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That’s a very fine display!

Absolutely wonderful. Master craftsmanship!

A friend of mine (same one who challenged me to balance a coin on it) said he thought it looked like it was having a nervous breakdown. 

Here is a little bit of footage of the engine running.

Includes a highly impressive  piece where I balance a coin on it while it runs.

https://youtu.be/k8A0l5-KjK4?si=BZWAvKQ2WWqnsk_G

Not a trivial engine at all. The PM Research sets make into very nice engines. Their plans are pretty good and accurate too. Looks like you are off to a good start. I will be following along. I’ve built 2 PMR’s and enjoyed both builds.

Will you be writing a book on this one? I’d buy that for sure. I leafed through your steam shovel book at the weekend, and that was impressive.

Quote from: Bob Wild
I'd be interested to know if anyone else has had problems with Reeves.

Bob

I haven’t had any issues - they’ve been easy to deal with so far. Sorry to hear of your troubles there.

Looks like an excellent show - some beautiful exhibits there.

Another video by someone else. I remember the kid in this vid - he was really keen and genuinely interested.

https://youtu.be/2OoKou5EsgQ?is=OlXsbPGC7I2fusPF

The show was superb this year - had a thoroughly excellent time. It was great to see that the place was full - I hope the show goes from strength to strength.

Here is a short video with a bit of footage of a variety of exhibits - I did not manage to catch it all, not by a long shot.

I have added chapters so that you can skip over my waffly bit.

https://youtu.be/eAUjcj-9INk?si=-QH2goZUqQjGCJxx

It will be magnificent!

Could you make it a bit more ornate, maybe? 

Quote from: ChipmasterJolly good now what about your Mery castings?

Andy

A fair point! Those I will keep until after my beam engine is complete, and I expect I will wring my hands and overthink machining processes for that engine. Looking forward to it, I know that.

Thank you all. This was a very revealing project. I did it because it was relatively simple (I still screwed some of it up  ), and had a good chance of getting done in the time available. It was really enjoyable to do without going all toolroom on it (which I like to do - but not needed on everything) and it's reminded me what a pleasure it is to do something and finish it in a short period. Might have to slip in this kind of project from time to time.

I filmed it running but I still have to edit all that. May not get to that for a few days while I prepare for the Indiana show - this will be the first show I actually display at. So, kind of excited.