Ready for the USS Monitor's Steam Engine ? Part 2

[Rich_Carlstedt]

Ready for the USS Monitor's Steam Engine ?

The original Post with this Title ran here 13 years and 2 weeks ago .
This posting is a special announcement about the drawings of this engine !

A lot has transpired since then, but most important now is that I have finished all the drawings describing the engine and its components in full detail.
For those unfamiliar with this engine, here is my miniature replica in 1/16 th scale

Because knowledge of this engine was lost in History I have spent the past 25 years + researching all information and the few drawings on this unique steam engine , even before the original engine was recovered from the depths of the ocean in 2001. No other Vibrating Lever Engine of John Ericsson's creativity exists today. The Engine was extremely compact for it's day and was built for the USS Monitor "Ironclad" in the Civil War..but that is a misnomer as the Monitor was truly the first All Steel Battleship with Rotating Gun Turret. I assist the Mariners Museum in Newport News Virginia with their recovery efforts by providing them information on the design, and drawings of the engine parts. I made my original drawings over 20 years ago , but have remade them into modern form and format these past 4 years . It is my pleasure to offer these drawings to the Model community and Historians for their personal use only and not for resale. These drawings are Copyrighted and Registered . Through the kind efforts and assistance of George Bulliss and Home Shop Magazine (HSM) , these drawings are available on the HSM website for downloading and are free !
It is my donation to our National Heritage and the modeling community . I am grateful to Village Press for their support and interest !

The file is very large ( 27+ M ) and is broken up into 22 separate packets which can be easily organized by the recipient into 18 files.
The drawings are in PDF format for easy printing and were originally done in 11 x17 sheet format due to details. Smaller sheets may be printed , but some loss may occur. The drawings are for the full sized engine
Go here to download :

https://www.homeshopmachinist.net/resources/downloads/

You may visit my website for further information on the Engine as well as other models
http://www.stationarysteam.com/

The original post discussing the model with the above title is here:
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... hp?t=78299

Enjoy my friends , and please honor my wishes about personal use.

Rich

[KarlKobel]

Thanks Rich,

I have seen this truly amazing model twice and am in awe of the craftsmanship.

A big thank you for your contribution as well.
A big piece of why I built a live steam model, and what our group is all about, is preserving history.

Karl

[gwrdriver]

Rich,
Thank you for your major contribution to the World model engineering lexicon.

[kcameron]

Is this the one displayed at the Cabin Fever show? That was one fine piece of work.

[Steamer Al]

Wow!!! Amazing peice of work, and very generous giving the plans away. Hats off to you!

[Rich_Carlstedt]

Is this the one displayed at the Cabin Fever show? That was one fine piece of work.

Yes, That's the one !
There is a little over 1300 individual pieces in the engine model and of that , 700+ are keys,nuts screws and studs
Rich

[Johnny O]

Beautiful engine there, I remember seeing one at Cabin Fever also. Ive been down to the Mariner Museum a few times also. First trip down the outer banks I was sitting in a bar one night talking to a couple guys seated next to me, turns out they were divers down there working on salvaging the Monitor Turret. That thing was so big they had built the pad for it, then erected the rest of the museum around it. On subsequent trips to Mariners I saw the cannon and engine as well as the mock up of exactly how it was positioned on the ocean floor. The ship components were in desalination tanks so it was hard to see much detail down thru the water. I remember seeing the paint peeling off the ceiling of the room from the process fumes. Very cool museum,I highly recommend it.

[pete]

I can't do any better than to echo what Harry has said Rich. But what's even more impressive is the years of research and dedication to what appears on the surface as just another steam engine. It isn't, and Rich is freely giving that all away. This fills in a bit more, but it's not even close to the full story. https://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Carlstedt.htm I doubt there's a hand full of people world wide who could do what Rich has.

[Greg_Lewis]

This deserves some sort of award. Not just the dedication to research and the craftsmanship, which is phenomenal in its own right, but as others have noted above, the generosity of making it all available.

[NP317]

Truely remarkable!
Thank you Rich.
RussN

[kcameron]

I've got to ask about the design, why? Was it the only way to fit the space, horsepower, or what that justified that design that I've not seen in anything else. It just seemed a rather complex way to make an engine.

[NP317]

Looks to me like high horsepower in a compact design, and low center of gravity for the application.
And the shared-cylinder design provides higher thermal efficiency due to decreased metal to radiate heat.
RussN