• Three copper water tubes were bent, as shown in figure.
• Holes were drilled in the boiler and the thinner pieces of copper tube brazed to it.
• A file was used to remove sharp jutting out pieces of copper.
• Three larger holes were drilled at the top of the boiler so that the safety valve (taken from a water heater), the filer hole and steam outlet could befitted and brazed.
• Two copper end plates were cut slightly larger than the boiler's diameter and hammered home in order to have a tight fit.
• A hole was drilled through both plates at the centre so that a supporting rod could be threaded through the boiler.
The Crankshaft.
• A copper plate of width 3mm was drilled to house a pin of diameter 5mm and a steel shaft of diameter 4 mm. (see figure.
• The pin and shaft were both brazed to the plate.
The Cylinder Piston.
• A 5mm hole was drilled through a bronze plate, of thickness 5mm.
• A threaded bar, also of diameter 5mm was passed through the hole.
• A hollow cylinder (bronze pipe of diameter 10mm) was used as a piston cylinder.
• The cylinder and the threaded bar were both brazed to the bronze plate.
• A 15mm long solid bronze bar was made to fit and pass through the cylinder using sand paper. This is the piston.
• The piston was then brazed to a connecting rod 110mm long, further brazed to a ring.
The Base.
• Pieces from a Meccano set were used to mount all the pieces on a base.
• The flywheel was fitted to the crankshaft (see figure 5).
• The flywheel and crankshaft were drilled so that a pin could pass through and lock them together. A nail was used as a pin and was then bent from the other side, ensuring a tight fit with very little play.
• The connecting rod was fitted to the crank-pin from the ring and the piston placed in the cylinder.
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