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Pragmatist

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Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« on: February 06, 2020, 05:57:06 pm »

Martin has done an amazing job on my newly arrived steam plant . The little twin valve engine is beautiful too. Bit of ghost whistling when firing up however this soon goes after a minute or by tweaking the gas valve. As a beginner I am still getting used to it and have fired it up twice now. The workmanship is striking and I cannot wait to get this Borkum finished.
As an aside, which engine oil is recommended for oiling the valves/crankshaft etc. I have steam oil for displacement lubricator and cups on top of the pillars.
It’s a learning curve but an enjoyable one.
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2020, 07:42:29 pm »

Bonjour,
Based on my experience, a light oil does not stay on moving parts, this is why I use a 480 grade steam oil to grease everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGEAozABZQ
For hard to reach places, I use a brush

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Raphaël
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2020, 07:50:02 pm »

Bonjour Raphaël.
Merci beaucoup.
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2020, 12:27:26 am »

Beautiful steam plant. Steam oil is usually fine for all moving parts on a model steam engine, with an exception: if you have oil cups with very fine holes then you might need a lighter oil so that it flows into the bearing. Get a good quality machine oil.
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2020, 01:09:34 am »

KNO3 has raised a good point here, many years ago, I saw older BH&M model steam engines which had sintered bronze bushes in the bigend, that required a light oil to migrate through the porous bush material


I am sure the people at Martin Baylis could confirm their recommendation.......such a superb plant certainly deserves a strich adherence in the recommended lubrication schedule ...........[nothing more, <*< nothing less]

The engine plate as shown with the de-oiler and gas tank outboard of the engine looks fine, but will the plate fit within the beam of the Borkum hull?


Derek



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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2020, 06:46:40 am »


Sorry, I incorrectly suggested an older name of BM&H, however it is clearly .........MH&B as below....pretty sure Martin [Baylis] is the Son of the original B in the engine manufacturers name


[It would be interesting to understand if the current Baylis family of engines incorporate the sintered bronze crankshaft bushings]



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z0kq-5_rkw
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2020, 07:31:24 am »

 :-))  Great looking......... After some Ahours Steaming,,with my MB engine... i have a extra displacement lubricator  on,,or it will take all the oile to fast ,
         and one thing i not to happy with,,is that the engine spit some water..more than i like it to do,,from under the chest valve,and i cant se any oring under it ,,but i have to ask MB
ok,,, Enjoy your new steam plant,,, i use 1/2 steam oile and 1/2 gear oil , it make a nice mix,,


     
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2020, 08:01:38 am »

Bonjour,
I had the chance to meet Martin, he is actually the son of Peter Baylis, the "B" of Martin Howles and Baylis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHYDk3-TAEM


His last project X in action :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLj-5f_mKs&t=72s


And with several English comments  ;)
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2020, 08:14:29 am »

KNO3 has raised a good point here, many years ago, I saw older BH&M model steam engines which had sintered bronze bushes in the bigend, that required a light oil to migrate through the porous bush material


I am sure the people at Martin Baylis could confirm their recommendation.......such a superb plant certainly deserves a strich adherence in the recommended lubrication schedule ...........[nothing more, <*< nothing less]

The engine plate as shown with the de-oiler and gas tank outboard of the engine looks fine, but will the plate fit within the beam of the Borkum hull?


Derek


Hi Derek,


The plate was made after I sent Martin the original schematic drawings that come with the Borkum and I have checked it and yes it will fit.
Thanks,
Matt
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2020, 10:40:40 am »

Beautiful steam plant. Steam oil is usually fine for all moving parts on a model steam engine, with an exception: if you have oil cups with very fine holes then you might need a lighter oil so that it flows into the bearing. Get a good quality machine oil.


That makes sense. I think that’s why Martin suggests adding oil to the cups when the engine is warm.
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2020, 08:16:59 pm »

Hi, is this a real compound engine?
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2020, 08:27:47 pm »

No, it is a normal twin (with cylinders of equal diameters), disguised to look like a compound by using different sizes of cylinder covers and a suitably shaped engine block.
The only maker I know that currently builds real model compounds in small size is JMC in France. And there is Stuart in the UK, but their compounds are much larger.
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2020, 07:53:08 am »

Bonjour,
Examples of JMC compounds, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tpREH2SVi0
exist also with Stephenson reverse, example on my triple : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPt0ouL8kzc
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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2020, 02:57:32 pm »

Wow that is a fantastic piece of engineering thats going to look great in your boat!

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Re: Martin Baylis steam plant arrived
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2020, 03:36:02 pm »

That's way too cool to put in a damp boat.   Far better in to place it in the middle of the coffee table and drool over it.
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