center of
each one and thread them to
a %-inch pipe;
fit
these are for the steam nozzle and the valve
chamber as shown
Next you
in Fig. 51.
need an elbow that
will
%-inch pipe and a piece of pipe
and
or
/4
will
fit
inch in diameter
inch long and threaded at both ends
for the overflow pipe.
Now make
either
way you do
brass rod
pieces
the nozzles and this
it.
The
way
no easy job
is
to take a
inch in diameter and cut off three
have one of them
1/4 inches
first
is
long and the last
Drill a /4-inch hole, V2
inch long, the second
1%
inches long.
an inch down
in the
end
of each piece, and a /46-inch hole the rest of the
ways through; then ream out the

conical
down
chambers
in them.
in a lathe, the
them a
conical form.
holes to
File, or, better,
form
turn
ends of the nozzles to give
TO STEAM
IN BOILER
STEAMHOZZ
TO WATElt
TANK
ELBOW
CAP
FEED
WATER//OZZIA
SMELL
VALVE
CHAMBER
OVER- *****
FLOW
PIPE
PLUG VALVE
R/NG
STEM
TO WATER.
INBOJLER
Fig. 51.
Cross-section of a Steam Injector
128
Fittings for
Model Engines
Another and easier way
to shape
is
129
up the
nozzles of K6-inch sheet copper and hard solder

the
Whichever way you make them
seams.
This done,
thread the large ends of the nozzles.
make a
conical plug that will
chamber, screw a stem into
it
into the valve
fit
and
set
it
into the
lower end; put in a ring with the hole over the
stem and solder
Having
it
there.
finished all the parts of the injector
the next thing
is
to assemble
it.
Screw the feed
water nozzle into the cap; screw the elbow on

T
the end of the nozzle and then screw the steam

nozzle into the elbow so that the small hole in
it
just inside the large hole in the feed water
is
nozzle.
Screw the valve chamber nozzle
the end of the other cap
into
screw both caps on the
large pipes and, finally, screw the overflow pipe

into the shell.
Now, couple
above the water
the steam nozzle to the boiler

line,
connect the valve chamber
to the boiler below the water line
elbow to the water tank.

are done,
if
you have not
When
less
all
and join the

these things
than forty pounds
of steam in the boiler, the pressure of the steam

1
Borax mixed with water
to the consistency of paste.
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in the boiler will force the water into the boiler
against the back pressure and this
is
called a
hydrostatic paradox.
How
Works.
it
the steam nozzle

in a jet
nozzle
and
it
flows into
blows out of the small end
and on down through the feed water
that
The
When the steam
jet
is, it
does so at
of steam forms a
this pulls the
into the feed
first.
vacuum
in the elbow
water at a high rate of speed
water nozzle and
this,
together with
the force of the steam striking the water, drives

the latter through the end of the feed water nozzle in a jet
this is
and
into the valve
chamber and since
an inverted nozzle the steam expands.
Now when steam expands it loses in

consequently,
it
speed and,
gains in pressure until, at the
lower end of the valve chamber, the pressure

so high
it
is
can pass into the boiler through the
check valve, which opens only in the direction

the stream
is
going.
The purpose
of the overflow pipe
is
to allow
the injector to get started and the water and
steam escape through
The Steam Gauge.
it.
small steam gauge that
It is
is
a hard job to
make a
accurate and though
Fittings for
I shall tell
it,
that
you how
to
is
mark
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131
make one and
calibrate
to
the scale so that
show
will
it
my
the steam pressure of the boiler in pounck^,
advice
is
to
buy one of some
reliable
This kind of a steam gb&gt
Bourdon gauge
maker.
known
is
for the reason that
was
it
made by Bourdon, an instrument maker

V2
an inch wide and
butt joint
and solder
inch in diameter
it
and
drill
through the ring close to the
brass,
make a
a ^6-inch hole
joint.
Cut out two disks of sheet brass
and
first
of Paris.
form a ring of %2-inch thick sheet
First
as a
inch thick
Vs2
inch in diameter for the front and back
of the gauge.
Drill three holes
with their centers
through them
inch from the edges and at
equal distances apart; in the one to be used for

the back
drill
two more holes
center and have each one
of the center;
drill
from the
inch on each side
a /46-inch hole in the center
of the other disk which
Make
in a line
is
the front one.
a pattern for the spring box, that
is
the
hollow base which contains the pressure plate
and the
coiled spring,
pattern should be
top part to
fit
made
and have
in
two
it
cast.
pieces,
The
curve the
the ring and hollow out the under
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Also hollow out the upper part of
the bottom of the box and you will observe that
both the top and the bottom have lugs on them.
When you
drill
get the castings,
file
them up and
a %2-inch hole through the curved ends of

then
the top
thread
it
drill
a hole in each of the lugs and
and
for a screw
drill
Vi 6-inch
hole
through the center of the box for the pressure

rod to pass through.
Drill a hole in each of the lugs of the
bottom
part of the box, but do not thread them, and,

finally, drill
of
it
% 6-inch
and thread
Now
it
to
hole through the center
fit
a /4-inch pipe.
make an angle support
for the works:
of a strip of brass %2 inch thick,
inch wide
and 1% inches long; bend the edges as shown
in Fig. 52 so that
it
stands
a hole in each end so that
it
at
inch high; drill
can be screwed to
the back; drill a hole in the center for the pin,
or arbor as
is
little
it is
called,
cogwheel,
to the end of
is
on which the pinion, that

fixed inside the case
and
which the needle or pointer
is
Drill another hole
%2
screwed outside the case.

inch below the center and
%2 inch
to the left of
it
for the pin on which the toothed wheel turns;
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and, lastly,
133
a hole at the top and to the
drill
put in a pin and
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fix
flat
spring to
left,
it.
Get a piece of pinion wire, 1 that
is
a ribbed
wire used by clockmakers for making small pinwheels of any length, and cut
ions, or toothed
off Vs inch long, or
it
you can use a small pinion
SUPPORT
TOOTHEP
NEEDLE
ii
/)CK~
COMPRESS
SP/ZAL
CFRONT
PLATE
RING ORD/4L
SPRING-
lug
BR/tSS
PL/PTE
SIPHON
flTH
Fig. 52.
How
Steam Gauge
taken from an old clock.

Vie inch thick
Set
and %e inch
it
is
Made
on a
steel
wire
long, thread both ends
of the wire, or arbor, push the short end through

the support and screw on a nut and see to
;
it
that
runs very true.
it
Take another
1
Can be bought of
clock wheel, or
dealers in
buy a new toothed
model makers'
supplies.
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wheel %6 inch in diameter,

the spokes
a hole in two of
inch from the center and fix a pin
one of them.
in each
drill
To make
the pressure rod
sharpen one end of a piece of He-inch wire

inch long; flatten the other end and
through
and
it,
also flatten
above the pointed end,

wire in
it
it
a hole
drill
at a point Vie inch
and
drill it
fix
bit
Now
for a stop for the spring.
of
pivot
the connecting rod to the toothed wheel and slip

the rod through the hole in the bottom of the
ring; then pivot the wheel to the support
and
screw the curved top of the spring box to the

ring.
Next
cut a piece of brass Vi6 inch thick,
wide and %6 inch long; round

with a
file
flat side
and make a dent
of
and
it
it
one side of
it
in the center of the
Cut
with a center punch.
it
piece of thin rubber V2 inch
lay
off
% inch
wide and
off
inch long
on top of the lower part of the spring box
set the
with the
Slip
rounded brass plate

flat
an open
of the rod,
fit
in the
middle of
side up.
spiral spring over the pointed
end
the bottom part of the spring box
to the top, being sure that the pointed end of
the pressure rod sets in the dent in the brass
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135
and screw the top and bottom of the spring
box together
tight.
Set the ring on the back plate put the front

;
on the ring with the arbor sticking through
plate
the hole and then bolt the two plates together.
Make an
index needle, or hand, of a bit of wire
inch long, flatten
one end and
fix it
drill
it,
%6
a hole
inch from
on the end of the arbor.
minute hand from a watch makes a good needle.
Thread the ends of a piece of brass pipe
2%
one end and
it
fill
inches long; cork up
with melted lead;
bend the pipe into the shape of a
cold,
when
heat the bent pipe, or siphon as
and
let
it
it
is
U but with
one end longer than the other end by
until the lead melts
Vs
inch;
it is
now
called,
run
out.
Now
screw the long end of the siphon into the boiler

above the water
of course;
line,
fill
with water and screw the gauge to

Calibrating the Dial.
you have made, that

or dial as
rate
it is
is
called,
gauge and
To
the siphon
it.
calibrate the
gauge
to graduate the face of
it,
you must borrow an accu-
fix it in
the boiler together with
your own.
As
the pressure rises in the boiler you simply
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mark your
shows when
and that
according to what the needle
dial
it is
is all
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compared
there
is
The Water Gauge.
to
gauge
to the first-rate
it.
To keep the
THISEND
boiler
from
ELBOW
SCREWS
INTOBOI,
RUBBER
WASHER
LOCKNUT
RUBBERt-OCK-
NUT
GLASS
TUBE
LOCH
&-'L RUBBER.
WASHER
NUT
TH/SENDF^52
SCREWS
-
INTO
-ELBOW
S55S ^wvs^,
BOILER
Fig- S3-
Cross Section of a Water Gauge
blowing up for the want of water, you must

it
with a water gauge.
This
is
fit
a piece of glass
tubing set into two elbows, one of which
is
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137
screwed into the boiler below the lowest
level
the water ought to be allowed to get, and the
other one
is
screwed into the boiler above the
highest level at which the water ought to stand.
To make
% 6-inch
elbows and
shown
as
a water gauge for the boiler take two
in
Fig.
fit
each one with a lock nut
53.
Get a length of thick
glass tubing for the water glass with an outside
diameter just large enough to
fit
the inside of
the lock nuts and elbows.
Next
nut and
fit
a thick rubber washer into each lock
slip the lock
nuts on the tube.
Put the
ends of the tubes into the top and bottom elbows
and then screw the nuts on them
The
tight.
pressure of the lock nuts on the rubber washers

will
expand them, that
press
is
squeeze them out, and
them against the tube hard enough
them steam-and-water-tight
is
at the
to
same time
easy to replace the glass tube should
broken.
make
it
it
get
CHAPTER
VII
A MODEL ATLANTIC TYPE LOCOMOTIVE

The Shell,
The Boiler
The Parts of a Locomotive
The Smoke-stack, Bell, Sand Box and Steam Dome, The
Saddle, Pedestal and Hanger, The Front Tube Sheet, The
Steam Pipe and Throttle Valve, The Back Tube Sheet,
The Crown Sheet, The Boiler Tubes, The Fittings
Making a Cardboard Model.
:
An
Atlantic, or 4-4-2, type of locomotive as
called
is
small,
by railroad boys,
is
it
one that has four
or truck wheels in front, four driving
wheels and two trailing wheels.

locomotive
much used
in the
It is
a type of
East for hauling
fast passenger trains.
To make
a model Atlantic type of locomotive
that will look like a real one will not only take a
lot
of your time, but you will need a deal of pa-
tience, a fair skill in
using tools and considerable
cash to boot, but whatever time, trouble and* ex-
pense you are put to you will feel repaid a hun-
dred fold when you have
running order.
138
it
completed and in
Model
As
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
139
in the case of the horizontal engine there
are two courses open to you in building this loco-
motive and these are, (1) to make the patterns

yourself and have them cast, and (2) to buy a
My
complete set of castings and finish them up.

advice
is
to build the locomotive
when
up, because
it is all
on the other hand

set
it
will
done,
be
of castings as each piece
from the ground

it is
much
is
really yours;
easier to
buy a
cast exactly to size
and shape.
To
picture
and describe each part
I did the horizontal
book the
in detail as
engine would take a whole
size of this one, but after
you have made
the horizontal engine and the copper boiler which

I told
you about
before,
this
you
will
in the chapters that
have small trouble in building
model locomotive.
So that everything may be
made
scale
and these
letter.
clear to
you
have
drawings of the boiler and the engine

will enable
especially if
just
have gone
you
you
to
intelligently,
will follow the directions to the
One more
thing, in reading the
remember that a dotted
sents a part
work
which
and hence cannot
is
drawings
line usually repre-
back of some other part
really be seen.
have also
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used dotted lines to indicate the limits of meas-
urements and sometimes to show where a piece

of metal
is
to be bent.
The Parts
tive,
of a Locomotive.
however large or
small,
Every locomo-
is
made up
of the
following main parts:

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
The boiler
The engine
The pilot, or cowcatcher and
The cab
The tender
is
an entirely separate, though none
the less necessary, adjunct for
it
has a coal bunker
and a water tank which supplies
fuel
and water
to the locomotive.
The
tal
Boiler.
This
boiler is of the horizon-
tubular type and, like every other boiler,
smoke-
consists of (a) the boiler proper, (b) the
box on the front end and
it
(c) the fire-box
on the
rear end.
modern locomotive
differently
boiler is
made
from the ordinary horizontal
ary boiler, and this makes
it
little
station-
necessary to put
the parts together in the order I have given.

1
In engineering drawings only those lines that represent some-
thing that cannot be seen are dotted and
all
other lines are solid.
Model
The
Shell.
l
a wall
1 6/4
Vs
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
Get a
inch thick,
141
seamless copper tube with
3%
inches in diameter and
inches long; this forms the shell, as the out-
side of the boiler
1%
the tube, or shell,
long as shown at
Saw
is called.
out one end of
inches deep and
A in Fig.
5%
inches
This done,
54.
drill
three rows of holes around the shell so that the

sheets can be riveted to
Drill the first
later.
it
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Fig. 54.
row of
3%
holes
boiler, drill the
back end and
The
inches
Boiler Shell
from the front end of the
second row
drill
^6 FOR
TH BO/LPD sue.
the last
5%
row
inches
inch from the
Four holes only need be
back end.
from the
drilled
inch from the front end as the smoke-box sheet
screwed to
is
Drill
it
hole
instead of riveted.
for
exhaust
steam pipe
and
drill
or cut out two holes in the top of the
shell
for the smokestack
The wall
made.
is
and the steam dome;
the thickness of the metal of which the tube
is
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make
the hole for the stack
and have
center
and have
end of the
54 and
1%
its
1 Vs
of which
shell, all
is
front,
and
inches in diam-
from the back
shown
in Figs.
55.
The
Bell,
Sand Box and Steam
next thing to do
rivet the smokestack, the
and the steam dome
shown
from the
center 6V2 inches
The Smokestack,
Dome.
inches
inch in diameter
V2
from the steam dome
the one
eter
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make and
to
sand box, the
bell
frame
to the top of the shell as
This
in Fig. 55.
is
of the whole boiler and
is
it
a cross-section view
will give
you
all
the
dimensions you need that are not shown in Fig.

54.
The
stack,
to get a real looking
sand box and steam dome
terns of
file
way
easiest
them and have them
is
to
smoke-
make
pat-
cast in iron, then
them up and give them a coat of black enamel.
% inch in diameter
it % inch wide, have
The smokestack should be

at its base with a flange
on
inch in diameter and be
a top
Make
the sand
box 1% inches
fit
a cover in
inches high.
in diameter, with a
%-inch flange on the bottom, and

bore a hole
1%
i34 inches high;
inch in diameter in the top and
it.
hole on each side Vs inch in
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diameter near the bottom of the box can be

drilled in the casting
when you
get
These
it.
are for the sand pipes.

It's
a hard job to
and have
it
cast,
a frame for
in diameter
make a
pattern for the bell
but you can buy a
it.
and
The steam dome

1Y2 inches high.
Fig. 56.
The Saddle
Pedestal and
inch holes on opposite sides of the

at
in Fig. 55;
whistle
is
i%
inches
two %-
PE&E9TM
Hanger
dome
as
shown
for the steam
and the other for the safety
dome must,
it
one of these
is
Drill
THE
THE hWGEfZ^J^fr
and make
bell
valve.
The
of course, have a wide flange so that
can be riveted securely to the boiler
shell.
The Saddle, Pedestal and Hanger. The next

thing to do is to make the patterns for the cylinder saddle, the driving wheel pedestal and the
hanger for the trailing wheels.

at
A,
B and C
in Fig.
These are shown
56 and the dimensions are
Model
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
marked on them.
145
two holes through the
Drill
saddle, four through the pedestal
and two through
the hanger so that they can be riveted to the

boiler shell
and fire-box as shown
at
in Fig.
55.
Drill four holes through the hangers of the
pedestal to
form the bearings for the axle for
the driving wheels and drill two holes in the
ends of the hanger of the trailing wheels to form

bearings for
When
its axle.
you have done
all
up the castings and then
these things, smooth
bolt the saddle to the
1%
inches
see A, Fig. 55 again.
Bolt
under side of the boiler with
from the front end,
its
center
the pedestal to the boiler in a line with the saddle
and with
its
center
You must screw
8%
inches
from the front end.
these bolts up tight or else the
boiler will leak.
The Front Tube
Sheet.
shown
tube sheet, as
at
Now make the front
A in Fig.
disk of sheet copper Vs inch thick

in
diameter and
round
to
hammer
form a flange
sheet will just
This done,
fit
57.
and
the edge of
inch wide,
Cut out a
4%
it
inches
over
when
all
the
into the boiler.
drill
eight /4-inch holes through the
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it
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for the boiler tubes, though you
can have fewer tubes
if
they are larger;
drill
another hole i%6 inch in diameter through the
6/?C/f TUBE
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SHEET
FRONTTUBE SHEET
CROW* SHEET
The Front Tube, Back and Crown
Fig. 57.
Sheets
upper part of the sheet for the steam pipe.

the sheet to the shell
end of the
boiler, as
3%
inches
shown
from the front
in Fig. 55.
The Steam Pipe and Throttle

steam
pipe,
Rivet
Valve.
The
which carries the steam from the
steam dome, through the front tube sheet, then

branches out into two pipes, and each one passes
out of the smoke box on the side where
respective cylinder;
its
eter
it is
5%e
it
joins
inches in diam-
and 7% inches long and threaded
at both
ends.
Bend
the pipe as
shown
in Fig. 55
and screw
a small stock-cock described in the previous chapter
on
one end for the throttle valve; screw
or otherwise fix a handle to the valve
inch long
Model
and pivot a
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
147
rod %2 inch in diameter and
throttle
7 inches long to the valve handle.
Screw a nut on the free end of the
pipe, 1 inch
down, push the end of the pipe through the hole
and then screw another
in the front tube sheet
nut on the other side of the sheet

a
on the end of the
should
for
now
it is
The
pipe.
screw
finally,
throttle valve
be in the center of the steam
dome
here that the hottest steam generated by
the boiler gathers.
The Back Tube
Sheet.
tube sheet as shown at

it
the
the
same
in Fig.
57 and make
drill,
of this hole
tion of the boiler
is
to
from the
on back to the sheet the

;
through before the back tube sheet
see
Sheet.
for
flange.
form a continua-
rod also passes through this hole; but
The Crown
it
or cut out, a %-inch
center Vie inch
its
Drill
through
/4-inch holes
the boiler tubes and also
The purpose
size as the front tube sheet.
same number of
hole with
Next cut out the back
is
throttle
it is
part
riveted in.
Cut out the crown
sheet,
in Fig. 57, that is the flat horizontal sheet
that separates the upper back part of the boiler
from the
and
fire-box.
Cut
6Vs inches long
this sheet
4%
inches wide
and hammer over the edge
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shown by the dotted
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line all
around to make a
flange
to
this is quite a particular job, because the
fit;
inch wide
when
it
will be the right size
corners must not be cut and they must be perfectly square.
Rivet one end of the crown sheet to the back

tube sheet so that the upper surface of the former
will
be Hush, that
is
even, with the lower edge of
Go ahead
the large hole in the back tube sheet.
now and
rivet the
back tube sheet to the
the boiler at a distance of
5%
inches
extreme back end as shown at
shell of
from the
in Fig.
55.
Rivet the sides of the crown sheet to the edges

of the shell on both sides as shown in Fig. 54.
The Boiler Tubes.
The
there are eight, are

inches long.
/4
boiler tubes, of
which
inch in diameter and 8
Set these in the holes in the front
and back tube sheets and expand them and turn

over their edges in exactly the same manner as
in the vertical boiler described in
The
little
sheet ought to
boiler
it,
come next but
and the front sheet of the
can be made in one piece so
making of the
The
Chapter V.
fire-box
for this
fire-box,
we'll take
up the
fire-box next.
is
made
of four sheets riveted to-
Model
The back
gether.
4%
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
inches long.
sheet
is
Scribe, that
149
inches wide and

is
scratch with a
pair of compasses, a semi-circle having a radius
of
inch and another semi-circle, using the
center, the radius of
which
same
i/4 inches.
is
Divide the large semi-circle into 8 equal parts
and then
from the middle of the
scribe a line
semi-circle to each point
which spaces
Cut
it off.
out the smaller semi-circle and then cut the sheet
through the scribed
hammer
lines to the large semi-circle
each piece, or segment, over until the
end of the sheet
whole scheme
around the
fits
shown
is
Bend over each edge

of the sheet
line,
or
and
3%
at
making the width
shown by
the dotted
rivet a bar or strip of brass or iron
inch thick,
from the bottom
Now
drill
%6
inch wide and about 3 inches
long across the sheet at a distance of
rests.
The
in Fig. 58.
inch,
inches as
boiler.
this
1%
inches
forms one of the grate bar
a hole in each segment of the
sheet and a corresponding hole in the back lower
end of the boiler
shell
For the front of the

1
The
radius of a circle
circle to its
of a circle.
is
and
rivet
them
together.
fire-box sheet use a sheet
a straight line
circumference; hence the radius
from the center of a

is
half the diameter
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7%
of copper 5 inches wide and
shown at B
inches long, as
Scribe a semi-circle at one
in Fig. 58.
end in the middle of the sheet the radius of which
1%
is
radius
is
2/4 inches, using the
before; cut
to shape
it
% inch wide.
Cut
each side below the middle of the semi-circle
so that the width of the sheet

is
same center as
and hammer over the
rounded edge to form a flange

off
whose
inches; then scribe a semi-circle
is
3%
inches,
which
the width of the boiler.
The
Fittings.
Now for the
fittings,
steam gauge, the water gauge, and

for the throttle rod.
fittings
sheet,
1%
by the dotted
stuffing
the
box
Before the pipes for these
rest like the
inches
one on the back
line at B, in Fig. 58.
and 2 inches long
in the sheet
from the major chord, as the

the semi-circle
all
fire-
from the bottom as shown
For the door cut out an oval hole
larger
is
are fixed to the front fire-box sheet rivet
on a grate bar
box
that
is called,
round, hinge
and
V2
inch wide
inch
straight edge of
and make a door

it
and
down
inch
rivet the hinges to
the sheet so that the door will swing over the

opening.
For the water gauge
drill
two %-inch holes
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side
and have the lower one as
crown
Put a piece of threaded
sheet as possible.
close to the
pipe,
inch long, through each hole and screw a nut
on both ends of each pipe tight against the
For the steam gauge
drill
one more %-inch hole
in the middle near the top of the sheet
in a threaded bent pipe
sheet.
and put
inch long and screw
nuts on both sides as before.
For the
stuffing box,
rod passes,
drill
through which the throttle
% 6-inch hole in the sheet V% inch
from the middle of the rounded edge.
Take a
inch long
piece of pipe
and thread
%e
it
one end down
the entire length; screw a nut on
inch, slip the
end of the pipe
through the hole and screw on another nut.

Drill a Vi 6-inch hole in a cap that will
and your
stuffing
of these holes
all
Make an
to,
box
is
is
The
done.
shown
at
position of
angle plate, to pivot the throttle lever
and
drill
a %2-inch hole in
inch long; bend over one end
other end; rivet

V2
the pipe
in Fig. 58.
of a strip of brass Vie inch thick,
with and
fit
it
it
%
/4
inch wide
inch and
and a %-inch hole
in the
to the fire-box sheet in a line
inch to the left of the stuffing box.
Model
The
Atlantic
throttle lever
brass Vis inch thick,

long;
one end to
file
Type Locomotive
153
can be made of a strip of
%e inch wide and 3

make a handle and
%-inch hole in the other end;
inches
drill
inch from this
hole drill a %2-inch hole; pivot the end of the

throttle lever to the angle plate.
Finally,
rivet
the
hanger for the trailing
wheels to the firebox sheet so that the center of

the hole through which the axle passes
1
is
exactly
inch from the rim of the wheel which rests on
the
rail.
Now
the
slip
stuffing
the end of the throttle rod through
box and
rivet
semi-circular
the
flange of the front fire-box sheet to the back edge
of the boiler shell and then rivet the back flange

of the crown sheet to the front fire-box sheet.
This done, bend in the front fire-box sheet at

the line where the
until its
lower end
crown sheet
is
1%
is
inches
riveted to
it,
from the back
fire-box sheet; then pivot the throttle lever to
the throttle rod.
For the
sides of the fire-box cut out
and make the tops of each one
4%
two sheets
inches wide
and the bottoms 3% inches wide and have them
4%
inches high as
shown
at
in Fig. 58;
bend
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over the slanting side of each piece
inch and
then rivet the lapped seams together.
Now go back to
make
the smoke-box sheet which
This
in Fig. 55.
same
is
is
Solder or otherwise
Make
solder
an
at
fix,
has a /4-inch
a number plate
inch in diameter on the center of
will project out V2
shown
and
a copper sheet cut to the
size as the tube sheets but
flange.
1
the front end of the boiler
so that
it
it
inch.
a pair of brackets for the headlight and
them
to the
You
Fig. 55.
smoke-box as shown
at
in
don't need to screw the sheet in
the end of the smoke-box because the branched
steam pipes have to be put in and fastened to
The
the T.
headlight and the cab can be
after the boiler
and
on
all
is
mounted on the running gear
the other finishing touches can be put
then.
Making a Cardboard Model.

advice which,
made
lot
if
you
will take
Here
it,
is
a bit of
will save
you
of trouble to say nothing about material.
Start at the beginning of this chapter and
make
a heavy cardboard tube following the di-
mensions given in the text and
Mark and
in the drawings.
cut out each separate sheet
and
piece,
Model
Atlantic
Type Locomotive
155
bend them to shape and glue or paste them
to-
gether until you have the whole boiler built up

full size.
By making
the boiler of cardboard
will see exactly
first,
you
where and how each seam
is
lapped and you will then have a working knowl-
edge of
how
will prevent
the boiler
constructed and this
you from making a
when you come
now
is
to
making
for the engine.
it
lot
of mistakes
up of metal.
And
CHAPTER
VIII
A MODEL ATLANTIC TYPE LOCOMOTIVE

(Continued)
The Parts
The Cylinders, Steam Chests

and Crosshead Guides The Engine Truck Frame Setting the Frame on the Truck Wheels; The Driving
Wheels The Side, or Coupling Rods The Connecting
Rods The Link Valve Gear The Trailing Wheels The
Pilot, or Cowcatcher
The Headlight The Cab Other
Things to Do The Tender Finishing Up the Locomotive and Tender How the Locomotive Works: How
of the Engine
the Link Valve Gear Works.
Having completed
do
is
the boiler the next thing to
to build the engine
There
finish
no
is
and the running gear.
special instruction
to
up the castings should you buy them readyyou make the patterns and have them
made but
if
cast
quite another matter.
it is
The Parts
locomotive
is
of the Engine.
really
The engine of a
formed of two separate and
distinct horizontal engines that set
sides of the
on opposite
smoke box.
Each engine
(i)
you need
consists of
cylinder and steam chest with a cross156
Model
Atlantic
Type Locomotive
157
head and crosshead block, a piston and piston

rod,
and a
mounted
slide valve
on,
The engine
(2)
and valve-stem; these are
fixed to the boiler
truck frame which, in turn,
by means of the saddle
Two pairs of driving wheels with,

Two connecting rods which connect
(3)
(4)
is
the
driving wheels with their respective piston rods
Two
(5)
side
rods
to
couple
driving
the
wheels together, and
(6)
Stephenson link valve gear for revers-
ing the direction of the engine.
The
Cylinders,
Guides.
The
their pistons
Steam Chests and Cross-head
cylinders
and
and steam chests with
slide valves are constructed like
the horizontal engine described in Chapter IV,
but the cylinders are turned around so that the
steam chests are on top instead of on the

This brings the eccentric rod out of
the slide valve stem
side.
line
with
moreover, there are two ec-
centrics
connected to each valve rod through
what
called a link; the purpose of this ar-
is
rangement
is
to enable the engine driver to re-
verse the direction of the locomotive at
will.
Further, the cross-head guide for each piston
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must be mounted on the end of the cylinder

stead of separate
from
it
in-
and, finally the cylin-
SIDE
#1
LOWER
CROSS
/7#
iA
Fig. 59.
The Engine Truck Frame (End View)
ders and steam chests are bolted to the sides of

the truck
frame as shown
end
view Fig. 59; consequently small changes must
A
be
Model
made
Atlantic
in the design
Type Locomotive
159
and construction of the
engine and the cylinders and the steam chests
must be made a
little
smaller than the horizontal
engine previously described.
Make each cylinder 1 inch in diameter and

1% inches long; the steam chests should be %
CROSS HEAD BLOCK
The Cross-head Guide and Block
Fig. 60.
inch wide,
inch high and
1%
inch long, and
make the piston rods and slide valves to fit as

shown at A in Fig. 60 the chief sizes we marked
;
on the drawings.
The crosshead guide

Fig. 60, as well as the
cylinder
head.
is
also
way
it
is
The crosshead
shown
at
in
screwed to the
block
that
fits
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between the guides, and to which the piston rod

is
and the connecting rod
fixed
shown
The
chests
at
is
pivoted as
in Fig. 60.
on one of the cylinders and steam
feet
must be reversed before the pattern
is
shown
cast so that they will face each other as

in Fig. 59.
The Engine Truck Frame.
After you have
the cylinders and steam chests with their fittings
made and
working order you can begin work
in
on the engine truck, that
is
the part which sup-
ports the cylinders and steam chests and on
which the smoke-box of the
on the
boiler sets
front, or truck wheels, as they are called.
Make
the truck frame
first
sheet brass
%2 or
bars each
inch wide and
up each end
through
it.
V2
and build
inch thick,
3%
up of
it
make two
cross
inches long, bend
inch and drill a %2-inch hole
Drill
two holes
in the
that the saddle can be bolted to
smoke box as shown
in Fig. 59,
not done until the frame

Drill a %-inch hole
is
upper bar so
and
to the
though
this is
it
finished.
through the middle of the
lower cross bar for the engine truck cradle as

is called.
Make two
side bars, see Figs. 59,
it
and
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Type Locomotive
161
61 and have them i/4 inches wide and 2 inches

long,
and
drill
a hole in each corner, so that you
can bolt the cross-bars, the side bars and the
and steam chest supports together as
cylinder
shown
in Fig. 59.
Before bolting them together cut out a sheet

of brass
Vs
inches long
inch thick,
1%
inches wide and
and bend over one end
inch.
3%
Drill
% inch
plate %
four %2-inch holes in this plate at one end

apart and two holes through the angle
inch apart as
shown
Screw or
in Fig. 61.
rivet
lower cross bar and you have the
this plate to the
front frame ready for the buffer beam.
The
truck hanger, which supports the engine
truck frame and forms the bearings for the truck

wheels,
is
made
of two brass bars
%6 inch
thick,
inch wide and 2V2 inches long; the bars can
be made of a strip of brass

cast in brass.
must be
set at
or, better,
they can be
Whichever kind you use the ends

an angle of 90 degrees
to the cross
bar to form bearings for the wheel axles.

Drill a %-inch fcole
through the end of each
bar and two %2-inch holes,
middle of each bar.
inch from the
Screw the truck hanger
side
bars to the truck hanger cross bar and then
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pivot the lower cross bar of the
frame
to the
truck hanger cross bar to do this
make a
collar,
i
CROSSB/JZ
e 3j//6
i
5.1
To
/
FRONT
FM/fME
BUFFER BFAM^)
mm^
urn
Fig
or, as
'
iii
6l.
engine
in diameter
Top View
men
and
hole through
it
call
of the
it,
Truck Frame
a truck cradle,
inch high and
lengthwise.
drill
inch
Vs
inch
Bolt the lower cross
Model
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
163
bar to the truck hanger cross bar with the cradle

in
between them as shown in Fig.
Frame on
Setting the
59.
the Truck Wheels.
The
standard gauge of a railroad track in the United

States
is
4 feet
8%
inches but for your model loco-
3% 6
motive a track gauge of
inches
The only outstanding thing
width.
far as the engine truck frame
put on four truck, that
is,
is
the right
is
to
do now as
concerned
is
to
front wheels.
These wheels must be regular car wheels, that

is
shown
flanged, as
in Fig. 61,
have a face %6
inch wide and a diameter of 1V2 inches.
Iron
castings of car wheels of this size can be bought
for 5 cents each and brass castings of the

size costs
30 cents each.
Drill a %-inch hole
wheel and tap

off
it,
through the center of each
that
is
two axles of %-inch
each one
same
3%
cut threads on
soft steel rod
it;
cut
and make
inches long; thread the ends, screw
a wheel on one end of each one with the flange

slip the
axle through the
holes in the truck hanger bar
and screw on the
on the
inside.
Next,
other wheel; then do the
same thing with the
other axle and wheels.
Raise up the front end of the boiler and set
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it
on the saddle;
cross bar,
and
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on the upper
set the saddle
this completes the engine truck
frame.
The Driving Wheels.
These
should be
% 6-inch
inches in diameter with a
3%
face and each
one must be spoked and have a counterbalance

weight cast on one side to balance the weight of
the connecting rod and side rod opposite
it.
cast iron driving wheel in the rough, but spoked
and counterbalanced, can be bought for 25 cents

each, while brass ones cost 50 cents each
will
need two pairs.
and you
Drill a %6-inch hole through
the center of each one and thread
it
to
fit
a %-
inch threaded axle.

Drill
and thread each wheel
to
fit
a threaded
%-inch crank pin opposite the counterbalance

weight; the bearings of the connecting rods
fit
on the crank pins on the rear wheels, and the

bearings of the side rods
fit
on the crank pins
on both the front and back wheels as shown
in
Fig. 62.
Cut
off
two
diameter and
pieces of soft steel rod Vs inch in
inch long and thread the ends.
Screw one of these pins
into each of the front
wheels; cut off two more pieces of the %-inch
Model
Atlantic
rod and have these

at both ends.
pins,
Type Locomotive
165
inches long and threaded
Screw one end of each of these
which form the crank
pins, into the hole
opposite the counterbalanced weight.
TBUCH HANGER
SlDEB/in
SUDZl/ALVE ROO
TRANSMISSION BAR
Fig. 62.
Coupling and Link Gear
The Side, or Coupling Rods. You can either

make patterns of and have the side rods cast,
thereby making them look like those on a regular locomotive, or
you can make them out of a
strip of brass Vs inch thick,
have each of them
3%
Drill a hole in each
%e
inch wide and
inches long.
end of each side rod
Vs
inch in diameter and exactly 2 inches apart from

their centers
and have the holes
pins to a nicety.
fit
the crank
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The Connecting Rods,

rods in the same
way
Make two connecting
that
you make the
side rods
and have them of the same thickness and width,

but 6/4 inches long;
drill
each one; the other end
a hole in one end of

is
to be fitted with a
joint, or fork, like the horizontal

it
engine so that
can be pivoted to the cross head block with a
pin.
Before
fitting the
crank pins
slip
bearings of the rods to the
a small washer over each pin in
each one of the four driving wheels; this done,
push the crank pins through the holes

rods,
in the side
and on the ends of the crank pins on the
front driving wheels screw on two nuts

side nut
must not be put on too
the in-
tight or the pin
will not turn easily in the bearing of the side
The
rod.
outside nut must be screwed on tightly
to keep the inside nut
lock
it
as
it is
from working
loose, or to
called.
Slip a collar,
inch high, over each crank pin
on each of the rear driving wheels, then put on

the connecting rod and screw on a couple of nuts
as before.
Screw one end of both the front and rear axles

to a pair of the driving wheels
and push the free
Model
Atlantic
Type Locomotive
ibj
ends of the axles through the bearings on one

side of the pedestal as
shown
in Fig. 63; be-
fore screwing the driving wheels on the other
Fig. 63.
How
the Driving Wheels
Are Mounted
side of the pedestal to the axles the link valve
gear must be made.
The Link Valve

gear
is
Gear.
The purpose of
to reverse the engine.
It
this
must be made
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and the
of Engine-Building
which are connected
eccentrics,
must be keyed or otherwise fixed
to
it,
to the axle of
the rear driving wheels before the axle
is
pushed
on through the farthest bearing of the pedestal.
The
first
valve gear
thing to do
is
made.
is
to
side
know how
view of
it,
the link
showing
POTTEP CIRCtE- ~
SHOWS DRIYEJHHEELS
Stephenson Link Reversing Gear (Forward)
Fig. 64.
the position of the reverse lever, link and eccentrics
when
the gear has been set to go ahead
A in Fig.
verse lever and link
The position of the rewhen the engine has been
reversed to back up
shown
is
given at
Now
to
make
64.
is
at B.
the engine run smooth and even
the pistons are set 90 degrees apart, which
means
Model
Atlantic
that while one piston
the other piston
and
this brings
is
Type Locomotive
in
169
one end of the cylinder
in the middle of its cylinder
is
one of the crank pins to the ex-
treme front or back of the wheel while the other

crank pin
wheel,
all
of which
Fig. 64.
Not only
set at
at its highest or lowest point
is
is
shown
its
in Fig. 62.
Stephenson Link Reversing Gear (Back)
this,
but the eccentrics must also be
90 degrees from each other and of course
that whichever one

valvemust be
180 de-
each one of each pair
working the
slide
grees, or opposite to
it is
on
is
is
set
its
respective crank pin
when
brought into the operating position by the
reverse lever.
To make
the link valve gear
is
not so hard a
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job, but to set
it
of Engine-Building
work
so that the eccentrics will
just right will give
you
all
the trouble you are
looking for.
Make
four eccentrics, each of which
is
and 2% inches from the center
in diameter
end of the rod, and

the axle, J4
the center as
drill
inch
to the
a hole in each one for
nc h ln diameter and %6 inch out of
shown
at
A in Fig.
64 and
;
this will
give a throw of }i inch.
Next,
make
the links, one for each pair of ec-
centrics; to get the proper curve the inside arc
should be a part of a circle having a diameter of
4%
Vs
inches and each of the outer circles should be
inch larger than the next inside circle.
you
will
shown
mark out a
at
above, and
or
saw
B
it
link the exact size
and shape
in Fig. 64, of the size given
out of a smooth strip of wood,
inch thick, with a fret saw, have
brass and then
If
file it
up,
you
will
it
cast in
have a link that
work better than one made of sheet metal.

The bosses, as the projections on the inside of
the link near the ends are called, are what the
ends of the eccentric rods are pivoted. The
will
bosses in the middle of the link inside and outside
are what the hanger bars are fixed
to.
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Type Locomotive
Atlantic
171
These must project out and away from the

curved
slot in the link far
and forth
block slide back
made
in exactly the
head block shown at
Now make
inch thick,
/4
enough
to let the link
easily; this block is
same fashion as the cross
in Fig. 59.
the rocker of a strip of brass
inch wide and
2%
Vs
inches long; drill
a hole in each end and one in the middle; pivot
one end to the link block on one side and the other
end to the
which
is
slide valve
simply a continuation of the slide valve
The middle
stem.
rod by a transmission bar,
part of the rocker
is
pivoted
to the side of the pedestal.
This done, make the hanger of a %-inch thick

strip of brass,
%e
inch wide and i/4 inches long;
a hole through each end and pivot one end
drill
to the
hanger bar but on the other side of the
link to
which the rocker
The
reverse
inch thick,
% inch
wide and 1% inches long with a hole
drilled
shaft
arm
is
is
A in Fig.
that
it
it is
Vs
jointed to the reach rod
of the same size except that
1^2 inches long,

at
pivoted.
a piece of brass
through both ends;
arm which
is
drill
three holes in
64 and put a pin
in the
it
as
it is
shown
lower end so
can be pivoted to the pedestal.
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The reach rod
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a long bar reaching from the
is
upper end of the reverse shaft arm to the reverse

lever in the cab.
Vs
%6
inch thick,
and
is
2%
is
in diameter
The
inch wide and
4%
inches long
latter.
The
reverse lever should
inches long with a latch handle and
lower end
which
can be made of iron or brass
pivoted to the reverse lever at about the
middle of the
be
It
is
pivoted to one end of a shaft
and
its
inch
inch long, the other end of
fixed to the side sheet of the fire-box.
latch handle
works
in a notched quadrant,
the ends of which are also fixed to the side of the

fire-box.
Two complete sets of all these parts are needed,

except the quadrant reverse lever and reach rod
arm.
The lower ends of both reach rod arms
fastened to the ends of a shaft which

place
and yet free
Now when
is
are
held in
to turn in a fixed bearing.
the reverse lever
is
pushed ahead
or pulled back, both link valve gears will be
operated by
When
you have the two complete
gears made,
axle,
it.
slip
push the
pedestal
sets of link
the eccentrics over the rear
latter
through the bearing in the
and screw on the other driving wheel.
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Type Locomotive
Atlantic
173
This done, go ahead and couple on the other

side rod
and the other connecting rod and,
finally,
pivot the connecting rods to the crosshead block
with a pin.
Before making the eccentrics

to
make a
it is
a good plan
large working model of the whole link
gear out of thin wood and cardboard and see
how
it acts on the slide valve; then when you make
the link gear out of metal you will know just
exactly
how
the link motion works and learn
what you are about.
The Trailing Wheels.

inches in diameter and
them on
is
These wheels are

you have
all
to
i/4
do to put
to drill a /46-inch hole in the center
of each wheel and thread

of %-inch rod and thread
it,
it
then
make an
at both ends.
axle
Screw
one end of the axle to a wheel, push the axle
through the bearings in the hanger as shown at
A in Fig.
The
55,
and screw on the other wheel.
Pilot, or
Cowcatcher.
While
there are
very few animals that are given the chance to
horn an engine
is still
off of the track the
cowcatcher
the front and foremost part of a locomo-
tive in this country.
Make
a buffer
beam of wood,
Vz
an inch square
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and
3^
screw
it
inches long, as
shown
in Fig. 61,
which
to the angle plate
and
mounted
is
to
Build up the pilot of fifteen
the front frame.
wood
of Engine-Building
and glue them to a triangular wood
strips
frame so that a sharp point

of the buffer
beam 2%
high and screw
it
sticks out in front
inches;
make
to the buffer
it
beam.
3%
inches
The
pilot
can be braced to the buffer beam underneath and

can be braced to the sides of the smoke-box
it
on
top.
The Headlight.
cut out of wood,
tin
While
is
it
this
electric
lamp
make it out
Form a reflector
in front of it;
will
the lamp
is lit,
the
of
of
candle power tungsten
run wires from
the tender where you have a dry
When
dummy
better to
and solder the seams.
bright tin and put a
can be a
beam
produce a pretty and
it
to
cell battery.
of reflected light
realistic effect in
darkened room.
The Cab.
This
can also be made of heavy
sheet tin with the seams soldered together.
4 inches
it
1
long,
4%
inches high and
5%
Have
inches
Complete instructions for wiring up electric lamps will be

found in "The Book of Electricity," by the present author and
published by D. Appleton and Co.
Model
wide, but
let
Type Locomotive
Atlantic
175
the curved roof project 2 inches,
making the length of the cab 6 inches over

and put a ventilator
in the top of
Other Things to Do.

and one other things
on
all
all
it.
There are a hundred
to
do
if
you intend
to put
the attachments that are to be found on a
You
real locomotive.
should by
means put
all
on a hand-rail and a running board; then there

are the springs,
if
you want
to
go to the trouble
of making them; the air brakes, which,
made
the compressor right
if
you
and the three-way
cock that controls the air in the line pipe, will

take you half as long as
it
did to
make
the en-
gines.
The Tender.
Every locomotive must have a
tender to carry a supply of fuel and water.
Make
the tender of heavy sheet tin
wide,
3%
inches high
body of the tender
is
and 9 inches
made double
cept in front so that water can
5%
long.
inches
The
all
round ex-
fill
the space
between the sides and back walls or tank and coal*

can
fill
the middle and open space or bunker.
The tender has
eight wheels
and
all
of them
are the same size as the truck wheels of the locomotive.
The wheels
are mounted in sets of two
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pairs to a
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frame and the body
rests
on the front
and back frames.
pair of buffer castings
is
used to couple the
tender to the locomotive and a piece of sheet
metal which
on the
won't
is
fixed to the floor of the cab rests
floor of the tender so that the fireman

fall
through between them when he
shoveling coal from the coal bin into the
is
fire-
box.
Finishing
Up
Following
the
the Locomotive and Tender.

practice
of
building, get a can of black enamel

boiler
from the front
to the
locomotive
real
and paint the
back tube sheet with
it.
Also paint the cab, the wheels, the head-light
and the
pilot
with
it
to
The steam dome, sand
make them a shiny
black.
box, smokestack, smoke-
box and that part of the furnace which shows

below the cab should be painted a dull black and
this
can be done by simply adding turpentine to
the enamel.
The locomotive complete
is
shown
in Fig. 64.
How
when a
the Locomotive Works.

fire is built in
Of
course,
the fire-box the water
heated as in any other type of boiler
is
the hottest
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steam
of Engine-Building
which
rises to the highest point
steam dome; from the dome
it
is
the
passes through
the throttle stand pipe, as the bent up end of the
main steam pipe
the
called,
is
amount going
through depending on the steam pressure and

the distance the throttle valve
Having reached
the
is
opened.
in the smoke-box, the
steam passes out through the two branch pipes
and thence
into the
steam chests where
tributed to the ends
there are
two
the power
is
sets of
it is
of the cylinders.
dis-
Since
steam chests and cylinders
equally divided and applied on both
sides of the locomotive.
Again, since the pistons are set at 90 degrees

apart, one of the pistons
way
while the other one
half
way and
is
forced forward half
is
being forced back
then both pistons travel half the
length of their strokes in the

result of these actions
same
direction ; the
makes the engines run
steadily.
As
the used steam
into the
smoke-box
from the cylinders exhausts

it
blows out through the
smoke-stack; this sets up a draft through the

fire
tubes and fire-box and makes the
better.
fire
burn
Model
Now
Atlantic
Type Locomotive
179
since each cylinder exhausts twice during
every revolution of the driving wheels to which

its
piston
is
other side
is
connected and since the piston on the

set so that
while the other piston
it is
is
midway
in its cylinder
at the end of
its
stroke
there are four exhausts to every revolution of

the driving wheels, as you have probably ob-
many times,
when they are
served not once but

motives, especially
One
thing more and that
is
in real loco-
just starting.
the action of the link
valve gear.
How
the Link Valve Gear Works.
you have made the

model of
of the
it,
you
how and
The purpose
know,
is
link valve gear, or even a
will
the
have a clear understanding
why
of
it.
of the link valve gear, as you
to reverse the engine
slide valve
After
and
to
do
it
the
must be pulled or pushed over the
inlet port of the cylinder so that the first flow
of steam into
it
tion needed to
will force the piston in the direc-
make
the engine go ahead.
Suppose that the reverse
and
is
64,
is
in the
middle of
lever, see Figs.
its
62
quadrant, the link
then set in such a position that the link block
at the lower end of the rocker
is
in the middle of
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180
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way between
the link and consequently half
pair of eccentric rods which control
When
the link block
it.
position the en-
is in this
work because the
gine cannot
the
valve
slide
is
brought to the middle of the steam chest and the

action of the eccentric rods on
it
it is
so slight that
cannot move far enough in either direction to
cover the inlet ports alternately.
But when you throw the reverse

as far as
will go,
it
it
slide valve to the
so that the
first
forward
push the link down
will
until the block is at the top of
throw the
lever
it
and
this will
end of the steam chest
flow of steam will be through
the port which will force the piston in the direc-
make
tion to
the wheels revolve forward
and
thus carry the locomotive ahead.
When
the reverse lever
eccentric rod A,
line
which
is
thrown forward the
is
the upper one,
in
with the link block and works the slide valve
through the rocker which
is
pivoted to the block
in this case the eccentric rod
though
way
is
it
moves
affect the
On
to
and fro
it
drops
it
does not in any
movement of the
the other hand,
thrown back,
when
down and
slide valve.
the reverse lever
pulls the link
up and
is
this brings
Model
Atlantic
Type Locomotive
the eccentric rod B, which

line
is
181
the lower one, into
with the link block; when this takes place the
eccentric rod
though
it
is
raised out of the
moves back and forth
it
way and
does not in
any way interfere with the motion of the

valve set up by the eccentric rod B.
slide
CHAPTER IX
STEAM, THE GIANT
POWER
How
How
The Stuff that Steam is Made of

Formed What Heat Does to Water
Water is
Water is
Made to Boil Getting Up Steam About Steam Pressure How Steam Acts Work and Horse Power How
to Calculate the H. P. of Your Engine
How to Cal-
culate the Size of a Boiler
How
to Calculate the
Heat-
ing Surface of a Locomotive Boiler.
The
Stuff that
Steam
know, of course, that steam
is
Made of.You
is
formed of water
know that water is good to drink

and to go swimming in, but do you know just
what the stuff is really made of? If not read
on.
Water is made up of two gases, one of
and you
which
Now
is
also
hydrogen and the other
hydrogen
is
is
the lightest substance known,
being 14% times lighter than the air
and 16 times
keeps us
oxygen.
lighter
we
breathe
than the oxygen which
alive.
Pure hydrogen burns with a very hot flame
and
is
so nearly the color of daylight

182
it
can hardly

Further,
be seen in
it.
much
when burned,
heat,
183
gives off 5 times as
it
as the
same weight of
coal.
Oxygen
is
even a more important gas than
hydrogen and, fortunately, there

nature than any other kind.
to
is
It is
more of
it
in
a great gas
combine with other chemical substances and
when anything burns you may know

the chemical elements in
it
that
it
is
that are combining
with the oxygen.

If
you
filled
a quart measure with hydrogen
and another quart measure with oxygen and

weighed them, you would
find that the
oxygen
weighs 16 times as much as the hydrogen.

Chemists have found that
if 1
part of hydro-
gen by weight could be combined with 8 parts

of oxygen, also by weight, together they would
form water, but they
also
found that neither hy-
drogen nor any other substance

less
will
combine with
than 16 parts of oxygen by weight.
But
it is
an easy matter to combine 16 parts
of oxygen with 2 parts of hydrogen, consequently
you can write the formula for water thus: hydrogen 2 parts to oxygen 16 parts, or you can
use, if
you
like,
the letters
H and O that stand for
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hydrogen and oxygen
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as they are called, where
hydrogen and
then write
How
it
symbols
in chemistry, or
stands for
part of
for 16 parts of oxygen and
0.
Water
is
Formed,
To
simply put 2
parts by weight of hydrogen and 16 parts by
weight of oxygen in a bottle and shake them up

is
not enough to
make them form water
instead
they will remain separate gases as before, but,
being so close together,
if
you
light
them with a
match, or by an electric spark, they will explode

violently
and water
One way
ically to
of making these gases combine chem-
form water
compound
oxide,
will result.
that has
to pass
is
oxygen
in
hydrogen over a
it,
such as copper
At ordinary tempera-
and heating them.
tures hydrogen will not act on the copper oxide,
but
if
you heat them
in the flame of
a Bunsen
burner the hydrogen will combine with the oxy-
gen to form water, and leave the copper behind.
What Heat Does
to
Water.While
quite easy to produce water

I
matter to
make
the rule
about, for to change
it
is
from hydrogen and
have just described,
oxygen, as
it
it is
not an easy
work the other way
back again into
its
two

constituent gases, or decompose
you must
it,
as
185
it is
called,
raise the temperature to at least
2000
degrees Fahrenheit.
You
can, however, easily
electrolysis, that is
tricity
through
it,
decompose water by
by passing a current of
elec-
provided you use the right kind
of apparatus. 1
When you
ignite, that is light,
an alcohol lamp
or a Bunsen burner, or any kind of a

is
developed and heat
heat
is
made up
of
is
Now
a form of energy.
little
to
heat
fire,
and fro movements
of the particles of gases that are burning or of

the particles of matter of a substance that
warm
is
or hot.
These vibratory motions of the molecules of

matter, as they are called, of the flame or
set the particles, or molecules of
the boiler
is
matter of which
formed, into rapid vibration, when
the energy of the hot molecules
is
soon im-
parted to the molecules of water inside of

these begin to vibrate, which
first,
fire
then makes
it
warms
it
and
the water
hot and finally causes
it
to
boil.
How Water is Made to Boil. Ebullition and

1 This can be bought of
the L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Boston,
Mass.
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mean
boiling
is
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same thing only the
exactly the
word and the
the didactic, technical
first
latter is
the simple, everyday word, so we'll use
in-
it
stead.
When
water begins to
takes place
is
the
that the air, which
tifully
mixed with
tom
little
in
boil,
is
thing that
always plen-
forced up from the bot-
is
it,
first
bubbles and these rise to the top and
pass into the air without making any noise about

it.
As
the temperature of the water, that
heat in
rest
it,
is
is
the
raised the molecules of water that
on the bottom of the tea
of the boiler, next to the
fire,
kettle,
or the surface
get so hot that steam
bubbles are formed and the force of these
is
greater than the combined weight of the water
on them and the pressure of the
air
above them
can stand.
Getting
Up
Steam.
When water
212 degrees Fahrenheit
how much more
heat
is
it
boils
is
heated to
and no matter
applied the water will
not get any hotter.
This curious action

of the heat that
steam
is
is
is
due to the fact that
all
used to change the water into
carried off by and in the steam, and this
made
is
to
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do useful work in the steam engine
as you will presently see.
Heat, like every other kind of energy,

either kinetic, that
at rest; but
is
is
may
be
in motion, or potential, that
wherever energy
always ready to get into motion
is
at rest
if it is
it
is
given half
a chance.
Now when
molecules
water
from
it
is
boiled the heat tears the
and from each other and
throws them into violent motion and the more
it
heated the greater this molecular motion be-
is
comes and
this is
what
is
called the sensible heat
of the steam.
But not
is
all
used in this
of the kinetic energy of the heat
way
for
some of
it is
stored up in
the steam and this potential energy, which
is
called latent heat, charges the
steam with energy
just like electricity charges a
Leyden
And
don't forget that energy of motion can
change into energy at

rest
jar.
rest,
and that energy at
can change into energy of motion, and, more-
over, whether
you are dealing with
electricity or
steam these changes are made forth and back

with amazing freedom and in the twinkling of
an
eye.
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About Steam Pressure.

like
the
a gas
it is
word gas
called a
is
While
steam acts
vapor because in physics
used to mean a gaseous form of
matter which can only be made into a liquid by

applying considerable cold and pressure to
On
the other
of matter
hand a vapor
made from some
stance by heating
vapor
cools, will
it
same and
it
a gaseous form
is
liquid, or solid, sub-
and which, as soon as the
condense and return to
or solid, state again.
it.
But steam
consists of the
is
its liquid,
a gas just the
two combined gases
that were chemically united to
form water.
Like hydrogen, or oxygen, or any other gas,

the molecules of steam are elastic
tic
than solid rubber
ally shooting in
balls
and out
far more
elas-
and they are continu-
in every direction.
The
speed at which a hydrogen molecule travels
more than a mile a second and

molecule of steam
is
the speed of a
very nearly as swift.
Each and every molecule shoots

line at the
is
same high speed
until
in a straight
it
either hits
another molecule, when both are stopped for an

instant
and
their directions changed, or until
strikes the side of the vessel
The bombardment of
it
which holds them.
the molecules on the con-

taining vessel, whether
it is
the cylinder of an engine,

that the
sum
of
all
these
a teapot, a
is
and
what we
call
molecular blows
little
powerful force that
boiler, or
ami furious
so fast
result in a
this is
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able to do work,
is
steam pressure.
The pressure of steam can be measured

in
In England both
atmospheres or in pounds.
scales of
measurement are used, but
try only the latter
either
in this coun-
employed.
is
The word atmosphere, of course, means the

air we breathe, but it also is used to indicate a
pressure of 15 pounds to the square inch, since
the weight of a column of air
measured from the upper
inch square
limits of the
atmosphere
to the earth at sea level is 15 pounds.
of this kind
it
is
shown
at
in Fig. 66.
scale
To
read
you have to convert the steam pressure
atmospheres to pressure in pounds, that
in
is 1 at-
mosphere means 15 pounds, 2 atmospheres 30

pounds and so on. A scale graduated so that the
pressure can be read directly in pounds
atB.
How
smallest
boiler
Steam Acts.
In the
amount of steam
Boiler.
will
and keeping up the heat
fill
is
shown
Since the
the largest
will increase the
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pressure of the steam you must never
water in the boiler

there will be
Fig. 66 A.
fall
below a certain
let
level
the
or
an explosion.
Fig. 66 B.
Steam Gauge Scale
In the Engine.
in
Steam Gauge Scale
When
steam
the slide valve into the cylinder
Atmospheres
in
Pounds
is
it
admitted by
is
not only
Steam j
the Giant
Power
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under the pressure of the steam developed by

the sensible heat as
it
comes from the
after the steam in the cylinder
the slide valve
at rest, begins to
and
latent heat,
its
is
boiler, but
cut off by
which
is
energy
change into energy of motion,
makes the steam keep on expanding
this
and forcing the piston along.
To make steam do
it
much work
as
as possible
should not be allowed to exhaust until
pansion has reduced
its
pressure almost to that
of the pressure of the outside
escape silently ; but
you
will
know
when
that
ex-
its
it
air,
when
it
will
puffs out with a noise
some of the energy of
it is
being wasted.
It takes
a high pressure engine to exhaust
rectly into the
open
air,
because the pressure of
the steam in the boiler must be
more than
pounds
is,
to the square inch, that
it
all
15
must be
higher than the pressure of the outside
Nearly
di-
air.
small engines and locomotives are of
the high pressure kind.

It is
more economical, though,
to connect the
exhaust of the engine with a vacuum chamber,

that
is,
an airtight vessel
in
which the pressure
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is less
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than 15 pounds to the square
inch.
This
done by making the steam exhaust into
is
the chamber and condensing
it
there by admitting
a jet of cold water; the condensed steam and
water and any air that
may have
leaked into the
chamber are then pumped out with a small pump.

Engines
fitted
vacuum chambers are
with
and nearly
called condensing engines
gines of the day of
all
the en-
Newcomen and Watt were
of this kind.
Work and Horse-power. Now that you have

how steam is charged with the energy of
heat and how it has the power to do work, the
next thing is to know how this energy can be
seen
measured.
The most convenient way and

ally
used
is
to simply
the one gener-
change the heat energy into
mechanical energy which
is
easier to measure.
In the steam engine the heat energy of the steam

acts
on the piston when
chanical energy and this

the flywheel
when
it is
changed into me-
it is
is in
turn imparted to
capable of doing continu-
ous work.
If
you have ever sawed a
stick of
cordwood
193
or done any other kind of labor with your hands,
you know what work
is
and you
do work takes time and
to
wanted
also
effort.
know
that
So
you
if
measure the work you had done
to
in
hoeing turnips you would have to take into account the time you had spent and the effort you
had made.
Now
mechanical energy, or work, or power
measured
in
much
the same
number of pounds
the
way and
that
is
is
by
that a machine can raise
a distance of one foot in one second.
For
greater convenience a unit of
still
work
was introduced by James Watt; it is known as

horse power * and is written H. P. According
Watt a machine which developed one horse
to
power could raise 550 pounds

or as
1
it is
foot in
second
more commonly written
H.P.
= 550
foot-pounds per second.
Since there are 60 seconds in a minute and

since nearly
all
measurements of
minutes another
1
way
horse power, that
of writing
work done which
this kind are in
it is
will lift 33,000 pounds

was obtained by Watt and Boulton,
who took as their standard the strong dray horses that worked
eight hours a day at the London breweries.
1
is
foot high in one minute
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H. P.
= 550 X 60 foot-pounds per minute, or
H.P.
= 33,000 foot-pounds per minute.
And
this is
what the number means which you
will use in the
formula for calculating the horse
power of a single cylinder engine as given below.
How to
To
Calculate the H.P. of
Your Engine.
power of a
calculate the approximate horse
single cylinder engine use this formula:
P XLX
X 2R
H.P.=
33,000
where H.P. stands for the approximate

horse power and
what you want
is
to find,
stands for the pressure of the steam on

the piston
and
is
measured
in
pounds
per square inch,
stands for the length of the stroke in feet,
a stands for the area of the piston head in
square inches and
is
found by multiplying
the diameter of the piston by 3.1416,
stands for twice the observed number of

revolutions of the flywheel
this
meas-
This is shown roughly by the pressure gauge of the boiler.

This can be found by a speed indicator, a description of which
given in Appendix E.
1
2
is
urement
is
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same as the piston
the
speed,
and
33,000 stands for the number of foot-pounds
which equal one horse power.
Now
1
your horizontal engine which has a
in
-inch cylinder
suppose that
and a i%-inch stroke (or
(see above)
is
1.75),
40 pounds to the
square inch and that you have found
to be
300
revolutions per minute.
L=
Then:
1.75
.145
12
7r
=3.1416
feet
.5
= 3.1416 X
.25
.7854 square inch.

2
R=2 X
Now
300
= 600
revolutions per minute.
substituting these values for the letters
of the formula you have
H.P.
40X X
145
7854
600
33.,000
2.733
or
H.P.
or
H.P.
= .08 = %2
33,ooo
horse power.
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How
When
of
Engine-Building
to Calculate the Size of a Boiler.
say the size of a boiler,
mean
the heat-
ing surface of a boiler necessary for a stationary
engine of
known horse power.
The American
Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers have found by experiment that
if
34.5
pounds of water are evaporated from and at 212

degrees Fahrenheit
that
boiler-horse
Now
1
power
is,
is
changed into steam,
developed.
a boiler horse power
power which
at
that
is
indicated
determined
necessary to run an engine rated

horse power.
that
in
order
It
to
has also been
evaporate
pounds of water from and at 212
must have 10 square
That
amount of
the
is
F. the boiler
feet of heating surface.
power and
to say, for every boiler horse
is
34.5
likewise for every indicated horse
power of the
engine you must have 10 square feet of heating

surface.
Now the
that
is
heating surface of a boiler
actually heated by the
only the part that the
fire.
fire strikes
is
the part
This
is
not
directly but
the whole surface of the fire-box sheet plus two1
This can be found by using a speed indicator.
dix E.
See Appen-

thirds the area of the
combined area of
all
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smoke-box sheet plus the
of the tubes.
In the language of a formula the heating surface needed in a boiler so that
it
will generate
steam to run an engine of known horse power
= I.H.P. X 10
H.S. = the heating surface and
is
H.S.
where
you want
I.H.P.
= the
is
what
to find.
or
indicated
known horse
power of the engine and

10
= the
number of square
feet of
heating surface required to develop

Since,
boiler horse power.
now, your engine develops
V12
or .08 of
a horse power the
H.S.
= .08 X 10 or
.8
of a square foot
of heating surface to run the
engine to
its fullest
To Calculate the Heating

motive Boiler.
power.
Surface of a Loco-
The amount of heating surface
needed for a model locomotive boiler to develop

1
horse power, that
is
to evaporate 34.5
of water from and at 212 F.

feet.
is
pounds
only 3 square
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to calculate the
number of square
feet
of heating surface needed for a locomotive boiler
with engines of
known horse power
use the fol-
lowing formula
= (H.P. + H.P. )X3

H.S. = the heating surface and
H.S.
where
you want
H.P.2
is
what
to find,
= the power of the other
cylinder
and
3
= the
number of square
feet
of
heating surface needed by the

boiler to develop one boiler horse
power.
CHAPTER X
A HOT
AIR,
OR CALORIC, ENGINE
The Parts of the Engine: Making the Engine; The

Expansion Cylinder, The Transfer Piston, The Piston
Rod, The Connecting Rod, The Power Cylinder, The
Power Piston, The Connecting Rod, The Connecting
Pipe, The Standards, The Crank and Crankshaft, The
Fire-box How to Operate the Engine How the Engine Works.
The
hot air engine
to build;
is
the easiest of
the simplest to make,
it is
the steam turbine, and
by
it is
all
all
engines
we
if
except
odds the safest
to use.
It is called
a hot air engine because
it is
by the expansion and contraction of hot

is
the air in the cylinders
cooled and the

again.
And
same
it is
is first
air is
worked
air
that
heated and then
used over and over
truly surprising
how
very fast
the temperature of the air can change.

It is also called a caloric
fact that the
word
from the root
caloric
color
engine in virtue of the
means heat
which
is
comes
Latin for heat and
so naturally the term caloric engine

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this
is
a more
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scientific
name
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for that which the
common
people
a hot air engine.
call
The Parts
of the Engine.
There
are six
principal parts to a hot air engine; namely, (i)
the displacement, or expansion cylinder in which

the air
is
heated and cooled; (2) the displacement
or transfer piston with
its
piston rod
and con-
necting rod; (3) the power cylinder where the
working force
is
developed; (4) the power con-
necting rod; (5) the crankshaft with

pulley
the
and
its
cranks,
and (6) the base which holds
flywheel,
lamp or forms the furnace for developing the
heat.
Making the Engine. The Expansion Cylinder.

The expansion cylinder, as shown in Fig.
67, is the large one it is made of a piece of iron
pipe with a%-inch thick wall, 2/4 inches in diameter outside

is
measurement, and 4 inches long, and
threaded at both ends.
Get two caps threaded to

pipe
and
drill
of the cylinder.
if
the ends of the
a i-inch hole in the center of one
of them and thread
the head and
fit
it
it
A
will
this cap is for the top
stuffing
make
it
you want to put one on.
box can be
a
little
more
head
fitted to
efficient
Hot
Air, or Caloric, 'Engine
The Transfer
Piston.
Before
201
screwing the
head caps on the cylinder, make the transfer
pis-
<i&
SUPPORT
ssss^ss^^gsss^
Idb
BOTTOM CYUNOER
HE0D
BOTTOM HEAD
Fig. 67.
Cross-Section of Hot-Air Engine
ton which moves in
it.
This can he a piece of
pipe i/4 inches in diameter and
2%
inches long.
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it is
made
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smaller than the cylinder
will be explained presently.
Thread one end of
the pipe and screw a cap on
it.
Drill
two
%2 inch
holes,
in diameter,
inch
from the open end and opposite each other as
shown
in the cross-section view; then turn, or
whittle out, a
hard-wood plug that
inside of the piston pipe tightly
inch long and
middle of
drill
% 6-inch
and make
the
it
hole through the
Make the piston rod for the
transfer piston of brass or soft steel
diameter and
3%
%e
inch in
inch long, thread one end of
to a length of i/4 inches,

drill
fit
it.
The Piston Rod.
and
will
file
the other end
a %-inch hole through
it
flat
it.
Screw a nut on the end of the piston down as

far as
it
will go, put the
threaded end through
the hole in the piston and screw on another nut.
You
can
the pipe
now
force the plug into the end of
and then put
in
a couple of
wood
screws.
Slip the piston rod through the hole in the
cylinder cap and screw the caps on the cylinder
pipe with the piston inside of
The Connecting Rod.
it.
This
is
the next part
A
to
Hot
make.
Air, or Caloric, ILngine
made
It is also
rod; have
it 1
of a piece of %6-inch
inch long with a hole drilled in one
end for a bearing for the crank pin;

into the other
end and thread
rod;
to
is
a hole
it.
connecting fork of a piece of %6-inch
a hole through the fork for the bolt
drill
which
drill
so that the con-
it
necting fork can be screwed into
Make the
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form the
other end, thread
it
pin; turn, or
and screw
the connecting rod.
The
it
file,
down
into the
the
end of
distance between the
centers of the holes in the connecting rod
is
inch.
The Power
Cylinder.
This cylinder
large as the expansion cylinder and
must
fit
snugly and yet
Use a
latter
is
move
easily in
is
its
half as
piston
it.
the
piece of iron pipe or brass tubing
and
the best
Drill a %-inch hole
threaded to
fit
thread one end of
through a cap, which
the cylinder pipe, and thread
it
it.
is
to
take a %6-inch pipe.
Screw the cap on the cylinder pipe and then

drill
two %2-inch holes through one
cylinder,
side of the
inch apart, in a line with each other
and thread them so that one of the standards

which supports the crankshaft can be screwed
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course the screws must not project
through the inside of the cylinder.
The Power
Piston.
Whatever kind of metal
you use for the power cylinder make the piston

of the same metal so that the expansion of each
will be about the same.
The
inside of the cylinder
must be quite true
and smooth and the piston must

curately, as
it
is
Make
not packed.
pretty ac-
the piston
inches long, cut a groove by drilling a hole
inch in diameter,
saw two
it
fit it
inch from one of the ends;
cuts Vs inch apart through the end until
meets the hole and you will have a groove wide
enough
to set in the
end of the connecting rod.
through the piston at right
angles to the slot so that a pin can be driven in

to pivot
it
to the connecting rod.
The Power Connecting Rod.
There
is
no
pis-
ton rod used to link the piston of the power cylinder to the crank of the crankshaft, but instead
a connecting rod only
is
used.
For the connecting rod get a rod %6 inch

diameter and
flat, file
2%
inches long;
them up smooth and
in
hammer both ends

drill
a hole in each
end with their centers 1% inches apart.
Set one
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Air, or Caloric, ILngine
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end of the connecting rod in the groove
in the
piston
and pivot them by driving
The Connecting
Pipe.
All
in a pin.
is
now ready
to
connect the power cylinder to the expansion cyl-
The
inder.
% 6-inch
easiest
way
is
to cut off a piece of
inch long and thread both
The ends of a T, 1
as you know, are threaded
ends of
on the
brass pipe
it.
inside,
but in this case you want the out-
side of the lower
the stem of the

cylinder,
end of the
threaded.
into the hole in the
Screw
head of the
screw a screw into one end of the T,
screw one end of the pipe into the other end of

the
and screw the other end of the pipe
into
the hole near the top of the expansion cylinder.
The Standards. The standards which support and form the bearings for the crank, crank
shaft and flywheel are brass bars
and
inch wide and one of them
long and the other one
is
3%
Drill a %2-inch hole in one
Vs
inch thick
is
2%
inches
inches long.
end of both stand-
ards for the crankshaft; in the other end of the

short standard drill
apart,
1
and
two %-inch
in the other
See Chapter VI.
holes,
inch
end of the long standard
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drill
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Screw the short
inch apart.
standard to the power cylinder but don't screw

the long standard to the top of the expansion
cylinder just yet.
The Crankshaft and Crank.
The crankshaft
can be formed of a single length of bent rod or

it
is
can be made of two pieces of rod each of which
%6
thread
it
crank are
webs, as the arms for the middle
called, of Vs inch thick brass, or iron,
and have each one

Drill a
long.
% 6-inch
and a %-inch hole
wefy
inches long, and
at both ends,
Make two
strip
i%
one thread
;
all
inch wide and
inch
hole in one end of each

in the other
of them and screw a
end of each
web
to each
of the shafts.
Fix a pulley on one of the shafts and

collar fitted
shaft.
with a
Now
set
slip
screw over the end of each
push the end of
this half of the
shaft through on a nut.
Next, make a crank of a strip of

brass, or iron,
% e-inch
inch wide and
inch thick
inch long;
drill
hole in one end and a %-inch hole in
the other end; put

close
Ys
it
over the end of the shaft
up to the nut, screw on another nut and
A
tighten
Hot
Air, or Caloric, Engine
up so that the crank
it
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can't possibly slip
on the shaft.
Couple the connecting rod to the crank and
keep them apart by means of a thick washer, or
a
collar, so that
there will be enough clearance
for the rod to pass across the end of the crank-
shaft without danger of striking
it.
Slip a collar with a set screw in
end of the other shaft, put the

hole in the long standard
it
over the
through the
latter
and screw the standard
to the side of the expansion cylinder.
Put a %-inch screw through one of the webs

of the middle crank for the crank pin, screw on
a nut,
slip
a sleeve, that
tubing, over the screw to
is
a thin piece of metal
form a smooth bearing
and put the end of the connecting rod over
Screw on another
web and
finally
nut, then screw
it.
on the other
screw a nut on the end of the
screw good and tight so that the two shafts are

in alignment, that is in a straight line,
and so that
the webs can't slip and a rigid crankshaft
is
formed.
Now
slip
another collar with a screw in
it
over
the end of the crankshaft, put the end of the long
standard over
it,
screw the standard to the side
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of the expansion cylinder; screw the collar up

close to
and then key, or otherwise
fix to
the
end of the crankshaft a heavy 5- or 6-inch
fly-
it
wheel.
The Fire-Box.
fire-box
There
are four parts to the
and these are the
top, the
body and the
A BUNSEN
BURNER
A
Fig. 68.
Bunsen Burner
The
top and base can be
cut out of heavy sheet metal
and the body shaped
base and the support.
up of sheet
iron, but
iron fire-box
rigid
and
it
it is
is
better
and as the engine
support
The
is
make a cast
because it is more
easier to
sets
on top of
it
a firm
necessary.
top should be
Vs
inch thick,
diameter and have a hole in
it
5%
inches in
2V2 inches in diame-
Fig. 69.
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ter
with
its
The
of the top.
gine
center
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inch from the true center
Vs
foot and the support of the en-
screwed to the top of the fire-box with the
is
lower end of the expansion cylinder setting in

the hole.
The body can be about 4
inches in diameter
and an inch or so higher than the Bunsen burner,

see Fig. 68,
row of
you use
to heat
and bottom
holes in the top
a chance to circulate freely.

ply a disk of cast iron, being
The
inches in diameter.
It
it.
must have a
to give the air
The bottom
/4
is
sim-
inch thick and
hot air engine
is
5%
shown
assembled in Fig. 69.
To Operate
the
Engine.
Set
Bunsen
burner in the base, or an alcohol lamp will work
and see
it
in a pinch, light
is
in the center of the
cylinder.
start
How
to
it
that the flame
bottom of the expansion
Give the flywheel a couple of turns to
going and
it
it
it
will begin to develop power.
Hot Air Engine Works. To the

end that you may know without having to rack
your brain too hard just how a hot air engine
the
have drawn a simple diagram of
works
this is
shown
When
it
and
in Fig. 70.
the bottom of the expansion cylinder
is
EXP/lNStQN
CYLINDER. M
n/?ME
BUNStN
BURNER
Fig. 70.
How
the
Hot Air Engine Works
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heated and you start the engine off by turning

over the flywheel the loose fitting transfer piston
travels
down and
air in the
of the
bottom of the cylinder into the top part

This
latter.
plenty of
displaces, or transfers, the hot
is
easily
room between the
der for the air to
Not only
is
move
piston
power
piston
down, the power piston
moment
tract
it
is
drawn
is
But
going up.
the expanding hot air reaches the
cools off
forced
outside on
also
cylinder, for, while the transfer
and having
piston
is
it
upper part of the cylinder and

cylinder
cylin-
the hot air forced up into the top
into the
the
and the
is
in.
of the expansion cylinder, but
is
done as there
it,
this of course
lost its heat
down by
which
fills
is
the power
makes
it
con-
energy the power
the pressure of the air
15 pounds to the square
inch.
As
the power piston
is
being forced
down by
atmospheric pressure the expansion piston
is
be-
ing raised and this pushes the cooled off air in

the top part of the expansion cylinder into the
when it is heated again.

Just remember that the only purpose of the
transfer piston is to move the air up and down
lower part of
it
Hot
in the cylinder
from the hot
Also bear
back again.
is
Air, or Caloric, ^Engine
in
used over and over again.
screw in the end of the
is
end and
to the cold
mind
that the
213
same
The purpose
air
of the
to clean out the pipe
connecting the cylinders should
it
get clogged up.
A hot air engine is a very efficient machine for

changing the energy of heat into mechanical motion
and
The reason
used
is
large engines of this kind are not
because they must be very large
compared
the
a good one for you to build and use.
it is
when
to other types of engines developing
same power and,
besides, the heat very quickly
burns out the bottoms of the cylinders.
You can make

than the one
larger
if
you hold
a hot air engine
much
smaller
have given or very considerably
you want
it
to about the
to
do real work, providing
above proportions.
CHAPTER XI
A y8 -H.
P.
GAS ENGINE
Gas Engines Versus Steam Engines The Parts of a

Gas Engine: The Cylinder The Inlet and Exhaust
Valves; The Exhaust Valve Mechanism; The Igniter.
The Camshaft Bearings; The Cam and Camshaft; The
Timing Gears The Piston The Connecting Rod Making the Crankshaft; Assembling the Crankshaft; The
Bed of the Engine; Assembling the Engine; About Oiling the Engine The Flywheel and Pulley How the Gas
Engine Works.
And now we come
model
to the last of our
machines for converting heat into mechanical motion
and
this is the
gas engine.
While the gas engine stands second

steam engine as a giant power producer,
ahead of
made
it
in
modern achievement for
the automobile practicable but
it
it
to the
it
ranks
not
only-
made
the
airplane possible.
Now
a gas engine differs from a steam engine
in that the
power of the
inside of the cylinder
first is
produced directly
by the explosion of a gas
while with a steam engine the power must be de214
you well know,
veloped, as
tinct
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we
apparatus which
Again a gas engine
is
different
from a steam
cylinder
fro
is
only one
pis-
depending on the
of a heavy flywheel where only one

used, while in the latter every to
movement of the
The
is
movements of the
ton, the other three strokes
momentum
dis-
the boiler.
call
to every four
and
in a separate
engine in that in the former there
power stroke
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piston
and
a power stroke.
is
third great difference between a gas en-
gine and a steam engine
is that,
as you have seen,
the explosion of gas which develops the power

stroke
is
nearly instantaneous, whereas the latent
heat in steam causes

to develop
it
to
expand gradually and
power continuously.
For these reasons a gas engine only reaches

its full
working power when
it is
running at
its
highest speed and, hence, any sudden attempt to
use
it
will stall
it,
whereas the power of a steam
engine can be used from the

is
the throttle
opened and steam enters the cylinder.
One good
is
moment
that
it
feature about a gas engine, though,
can be built easier and cheaper than a
steam engine and boiler of equal power another

;
point in
its
favor
is
that
it
takes up less
room
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power developed, and,
less for the
third, it requires far less attention after
it
is
started.
The Parts
main parts
of a
Gas Engine.
There are
and these are
to this gas engine
the cylinder; (2) the piston with
its
five
( i
connecting
rod; (3) the crankshaft; (4) the flywheel and

(5) the base.
Then there are
five auxiliary, or smaller, parts,
but these are just as important as the main parts,

in fact they are the very vitals of the engine.
Named
these parts are: (1) the inlet valve; (2)
the exhaust valve; (3) the camshaft and
cam;
(4) the timing gears, and (5) the igniter.
The
Cylinder.
pipe but
Give
it
it
This can be made of an iron
must be bored out true and smooth.
an inside diameter of
inch,
inches long and thread one end of
it
make it 2%
as shown in
Fig 71.
Get a screw cap to
fit it
and
drill
a /4-inch hole
through the opposite sides of the wall,
drill
an-
other %-inch hole through the center of the head
of the cap and thread

pipe.
The
first
all
of them to
fit
two holes are for the
the exhaust valves which
let in
a %6-inch
inlet
and
the fresh gas and
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out the burned gases.
let
of the cap
The
hole in the head
for the igniter.
is
Drill a %-inch hole
inch back from the front
end of the cylinder and through the wall and

thread
it
for an
oil
cup.
These can be bought
ready made with screw tops for 25 cents each.
The
and Exhaust Valves.
make both
to
if
Inlet
A simple way
the inlet and the exhaust valves,
you haven't a
lathe, is to take
a /46-inch elbow
for each one (see Chapter VI).
Thread one of the ends on the outside and then
ream
it
Figs. 71
Drill
out to form a beveled edge as shown in
and
form a
72, to
Vi 6-inch
hole
the valve stem so that
seat, as
called.
it is
through the elbow for

it
will be exactly in the
center of the end of the elbow that
is
beveled
out.
Make
a valve head of a disk of soft steel Viq
inch thick and
rim so that
will
it
end of the elbow.

the center of
stem use a soft
1%
it
inch in diameter and bevel the

fit
accurately in the beveled
Drill a /46-inch hole through
and thread
steel
it.
For the valve
rod He inch in diameter and
inch long and thread both ends of
one end into the valve head as shown at
it,
screw
A in Fig.
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71 and slip the other end through the hole in the

elbow.
rr
Fig. 72.
Cross-Section
-*
View
of Cylinder
Showing Exhaust
Mechanism
Next make an open
spiral spring of very thin
brass wire Vis inch in diameter.

the valve stem with one of
its
Put
this
on over
ends resting against
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the elbow, slip on a washer and then screw two
The purpose
nuts on the end of the stem.
spring
The
anism
to
make
inlet
valve
is
the valve head seat properly.

is
the lower one and no mech-
needed to work
is
stroke takes place, that
which
it,
is,
for
lift
the suction
air
and gas
is sufficient
in itself
mixture of
pulls the explosive
the valve out of
when
the stroke of the piston
into the cvlinder the suction
to
of the
its seat.
The Exhaust Valve Mechanism.
The elbow,
valve and valve stem of the exhaust valve are
made
exactly like the inlet valve, but
it
must be
mechanically opened against the pressure of the

spring to
let
out the burnt gases.
picture of this device to open the valve
shown
in the cross section
view Fig. J2 and
the top view of the engine in Fig. J2, while
the parts
at
A, B,
drawn out
C and D
in
all
shown
to make
in perspective are
in Fig. 73.
a pattern for the support
is
and have them cast
It is easier
B and
in brass
the rocker
arm
than to shape
them up by hand.
The support
is
formed of a standard
% inches
high at the back and 1% inches high in front;

half of the top end
is
cut
away
as
shown
at
A
and a hole
is
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drilled
The standard
cylinder
rests
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through the remaining part.
on a base curved
and you must
for the screws.
Gas Engine
drill
to
fit
the
a hole in each end
Projecting out in front of the
ARM
VALVE
HEAD
%2>
Fig. 73.
standard
is
Parts of the Exhaust Valve Mechanism
an arm with a hole
large enough to
slip
through
let
in the
the valve rod, see
end just
in Fig. 73,
it.
The rocker arm
near the middle where
is
it
Vie
inch thick, except
bulges out to Vie inch;
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inch wide and i%6 inch long and a slot
Viq inch
wide and
inch long
is
sawed out of
one end.
Half of the bulged part

is
drilled
hole
is
is
cut
through the part that
away and a
is left.
hole
%-inch
end and the distance
drilled in the other
between the centers of these holes
is
%6
of an
iEEll
Fig. 74.
inch.
Top View
The rocker arm
of the Engine
is
now
pivoted to the
standard and, since both are cut out half way,

the hole in the end of the rocker
hole in the end of the
directly over
and
The cam rod

and
2%
is
arm
in a line
arm and
the
of the support will be
with each other.
a steel rod
Vs
inch in diameter
inches long and threaded on one end;
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screw on two nuts,
slip
arm
the hole in the
with the nuts on
it
223
the end of the rod through
of the standard and the end
through the hole
in the rocker
arm; then screw on two more nuts as shown
in
the cross section view, Fig. J2.
When you have
assembled the parts, screw the
base of the support to the cylinder so that one end

of the base, which should be rounded out, sets
against the elbow as
when
is
also
shown
the slotted end of the rocker
in Fig. J2,
arm
will set
over the end of the valve stem.
The
Igniter.
There are two ways
to fire the
fuel mixture of a small internal combustion en-
gine:
(1) by a hot metal tube and (2) by an
electric spark.
As
the hot tube igniter
simplest to make, as well as to use, I prefer
is
it
the
for
this little engine.
The whole
igniter
the hot tube which

ers
must be made of
is
iron, except
of steel and the mica wash-
and rings which insulate the tube when hot
from the
ing too
shell of the igniter to
much
of
its
keep
it
from
los-
heat.
For a very full description of how electric spark ignition

works, see "Keeping up with Your Motor Car," by the author,
and published by D. Appleton and Co., New York.
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Get a piece of pipe
and
drill
iVs inches long
% 6-inch
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i /4
inches outside diameter
and thread both ends of
hole through the wall half
between the ends and thread

Fit
pipe.
and
drill
them and
two caps
it
to
fit
it;
way
a /4-inch
to the ends of the large pipe
a /4-inch hole in the center of one of

also drill four screw holes
around the
hole in the center so that the cap can be screwed

to the
head of the cylinder, as shown
in Fig. 75.
Drill a %2-inch hole in the center of the other cap,
thread
it
and put
screw with a nut on
in a
Next get a large iron washer, %6 inch

will
fit
have a
inside the iron tube snugly
thick, that
and
it
must
/4-inch hole in it; also get a small iron
disk Yie inch thick and
For the
V2
an inch
in diameter.
ignition tube use a piece of steel tube
%6
all,
get a mica
make a washer
fit
it.
inch long and, last of
washer, or use enough of them to

Vis inch thick;
two mica rings
to
these are shown by the

Fig. 75 and a mica disk each of
over the steel tube
black parts in
which
is Yie
inch thick and
V2
inch in diameter.
Mica can be bought in hardware stores. Mica in every shape

and form is sold by Eugene Munsell and Co., 68 Church Street,
New York City.
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225
assemble the igniter screw the cap with the
large hole in
it
to the
head of the cylinder next

;
screw in the iron pipe; set the mica washer
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w
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TUBE TO GAS
Fig. 75.
Cross Section View of the Igniter
against the head of the cylinder; slip the mica
ring over one end of the steel tube and set the
tube up against the washer.
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tube and
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mica ring on the other end of the

fit
steel
the iron washer over the mica ring
inside the pipe; set the
mica disk against the
end of the tube and inside of the iron washer;

also set the thin iron disk against the
inside of the
mica disk
washer and then screw on the
re-
maining cap.
Finally, tighten
up the screw
in the cap to
make
the steel tube gas-tight around the ends.
completes the igniter
burner which
is
Bunsen
the
for
used to heat the
It is called
tube.
except
steel ignition
a Bunsen burner because
was invented by Bunsen, a great German

entist
who
It is
is
This
it
sci-
lived in the 19th century.
formed of a tube the lower end of which
connected to a supply of gas and the upper end
is left
open holes are drilled

;
in the pipe
near the
when the gas is lit at the upper

drawn into the pipe where it mixes
lower end and,

end, air
is
with the gas and this makes a hot flame.

All you have to do to
for the igniter
is
make a Bunsen burner
to get a /4-inch iron pipe 2V2
inches long, thread one end of
other end over about

clear
it
and bend the
inch; drill a %-inch hole
through the pipe just above the bend and
A
fit
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or a brass, ring
tin,
227
inch high and which
also has a pair of holes drilled in
pipe where the air holes are.
By
it,
over the
turning the
ring around, the air holes are opened or closed
and hence the amount of
air
can be regulated.
Screw the Bunsen burner pipe

pipe of the igniter and
engine
is
all
into the iron
of your fine
work on
the
done.
LUG-
CAM
THE CAM THEBEmfNO

Fig. 76.
The Cam and Camshaft Bearing
The Camshaft Bearings.

as shown at A in Fig. 76
Make two patterns

for the bearings for
the camshaft and have the base of one

thick
and the base of the other
reason one must be

is
because one
is
made
inch thick
inch
;
the
thicker than the other
screwed to the front end of
the cylinder which
is
smaller
all
around by
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inch than the cap to which the other bearing
The base
screwed.
of each bearing
long and each must be curved to
fit
is
inch
the cylinder.
Glue a lug on the rounded side of each base

inch thick, Yie inch wide and
drill
% 6-inch
%e
is
inch long and
hole through the end.
After the
patterns are cast, screw the one with the thinnest
base to the extreme end of the cap on the cylinder
and screw the other bearing

the cylinder as
and
to
shown
in the perspective
have the holes
to the front end of
in the top
view Fig. 74
drawing Fig.
79, be sure
with each
in a straight line
other.
The Cam and Camshaft. To raise the cam

rod up so that the rocker arm will push the valve
stem down and thus open the exhaust valve when
the exhaust stroke takes place, a
this is driven
cam
is
used and
from the crankshaft by means of a
camshaft and a pair of timing gears as shown

in the top view, Fig. 74,
and
in the perspective
drawing, Fig. 79.
The cam
is
an elliptic-shaped piece of
steel
a hole through the large end as shown at

Fig. 76,
and
every time
it
its
purpose
is
to raise the
with
in
cam rod
turns around once, which
it
does
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since the lower end of the rod rests on
229
It is
it.
screwed, keyed or otherwise fixed, on one end of

the camshaft.
The camshaft
and
5%
is
a steel rod
%e
inch in diameter
Slip the free
inches long.
end through
the bearing on the cap of the cylinder, put a collar
on
it
and then push
it
on through the bearing on
the front end of the cylinder and screw up the

collar so that the shaft can't slide in its bearings.
A timing gear is fixed to the free end of the shaft.

The Timing Gears.
Now since there
is
only
one explosion to every four strokes of the piston

it
must be
clear that there
is
only need for the
exhaust valve to open once in this number of

strokes to get rid of the burnt gases.
To do
this the
camshaft must make only one
revolution while the crankshaft

plete turns.
gears
is
To
makes two com-
get this result a pair of beveled
used and the gear on the camshaft must
have twice as many teeth cut on

the crankshaft which drives
it
as the one on
it.
A pair of beveled gears, one of which is % inch

in diameter
in diameter
this engine.
and has
5 teeth
and with 30
and the other
inch
teeth, is well suited to
Bevel gears of these sizes can be
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is,
of course,
end of the camshaft and the small
fixed to the
is
model supplies for about 75
in
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cents per pair.
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keyed to the crankshaft as shown in Fig.
74.
The Piston.
Having
these small but highly
all
important details attended
to,
you can now go
ahead with the heavier parts of the engine.
The
piston should be
made
of iron and care-
fully fitted to the inside of the cylinder

in diameter
and 1% inches
piece of iron pipe
it is 1
Make
long.
i%6 inches long and
make
it
it
inch
of a
ought
to be turned
down
inside of one
end and bevel the inside of the other
to
a good
fit
thread the
end to allow room for the connecting rod.
Make
a screw plug Vie inch thick and thread
fit
pipe and then round off the end as
it
to
shown
the
in Fig.
7i.
Drill a
V2
% 6-inch
hole through the piston wall,
an inch from the open end for the wrist
pin, or
gudgeon pin as the pin that couples the connecting

rod to the piston
is
the connecting rod
more properly
is fitted
The Connecting Rod.

rod of brass
/4
to
it
will
Make
inch thick,
%e
called.
How
be told below.
the connecting
inch wide on one
A
end and taper
end;
be
let it
ends as
is
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it
down
3%
also
to
% inch wide on the other
inches long
shown
In the small end
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and round
off
both
in Fig. 71.
% 6-inch
drill
hole for the
wrist pin and in the large end drill a %-inch hole
You
for the pin of the crankshaft to go through.
can make the connecting rod in two ways and

these are (1) by having
by shaping
If
it
it
Vie inch in
make
cast,
bosses on the ends, that

it
and (2)
cast in brass
out of a brass bar.
you have
you shape
it
is
the pattern with
projecting disks; but
out of a brass bar
diameter and
make two
inch long;
that
it fits
it
a %6off so
the curve of the inside of the piston.
Get a piece of
1
collars
drill
inch hole through each one and round
if
steel
rod %6 inch in diameter,
inch long, for the wrist pin.
Now
push the
end of the pin through the wall of the piston, on

through a
collar,
next through the small end of
the connecting rod, then on through the other

collar and, finally,
There
is
because,
through the wall of the piston.
no need to fasten the wrist pin
when
the piston
is
in tight
in the cylinder,
it is
there to stay.
Making
the Crankshaft.
This can be forged
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of a single length of steel rod but
make
for you to
it
will be easier
of three pieces of steel and
it
connect them together with brass, or
To make
steel,
webs.
a crankshaft after the latter fashion
1% inches long
and two more pieces of the
get a piece of /4-inch steel rod

for the crank pin
same diameter and each of which are 2% inches
The Crank Web
Fig. 77.
long for the shaft.

pieces
Cut
is Vs
Thread both ends of
them with
and
fit
off
two
all
the
nuts.
pieces of brass bar each of
which
inch thick, V2 an inch wide and i%e inches
long for the webs and
drill
end of each web and thread
% 6-inch
it
to
hole in one
fit
the shaft.
Drill a /4-inch hole in the other end of the
web
Gas Engine
Vs-H. P.
233
and have the centers of the holes exactly

apart as
shown
inch
in Fig. yy.
Assembling the Crankshaft.
The crankshaft
can be completely assembled and the connecting

rod coupled to
it
before
nal-bearing as the latter
two as shown
To
is
in the jour-
halved, that
assemble the crankshaft you will need ten
%6 inch
must
fit
%2 inch
thick; the
thick,
and three
washers and the
snugly over the shafts and
should be
all
small bevel gear to one of the shafts
from the end,
see Fig. 74,
On
webs must be put on

around on the
fixing, the
inch
lastly,
down
a nut,
screw on an-
%e
end, screw on the web, then
screw on another nut and
crank
of them
the other shaft screw a nut
down on one
Slip the
collars
now screw on
next screw on the web and,

other nut.
col-
inch in diameter.
V2
Begin by screwing, or otherwise
inch
cut in
is
in Fig. 71.
nuts, three washers,

lars,
mounted
it is
slip
on a
collar.
The
tight or they will twist
shafts.
end of the connecting rod over the
pin, put a collar
the ends of the
on each side of
it,
screw
webs down on the pin and screw
two nuts on each end of
it.
This construction
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Secures the crank pin to the shafts so that a

fairly rigid unit is
made
of
it,
while the bearing
of the connecting rod can turn freely.
The Bed of
Fig. 78.
the Engine.
this en-
Back End View of The Gas Engine
gine ought, by
make a
The bed for
all
means, to be a cast one.
To
pattern for the bed measure up the side,
top and end elevations
78 and then by looking
shown
in Figs. 71,
74 and
at the picture of the
com-
Vs-H. P. Gas Engine
pleted engine in Fig. 79
how
it
is
boxes should be
1
will see precisely
put together.
you have the bed cast
If
ings
you
235
fitted
in iron the journal
with Babbitt metal bear-
for the friction of steel sliding on iron
or brass
is
much
greater than steel on Babbitt
metal.
Assembling the Engine.
Drill
four %-inch
holes in the cradle of the bed, that is the concave
part on which the cylinder rests;
drill
four cor-
responding holes through the wall of the cylinder

near the open end and screw the bed to the cylinder.
Put the piston
in the cylinder
and
set the crank-
when the small

timing gear on the crankshaft will mesh with
the large timing gear on the camshaft as shown
shaft in the bearings of the bed
in Fig.
74 and this will bring the collar on the
other end of the camshaft up against the journal

box.
When
you have the connecting rod, the timing
gears and the crankshaft adjusted so that they

all
run smoothly, screw on the tops of the journal
boxes.
1
Slip a
See Appendix.
washer on each end of the crank-
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shaft outside of the journal boxes and screw a
nut on the end of the shaft that carries the bevel

gear.
The Flywheel and Pulley.
The flywheel should
be a heavy one with at least a %-inch face and
it
A spoked wheel
should be 5 inches in diameter.
of this size can be bought ready to use.
a good scheme to
It is
a handle to one of
fit
when
the spokes to crank the engine with
starting
Fix the flywheel on the end of the crank-
it.
shaft outside of the journal
box and
on a
slip
washer.
The
pulley can have a flat face
and a diameter of about
inch fix
%
it
inch wide
to the shaft
next to the washer and screw on a nut
which
is
shown
cup
chief
to keep
working parts
oil.
piston should be well lubricated with a
good grade of
this
One of the
to supply all the
is
plentifully with
The
the Engine.
make an engine run and
things to do to
running
light automobile engine oil
and
can be done by remembering to keep the

filled
It is
of
in Fig. 74.
About Oiling
it
all
with
oil all
oil
the time.
a good scheme to
fit
an
oil
cup in the end
237
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of the connecting rod and also in each bearing

of the crankshaft and don't forget to
the other
How
little
up
oil
all
parts often.
the Gas Engine Works.
single cylinder gas engine
The
way
works can be
easily
understood by looking at the diagrams shown in

Fig. 80.
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The diagrams A,
the Gas Engine
B,
Works
C and D show
the
same
cylinder during four strokes of the piston or

cycles as they are called, and, hence, during
two
complete revolutions of the crankshaft.
The diagram
shows the piston making
suction stroke and this
of
its
seat
and draws
or fuel mixture.
lifts
in the
While
its
the inlet valve out
mixed
air
and gas,
this operation is taking
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Gas Engine
place the exhaust valve
239
kept closed by
its
the piston has reached the end of
its
is
spring.
When
suction stroke and begins to
move back
presses the fuel mixture, or charge as

called,
and
this in
consequence
Of
pression stroke.
is
com-
it
it is
named
now
the com-
course the inlet and the ex-
haust valves are closed while the compression

stroke
is
being made, not only by their respective
springs but because the pressure of the gas
is
on
them.
The
fuel charge
is
not fired by the hot tube of
the igniter until the gas
reason that
is
it is
compressed
is
compressed for the
not hot enough
it
but
when
a gas
this,
added
develops heat and
to the heat of the hot tube, raises the tempera-
ture high enough to explode the gas.
The
instant the gas
the force of
the
power
it
is
fired
it
drives the piston out
stroke.
explodes and
and so makes
Naturally the force of the ex-
plosion acting on the valves would hold
them
their seats even if the springs did not keep
in
them
closed.
Now, while
the piston
strokes the camshaft
was making
made
these three
only three-quarters of
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a revolution but at the end of the power stroke

the
it
cam on the camshaft reached a
began
where
position
to lift the exhaust valve rod
and
this in
turn opened the exhaust valve then as the piston

;
moved back
it
forced the waste gases out of the
cylinder through the exhaust port.
From what has been

that
there
said above
engine of this kind

is
also called
Otto, a
will
be seen
are four separate operations per-
formed by the piston and for
it
it
German
Since there
is
is
this
reason a gas
called a four cycle engine
an Otto cycle gas engine from

engineer
who
invented
it.
only one power stroke to every
two revolutions of the crankshaft, a heavy
fly-
wheel must be used to carry the crankshaft around

during the other three strokes.
motor
more
boats,
motor cycles and airplanes four or
cylinders are used
them are connected
way
that the
In automobiles,
and the pistons of
all
of
to one crankshaft in such a
power strokes are
practically con-
tinuous and so that a very small flywheel can be

used.
CHAPTER
XII
USEFUL INFORMATION
More About Pattern Making Alloys and their propRed Brass; Standard Brass; Pewter; Fusible
erties:
Alloy; Mitis Metal Properties of some Useful Metals:

Cast Iron; Soft Steel; Copper; Brass.
About Pattern Making.

told
you a
little
In
Chapter IV
about making patterns but there
are some other things you should

to get
the pattern
is
is
casting
at all complicated,
draw from
in
the mold.
making simple patterns

If
in order
a very particular job and,
good deal of knowing how
and
know
good castings from them.
Pattern making
if
is
to
requires a
it
order to
make
the
The main thing
in
have the joints neat
close fitting.
you should glue parts of the pattern
gether or get any grease on
it,
clean
it
off well
before shellacking or the sand will stick to
As
to-
it
and
mentioned in
Chapter IV the pattern must taper
off slightly to
a poor casting will result.
permit
it
to be easily
drawn from the

241
sand.
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Engine -Building
In allowing for the shrinkage of the metal the

casting
is
made
of
must be taken
it
when
cools off the size of
it
shrinks Yio inch in a foot, brass
and
steel
As
into consideration.
and aluminum about
% inch in a
% inch in a
you can make your patterns accordingly.
iron
foot
foot
If the castings are to be left rough, they do not
need to be made as large as when they are to be

finished
up
either
by hand or
in a
iron castings an allowance of
made for
chined and %6 inch
usually
is
machine.
For
inch to the foot
the outside parts to be
ma-
for the inside parts, while
for brass castings Yi inch for the outside and

Vs
for the inside surfaces
is
enough for
fair sized
castings.
If a casting
is
to
have a hole in
it,
stance, a cylinder, the pattern can be
and a
print, that is a
is
made
wooden plug the
shape of the hole to be made
where the hole
as for in-
is
size
solid
and
fixed to the ends
to be formed.
These prints must be marked as such when
you send the pattern
to the
foundry so that the
You can buy a shrinkage rule for $1.50 of Hammacher,

Schlemmer and Co., Fourth Ave. and 13th Street, New York
1
City.
shrinkage rule
of different metals.
is
graduated to allow for the shrinkage
Useful Information
moulder
and not
will
know they
are intended for a hole
solid ends.
Alloys and Their Properties.

metal
made by melting two
mixing them together.

ties that
they are
Gun
it is
243
or
An
alloy is a
more metals and
Alloys take on proper-
are entirely different from the metals
made
Metal.
of.
This
alloy has a very fine grain;
yellow gray in color and in time past was
used for gun castings.
It is
sometimes used now
for high speed bearings
and
it
model engine castings.
90 per
It is
cent, of
10 per cent, of
Red
Brass.
This
makes very pretty

composed of
copper and
tin.
alloy is very tough
largely used for engine work.
90 per
cent, of
It is
and
made
is
of
copper and
10 per cent, of zinc.
Standard Brass.
This
is
a brass alloy that
makes good castings and works
well.
formed of
66.6 per cent, of copper and
33.3 per cent, of zinc.
It
is
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Pewter.
This
of Engine-Building
old-time
used for making plates, tea

to work,
point.
It is
easy
and
80 per
cent, of tin
20 per
cent, of lead.
it
It is
sets, etc.
composed of
Fusible Alloy.
because
was formerly
hard and has a low melting
fairly
is
alloy
It is also called
Rose's metal
was discovered by Valentine Rose;
dates back to 1772.
It
point of water.
formed of
It is
50 per
it
melts below the boiling
cent, of
25 per cent, of
bismuth
tin
and
25 per cent, of lead.

Mitts
easily,
iron
Metal.
has
all
This
alloy
melts
and flows
the properties of the best forged
and makes good
Swedish iron with
castings.
/4oo to
made
It is
/4ooo part
by weight
of aluminum.
Properties of
Iron.
There
Some Useful
of
Metals.
Cast
are two kinds of cast iron and
these are,
(1) white and (2) gray.
easily tell
them apart for white
You
cast
can
iron
is
smooth and white, while gray cast iron has a
Useful Information
grayish rough surface.
made
ings
Soft Steel.
kind that
parts
is
work than white
to
The
has a sort of a
steel
Always have your
of gray cast iron because
and easier
softer
245
much
it is
cast iron.
best kind of mild, or soft

fine bluish
cold rolled bright
The
white color.
making machine
generally used for
is
cast-
Bessemer
steel,
but
there are softer grades on the market.
Bessemer
steel
filed, drilled,
is
easy working and can be
turned and threaded; in working
always use plenty of machine

also be bent cold
Copper.
oil
on
It
it.
it
can
and makes good f orgings.
Copper of good grade has a smooth,
fine-grained surface, while the poorer grades are
usually pitted and rough.

It is
it
exceedingly malleable, which means that
can be hammered or rolled without breaking
or cracking, and ductile, that
out into wire.

red heat, but
near
It
it
can be drawn
can also be forged at a low
must not be heated anywhere
melting
its
is it
or
point
it
becomes
very
brittle.
Copper
but
it
water
is
is
is
not an easy metal to
easier
worked
if
used to lubricate
it.
drill, file
or turn,
turpentine or soapy
Its
toughness and
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246
malleability
model
it
This
alloy is quite malleable
and duc-
You
can saw,
and makes very
turn,
a very serviceable metal for
boilers.
Brass.
tile
makes
of Engine-Building
file,
fine castings.
thread and solder
not need to lubricate

operations.
it
it
easily
and you do
when performing
these
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
Fluxes. If metals which are to be soldered together

are not clean the solder will not stick. To clean metals
for soldering a flux must be used and fluxes of different kinds are needed for different metals.
Muriatic Acid Solution. Muriatic acid, or hydrochloric acid to give it its right name, mixed with twice
its quantity of water and in which zinc clippings are
dissolved
makes a soldering fluid that

and steel, and nearly
brass, copper, iron
will solder tin,

all
other metals
except aluminum.
When used on iron and steel wash it off very clean
and dry well or it will rust the work. You can make this
soldering fluid by buying 5 cents' worth of zinc chloride
which you can get at any drug store, with an equal quantity of water.
Sal Ammoniac. These salts are a good flux for soldering copper.
Tallow, Venice Turpentine and Gallipoli Oil. All of
these are useful as fluxes for soldering lead and pewter
and nearly all metals that melt at a low temperature.
Resin.
Strictly speaking this is not a flux since it
does not clean off the grease and oxides but for soldering new tinware it can't be beat though you must scrape
the tin clean first.
APPENDIX B
Model Engine Castings.
Horizontal Steam Engine.
Complete sets of castings for a horizontal engine can be

bought in brass and iron as follows:
247
Appendices
248
horizontal engine with a %-irich bore and a 2(0)

inch stroke, all brass, for $4.00.
(1) Ditto with a i%-inch bore and a 3-inch stroke,
for $4.00, or all brass for $10.00, and
(3) Ditto with a 2-inch bore and a 4-inch stroke,
iron for $10.00.
all iron,
all
Els
K
Fig. 81.
Cylinder and Piston Ready to
Work
Parts for the Above Engines. If you want to buy

finished and ready to work these can
some of the parts

be had in iron and
at the following prices
No. o
Engine.
Parts of Engine.
Cylinder
and
in
No.
No. 2
Engine.
Engine.
$15.00
3.50
2.50
3.50
3.50
3.00
$20.00
and steam chest finished

working order, as shown in
Fig. 79
Crankshaft and crank
Bearings for the shaft
Wrought iron connecting rod
$10.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
2.50
2.00
Eccentric and straps

Flywheel, bored and faced
5.00
3.50
5.00
5.00
4.00
Castings of Cylinders. Or you can get the castings

for the cylinders in the rough and finish them yourself
they cost
Diameter of Cylinder...
Price, bored
The i%- and

them while the
is
inch
$1.50
1%
inch
$2.00
2 inch
$4.00
2-inch cylinders have the ports cast in

small cylinder which is made of brass
must have the ports

75 cents
made
drilled in
for doing
it.
it
and an extra charge of
Appendices
Castings for an Oscillating Engine.
249
complete set
of castings for making an oscillating cylinder engine of
fairly decent size can be bought of model works at these
prices
No. o Engine with J^-inch bore and i^-inch stroke

No. 1 Engine with i -inch bore and 2 -inch stroke
No. 2 Engine with i^-inch bore and 3 -inch stroke
$i-75
2.50
3.00
When
these engines are finished ready to run the No.

o sells for $15.00; the No. 1, for $20.00, and the No. 2
for $30.00.
The engine
Fig. 82.
An
is
shown
in Fig. 80.
Oscillating Cylinder Engine
Castings for the Corliss Type of Engine. An up-todate horizontal engine of the Corliss type as shown in
Fig. 81 is built just like a large engine, the design, construction and material being the same in every particular.
The cylinder has a i%-inch bore and a 2-inch
stroke.
Makers furnish them in three ways or classes
as they call them, to wit
Class A.
complete set of castings, with all the ports
cored in, including piston rod and valve stem. Price
$4.50.
Appendices
250
Same as above with cylinder bored and

Class B.
faced, valves and steam chest seat planed and slide
dressed. $5.50.
Besides the above the balance wheel is

Class C.
bored, turned and polished, the stuffing boxes are fitted
on and the eccentric is bored and turned. Price $6.50.
finished engine of this kind costs $25.00.
Castings for a Half-Horse Power Corliss Engine.

This engine is made like the foregoing Corliss model,
Fig. 83.
Model
Corliss
Engine
but has a i%-inch bore cylinder and a 3-inch stroke,

while the flywheel has a 2-inch face and is 10 inches in
diameter.
The complete
with the cylinder bored,

steam chest and valve seat planed, crank shaft, piston
and valve rods turned, $15.00, or you can buy the engine complete all ready to run for $50.00.
set of castings
APPENDIX C
Steam Boilers
Boilers.
for
Model Engines.
vertical tube boiler large
Vertical
Tube
enough to run ^n
Appendices
2l
engine of 1%-inch bore and a 3-inch stroke with all the

can be bought for about $30.00 and a size large
enough for running a half horse power boiler for $50.00.
The smaller size boiler is 10 inches in diameter and
inch in diame16 inches high and has 20 brass tubes
The shell is made of %-inch
ter and 10% inches long.
wrought iron with lap welded seams, while the smokebox and fire-box are of cast iron. The outside casting
and smoke-stack are made of Russia iron.
The boiler is tested at 160 pounds cold water pressure
and it is safe to run it at a steam pressure of 75 to 100
pounds.
fittings
Dimensions of Small Steam Boilers.
Water Shp'g
Pounds Line Weight
of
Horse
Total Fire- of
Tested from
in
Base
Power Diameter Height Box Tubes Tubes
Floor Pounds
at
Mate-
Boiler
Largest
54
Yz
V/2
10-inch
16
21
'
No.
21
31
41
rial
5x7 20
6 x g)/2 32
Brass
Brass
9x13
Steel
51
250
250
200
14
22
27
90
25o
425
These boilers are made to burn gas, gasoline, kerosene,

hard coal, charcoal, alcohol or wood. If you are interested in a boiler of this kind write to the Lipp Electric and Machine Co., Paterson, N. J.
APPENDIX D
Other Castings for Engines and Boilers.
set of brass castings for a small
Governors.
governor can be pur-
chased for 60 cents and a larger size for $1.00.

Force Pumps. Three sizes of castings for
pumps
force
are obtainable and these are
No. 1 ^4-inch bore and i^-inch stroke

No. 2 ^-inch bore and 3 -inch stroke
No. 3 ^-inch bore and 4 -inch stroke
The No. 1 force pump, finished, costs
$ .50
75
1.00
.3.50
Appendices
22
The No. 2
The No. 3
force pump, finished, costs

force pump, finished, costs
$4.50
5.50
Safety Valves, The castings for a small safety valve

with a %-i nc h steam passage and a 5-inch lever costs
25 cents while a j^-inch safety valve with a ^-inch steam
passage and a 6-inch lever sells for 35 cents.
Note. The prices listed ahove are those quoted by the manufacturers at the time this book was written. Since these are
war-times the prices are subject to change but I here give them
so that you can at least judge the relative value of the different
parts.
Where
to
Buy Engine
Fittings.
Write
for catalogues
Arthur H. Wightman, 132 Milk Street,

Boston, Mass.
The Chicago Model Works, Madison
Spon and Chamberlin, 123 LibStreet, Chicago, 111.
erty Street, New York City, and the Weeden Toy Engine Company, New Bedford, Mass.
and
price-lists to
;
Speed
APPENDIX E
Indicators. A Simple Way
to
Find the Speed
of a Crankshaft. To find the speed that a shaft or a

wheel is turning is simple if you have a speed indicator.
It consists of a spindle on which threads are cut forming a
worm gear and this meshes with a gear to which the
dial is fixed.
6000EU P(?ATT Covswiy
Gpannnj.M >s3.u.SJl
Fig. 84.
Speed Indicator
By pressing the pointed end of the speed indicator

against the center of the wheel or shaft the spindle turns
the dial around and the number of revolutions can then
be read off by timing
it
with a watch.
INDEX
Back tube sheet for locomo-
Airplane engine, 23
Alcohol lamp, easily made, 29
Alloys, 243
Appendices, 247
Atlantic type of locomotive,
tive, 147
To
calculate heating surface

of a, 197
Connections, 105
Crown sheet for a locomo-
138
Atmosphere
tive,
defined, 189
Atmospheres, steam measured

in,
continued
Boiler
Air pressure on piston, 6
147
good copper, 102
Firebox of, 97
Firebox sheet
189
Atmospheric engine, 6
Automobile engine, 23
Automobile, steam, 16
for, 95
Fittings for, 106

Fittings for a locomotive, 150
Front tube sheet for locomo-
Auxiliary parts of a horizontal

steam engine, 88
tive, 145
Furnaces, burners for, 99

Babbitt metal, 235
Ball governor, 120
Bearings for shaft
Horsepower, 196
How
of
model
How
Bed
turbine, 40
for
plate
Bed
steam engine, 70
Plate, mounting engine on
horizontal
Seamless copper tube

See steam boiler
the, 86
Bed, setting engine on its, 86
Beighton, Henry, 9
Bell frame for locomotive bell,
Smokestack
tive,
109
for, 95
for
locomo-
142
Steam dome for a locomo-
Blades, action of steam on turbine wheel, 43

Blades, making steam turbine,
tive, 142
Steam gauge for, 130

Steam in the, 189
Steam injector for, 126
33
how water is made to, 185

%2 h. p. vertical tube,
Tubular, 140
simple iron, 92
Tubes for locomotive, 148
Boiler, a
a,
Shell of locomotive, 141

Smoke box, 97, 104
Smoke box sheet for, 95
142
Bell for a locomotive, 142
Beveled gears, 229
Boil,
to calculate the size of
196
to test a, 107
Locomotive, 140
Safe way to operate
Safety valve for, 116
a,
253
Index
254
Boilers,
dimensions for small,
251
Making
Cogwheel locomotive, 16
Compressed air engine, 20
Compression stroke, 239
Condensing engines, 190
Condensing steam, 8
small, 91
For model engines, 250

Safety valves for, 116
Vertical tube, 250
Whistles for, 113

what it means, 186
Boulton and Watt, 193
Connecting rod bearing for

steam engine, 81
Connecting rod for a steam en-
Boiling,
Book
of electricity, 174
Bourdon steam gauge,
engine, 80
131
Connecting
Branca's engine, 3
Impulse turbine, 43
Brass, 246
Buffer
Clermont,
Fulton's
paddle
wheel steamboat, 15
beam of locomotive,
tive,
161
Bunsen burner, 226

Burners for boiler furnaces, 97
Burner, kerosene, 100
tive,
154
Cast iron, 244

Casting an engine cylinder, 72
Castings for boilers and engines, 251
For the Corliss engine, 249

For force pumps, 251
Castings for engines, 247
Finishing engine, 72
For a model engine, 62
For oscillating engine, 249

For safety valves, 252
steam
chest, 75
Cawley and
Newcomen's en-
gine, 7
Central flue boiler, 104
of
locomo-
Connections for boiler, 105

Copper, 245
Copper boiler for a small engine, 102
Corliss engine, 249
Counterbalance weight, 164
Coupling rods for drive wheels,
Cab for locomotive, 174

Calibrating the dial of a steam
gauge, 135
Caloric engine, 20, 199
Cardboard model of locomo-
rods
166
165
Cowcatcher for locomotive, 173

Cradle, engine truck of locomotive, 160
Crank for a horizontal steam
engine, 70
Cross-head guide block for
steam engine, 78
Cross-head guide for a horizontal steam engine, 70
Of locomotive, 157
For steam engine, yj
Crown sheet for locomotive
boiler, 147
Cylinder castings, 248

Casting an engine, 72
Cylinder heads for a horizontal
steam engine, 68
Cylinder of a horizontal steam
engine, 66
Cylinders of locomotive, 157
Flue steam boiler, 12

Centrifugal force, 120
Governor, 12, 120
Dead
De
centers of an engine, 90
Laval's steam turbine, 18
Index
De
Laval's steam turbine
ctd.
Model, 30
Development of the steam
boil-
Drawing plans for an engine, 64

Drawing tools you need, 62
Driving wheels locomotive, 164
Ductile defined, 245
Ebullition, 185
for
horizontal
steam engine, 70
Eccentric rod for a steam engine, 84
Eccentric for a steam engine,
83
Electrolysis, 185
Energy, heat a form

Of motion, 187
At
'Engine continued
Connecting rod of a gas, 230
Connecting rod of a hot air,
202
er, 12
Eccentric
255
Crankshaft and crank for a

hot air, 206
Cylinder of a gas, 216
Exhaust valve mechanism of
a gas, 220
Expansion cylinder of a hot
air, 200
Firebox for a hot air, 208
The
The
first,
first real,
10
where to buy, 252

Flywheel and pulley of a gas,
Fittings,
236
of, 185
rest, 187
Engine, airplane, 23
Assembling a crankshaft of
a gas, 233
Assembling a gas, 235
Atmospheric, 6
Automobile, 23
A y8 h. p. gas, 214
Bed of a gas, 235
Branca' s impulse, 18
Branca's steam, 3
Caloric, 20
Cam and camshaft of a gas,
228
Camshaft bearings of a gas,
227
Castings, cylinders, 248
Castings, finishing, 72
Castings, horizontal, 247
Castings, model, 247
Castings for oscillating, 249
Castings of type metal, 62
Compressed air, 20
Connecting pipe for a hot air,
205
Four
cycle gas, 23
Fuel mixture for a gas, 238

Hero's reaction, 18
Hero
invents the steam, 2

gasoline, 21
Gas and
Hot
air, 20,
199
Works, how a gas, 238

Works, how a hot air, 210
Igniter for an, 223
and exhaust valves of

a gas, 218
Making a crankshaft for, 231
Making a hot air, 200
Inlet
Newcomen's
and
Cawley's
steam, 7
Oiling a gas, 236
Otto gas, 240
Papin's piston steam, 5
Parts of a gas, 216
Parts of a hot air, 200
mould of, 72
Piston of a gas, 230
Piston rod of a hot air, 202
Power connecting rod for a
hot air, 204
Power cylinder of a hot air,
203
Parts,
Index
256
Engine
Power
continued
piston for a hot
Fulton's
air,
Clermont,
paddlewheel steamboat, 15
Fulton's
204
Self-acting, 8
Standards for a hot

Steam, 24
air,
205
Steam in the, 190

Timing gears of a
gas, 229
operate a hot air, 210
Transfer piston of a hot air,
201
Truck frame, 160
To
Walking beam,
Watt's double acting, 11

Watt's rotary, 9
Gallipoli
A y8
h. p.,
of
a,
Cam
boiler, 97
Grate of, 98
Sheet of boiler, 95
Fire tubes, 13
Firetube boiler locomotive, 16
Fitch's steamboats, 14
Steam packet, 14
Fittings for boiler, 106
For a locomotive boiler, 150
For model engines, no

Where to buy engine, 252
Fluxes, 247
Flyball governor, 120
Flywheel of engine, 11
For a horizontal steam engine, 70
Momentum
of, 215
For a steam engine, 85

Force pumps, castings for, 251
Fuel mixture for gas engines,
238
247
214
Assembling the, 235

Assembling the Crankshaft
Eolus, god of the wind, 2

Ericsson hot air engine, 20
Exhaust stroke, 238
Expansion of steam in turbine
Of
oil,
Gas burners, 99
Denned, 188
Gas Engine, 21
Bed of
Fire box for boiler, 105
steamboat, 15
Fusible alloy, 244
Eolipile, Hero's, 2
nozzle, 44
first
Furnace for oscillating cylinder steam engine boiler, 58
233
a, 235
and camshaft of
Camshaft bearings of
228
227
Connecting rod of a, 230
The cylinder of a, 216
Exhaust valve mechanism of
a, 220
Flywheel and pulley for a,
236
Four cycle, 23
Fuel mixture for, 238
How it works, 238
Igniter for a, 223
Inlet and exhaust valves, 218
Invention of the, 21
Lebon's, 22
Lenoir's, 22
Making a crankshaft for a,
231
Oiling
a,
a,
236
240
Parts of a, 216
Piston of a, 230
Timing gears of a, 229
Gasoline engine, 21
Gears, reduction, 18
For turbine reduction, 41
Governor, centrifugal, 12
For steam engine, 120
a,
Otto's, 22,
Index
257
Hot
engine continued
operate the, 210
Transfer piston of a, 201
Horizontal steam engine, 61
Grate of firebox, 98
Gauge, steam, for boiler, 130
Water, for boiler, 136
air
To
Gun
metal, 243
Gyroscope, toy, 31
Hydrogen, 182
Hydrostatic paradox, 127
saddle and pedestal

for locomotive, 144
d'Hautefeuille gas engine, 21
Headlight for locomotive, 174,
Hanger,
274
a locomotive, 154
Heat a form of energy, 185
As kinetic energy, 187
Injector, steam, 126
Steam, how it works, 130

Invention of the locomotive, 16
Isometric perspective, 64
Latent, 187
As potential energy, 187

What it does to water, 184
Keeping up with your motor
Heating surface, 13
car, 223
Hedley's locomotive, 16
Hero of Alexandria, 1
Hero's steam boiler, 12
Reaction engine, 18
Reaction turbine, 43
How
Kerosene burner, 100

Kinetic energy, heat as, 187
Lamp
for oscillating steam engine boiler, 59

Latent heat, 187
Lebon's gas engine, 22
Lenoir's gas engine, 22
boiler, 196
to calculate, 194
Defined, 193
Indicated, 196
And
Hot
Lever safety valve, 116

Link valve gear, how
made, 168
work, 192
air engine, 20, 199
Connecting pipe for a, 205

Connecting rod of a, 202
Crankshaft and crank for
Power
Power
cylinder of a, 203
piston for a, 204
Standards for, 205
is
a,
it works, 179
Locomotive, 167
Liquid fuel burners, 99
Locomotive, Atlantic type of,
138
Bell for a, 142
Locomotive boiler, 140

Back tube sheet for, 147
Front tube sheet, 145
To
a,
calculate heating surface
of
197
sheet for, 147
Fittings for, 150
Steam dome for a, 142
Tubes for, 148
a,
Crown
204
it
How
206
Expansion cylinder, 200

Firebox tor a, 208
How it works, 210
Making a, 200
Parts of, 200
Piston rod of a, 202
Power connecting rod for
Turbine of Branca's, 43
Indicated horsepower, 196
Initial pressure of steam, 44
Of
Horsepower,
Igniter of a gas engine, 223

Impulse engine of Branca, 4, 17
Index
258
Locomotive, cab
for, 174
Cardboard model of a, 154

Connecting rods for, 166
Cylinders, steam chests and
cross-head guides, 157
Dome for a, 142
Driving wheels, 164
With
firetube boiler, 16
Headlight, 154
Headlight
for, 174
Hedley's, 16
How
it works, 176
Invention of the, 16
Link valve gear for, 167
Link valve gear, how it
works, 179
Murray's, 16
Parts of a, 140
Parts of the engine, 156
Pilot or cowcatcher for, 173
Saddle, pedestal and hanger,
144
Sandbox for
a,
142
Scale drawings of, 139

truck
on
frame
Setting
wheels, 163
Shell of a boiler, 141
Side on coupling rods, 165
Smokestack for, 142
throttle
and
Steam
pipe
valve, 146
Stephenson's, 16
Stephenson's Rocket, 16
Tender, 175
And
tender, finishing, 176

Trailing wheels for, 173
Trevithick's, 16
Major chord
defined, 150
Malleable defined, 245
Metals, useful, 244
Metal working tools, 63

Mica for gas engine igniters,
224
Miller and Symington's steamboat, 15
Mitis metal, 244
Model De Laval steam
turbine,
30
Model steam turbine, 24

Model steam turbine,
tools
needed to make, 32
Molecules of matter, 185
Momentum of a flywheel, 215
Moulding engine parts, 72
Mounting the engine on the
bed plate, 86
Mounting the wheel of model
steam turbine, 41
Muriatic acid solution, 247
Murray's locomotive, 16
Newcomen and
Cawley's
en-
gine, 7
Newcomen and Watt,

Nozzle works, how
192
steam
turbine, 44
Making a model steam
tur-
bine, 35
Oil for gas engine, 236

Oscillating cylinder steam engine, 45
See Steam engine oscillating

cylinder
Otto's gas engine, 22, 240
Otto, gas engine inventor, 240
Oxygen, 182
Pattern making, 241

Patterns for a horizontal steam
engine, 65
Papin's piston engine, 5
Parsons' steam turbine, 18
Pedestal, saddle and hanger
for locomotive, 144
Index
Pewter, 243
Pillow blocks for a horizontal
steam engine, 70
For a steam engine, 86
Pilot, or cowcatcher for locomotive, 173
Pipe and Fittings for engines,
no
Piston engine, Papin's, 5
Piston for a horizontal steam
engine, 69
Piston and piston rod for
steam engine, j6
Packet, Fitch's, 14
Pop safety valve, 118
Potential energy, heat as, 187
Potter's self-acting engine, 8
Pounds,
steam
measured
in,
Scale drawings of locomotive,
139
Seamless copper tube for
stroke, 239
Pressure of steam, initial, 44

Propeller driver steamboat, 15
Pump, steam
95
Self-acting steam engine, 8
Setting the engine on its bed,
.
87
Setting locomotive frame on

truck wheels, 163
Shell of a simple iron boiler, 92
Shrinkage rule, 242
Side on coupling rods for locomotive, 165
Slide valve for a horizontal
steam engine, 69
And slide valve stem for
steam engine, jj
Smoke box for boiler, 104
boiler, 97
Sheet for boiler, 95
Smokestack of a locomotive
boiler, 142
Speed of a crankshaft, how to
force, 123
find,
252
Radius of a circle defined, 149

Reaction engine of Hero, 3, 18
Reaction turbine of Hero, 43
Rectangular steam boilers, 12
Speed indicators, 252

Spring safety valve, 118
Standard brass, 243
Red
Steamboats, the
brass, 243
Reduction gears, 18
For model steam
turbine, 41
Resin, 247
Rocker arm for steam engine,

79
Rocket,
boil-
er,
Of
189
Power
259
Stephenson's
locomo-
tive, 16
Rotary engine, Watt's, 9

Saddle, pedestal and hanger
for locomotive, 144
Safety valves, 116
Castings for, 252
Sal ammoniac, 247
Sandbox for a locomotive, 142
Steam automobile,
16
first,
14
Fulton's first, 15
Miller and Symington's, 15
Propeller driver, 15
Steam boiler, 24
Steam in the boiler, 189
Steam boiler, central flue,
Development of, 12
Furnace for oscillating
12
cylin-
der engine, 58
Hero's, 12
Making a toy, 24
For
oscillating
gine, 5
Rectangular, 12
Tubular, 14
cylinder
en-
Index
260
Steam chest, casting a, 75

For a horizontal steam engine, 69
Of
locomotive, 157
Steam, condensing, 8
Steam dome for a locomotive
h. p., 61
oscillating
cylinder, 53
boiler,
lamp for
oscillating cylinder, 59
Steam engine, condensing, 190
Dead centers of a, 90
Drawing plans for a, 64
High
How
to
h.
of
p.
run oscillating
cyl-
works, 89
Steam engine works,
how an
oscillating cylinder, 59
of
33
Laval's, 18
to run the toy, 29

Model, De Laval, 30
Model, reduction gears
for,
locomotive,
Stopcocks and taps for, 112
Modern, 17
Multiple, 19
Nozzle, how it works, 44
Nozzle, making a model, 35
Of Parsons, 18
Single wheel, 18
On steamships, 19
Speed of model, 41
Two simple, 24
Throttle valve for, 120
Wheel
156
Steam
engine, an oscillating
cylinder, 45
Parts of an oscillating cylin-
der, 47
Parts for a
%4
h. p.,
65
See Engine
,
steam
How
it
engine
by
Bearings, model, 40
Blades, how to form model,
De
inder, 59
Steam
driven
turbines, 19
Steam turbine, 5
for,
calculate
plant, parts of a,
Steam pressure, about, 188
your, 194
How
tive
Steamships
120
pressure, 190
to
Steam injector for boiler, 126

Steam locomotive, see Locomo-
25
no
Fittings for,
How
boiler, 130
Bourdon, 131
Steam, how it acts, 189
How it is measured, 189
Steam power
Corliss, 249
Governor
Steam, getting up, 186

The giant power, 182
Steam gauge, 189
For
boiler, 142
Steam engine, a %4
Assembling
an
Steam engine
Steam in the engine, 190

Expansive power of, n
Steam force pumps, 123
simple piston, 45
Tools you need to make
a,
62
Tools needed to make an oscillating cylinder, 46

Where to buy materials
for
50
oscillating
cylinder,
case, model, 37
Wheel, mounting the, 41

Wheel, making a model, 32
Steam turbine works, how
model, 43
Steam
whistle, 113
Steam, what
it is
Steel, soft, 245
made
of, 182
Index
Stephenson link reversing gear,
168
Stephenson's locomotive, 16
Stirling hot air engine, 20
Stopcocks and taps, 112
Suction stroke, 238
Swage and Peening
tools,
96
Tallow, 247
Taps and stopcocks, 112

Temperature of water, 186
Template for turbine blades, 33
Tender of locomotive, 175
261
Vacuum
Vacuum
chamber, 190
in cylinder engines,
6
Valve, spring and lever safety,
116
Valve stem and bearing for
steam engine, 80
Valve, throttle, 11
Vapor, defined, 188

Venice turpentine, 247
Vertical tube boiler, 91
Vertical tube boilers, 250
Vibrations of matter, 185
Testing a boiler, 107

Throttle lever for locomotive,
153
Throttle valve, II, 120

For locomotive boiler, 146
Timing gears of a gas engine,
229
Tools you need, 62
Toy gyroscope, 31
Toy paddlewheel engine, 24
Toy steam boiler, 24
Toy turbine, how to run the, 29
Toy turbine wheel, 27
Trailing wheels for locomotive,
Walking beam engine,
Formula for, 183

Water gauge for boiler,
Water,
How
how
it is
it is
made
Temperature
What
What
it is
136
formed, 184
to boil, 185
186
of,
heat does to
made
Watt, 193
Watt's double
it,
184
of, 182
engine,
acting
11
173
Trevithick's locomotice, 16
Truck frame of locomotive, 160
Watt, James, 9
Tubular
Wheel
boiler, 14, 140

Turbine, steam, see Steam turbine
Turbine wheel for toy turbine,
27
Type metal castings for an engine, 62
Water, to decompose, 185
Watt and Newcomen,
192
Watt's rotary engine, 9

case
for
model steam
turbine, 37
Whistle, steam, 113
Wood working tools, 63

Work and horsepower, 192
Time and
Unit
effort, 193
of, 193
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TO MAKE STEAM, HOT AIR AND GAS

Author of "Design and Construction of Induction Coils,"

MAYNARD AND COMPANY

MAYNARD & COMPANY

model engines along in the

out in the Far

terials for his

read these few pages about a

West and at a time when and a

This boy was Bion

most American engineer.

when he built his first engine and it

affair about seven inches long,

and he went about

patterns for the chief parts, cast

and put them together with the

Bion was fourteen, he

steam engine over a foot high and here

for he used a piece

of old iron pipe for the boiler, a discarded hub

from a wagon wheel for the

which had been thrown away, for

the flywheel, a gas-cock

some one had given him

for the throttle valve and, finally, he riveted the

forged with his

built his third engine

and he made the

he cast in Babbitt metal

inch thick sheet iron

which he hammered into shape and riveted

gether at the forge of a genial blacksmith.

heads of this boiler were made of two wooden

and these were

iron rods through

them and held on with a couple

His next attempt was made when he was

His idea was to build a 2 horse

teen years old.

noble scheme since

wood saw with

his job to keep

box for the kitchen

father would have none of either the scheme or

the engine and so both were scraped somewhere

between the time

was concocted and

would have been put

so successful in building these

small model engines

young Arnold began

model when he was seventeen, and

miniature locomotive of the type that was in com-

use on western railroads in 1876, and for

about ten years thereafter.