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I bought a set of those castings as well and in the process of drawing up the engine which is a column type. The remainder can be made from readily available stock and it will have sealed ball bearings on the crank and connecting rod both ends. I kept the machining pretty straight forward and easy.

I'll post a pic when I get a chance.

-Ron

It's a shame your dad threw away those engines. My father made a bash-valve engine out of a free leaf blower in an afternoon. It ran well in air. I expect it would run a lot better on steam.

I will try to find the setup to take pictures for you.

Books Every Steam Engine Builder Should Own:
Steam Engine Design, reprinted in 1983 by Lindsay publications - but no longer available from them. Try Amazon, Ebay, etc.

Contains all the formulas, materials, etc. to design each and every part of a steam engine. Stuff you'd never think of including tolerances for shrinkage, wear, etc. A must for any hobbyist into the sucessful design/repair/rebuilding of steam engines.

Would that be this book here?

https://archive.org/details/steamenginedesi02whitgoog

A most excellent book, indeed!

Brenton Baker wrote:Would that be this book here?

https://archive.org/details/steamenginedesi02whitgoog

No. The title is Steam-Engine Design, published in 1896 by International Correspondence Schools. Reprinted and copyrighted in 1983 by Lindsay Publications, Bradley, IL, ISBN 0-91799-4-10-4. Lindsay stopped printing the book several years ago and (last I heard) had none in stock.

If you google "steam-engine design lindsay publications 1983" You'll find that there are a number of book dealers (abe, barnes&noble, amazon...) that sell it - new or used - for as little as $ 8.94 (and as much as $ 50.00). It's a paper back comprised of several parts of the ICS text and totals around 160+ pages. It measures 5.5"w x 8.5"h (same size as Steamboating Magazine)

It has ALL the necessary formulas, drawings, descriptions to design & build a steam engine from 1 to 1000 HP