Replica Live Steam Traction Engine Plans and Instructions

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Live Steam Traction Engine Model Plans How to Build a Working-Model Steam Tractor These plans will be sent on a CD in PDF format. The Instructions are 19 A4 pages of text (not a poor quality hard to read scanned document) with full drawing index for cross reference to the plans Logical build order with step by step instructions The detailed Plans are 18 A3 pages with numbered full view and exploded parts view for reference with all parts shown and dimensions Replica Live Steam Traction Engine Plans and Instructions Built to a 3/4-in. scale, this model steam tractor is small enough to be easy to handle but not so small as to present unusual problems of construction. In most respects, the model is based upon the full-size tractors formerly built by the J. I. Case Co., but it is not an exact scale replica. Some of the parts have been arranged to improve the ease of construction of the model or to insure its dependable operation. Boiler construction and testing will be covered in detail in the instructions, but a word about materials and methods is in order at the beginning. Since the boiler is intended to deliver steam at a fairly high pressure, it will be built entirely of copper. All joints in the boiler itself and the valves, line, and connections to the cylinder will be silver soldered. Soft solder does not have sufficient read more

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