{"product_id":"early-stuart-no-8-mill-engine-stock-code-8956","title":"Early Stuart No.8 mill engine","description":"A particularly well made Stuart Turner No.8 from a collection of stationary engines that arrived recently in part-exchange for a beautifully made \u003ca href=\"\/products\/1-inch-scale-me-beam-engine-stock-code-8928\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e1 inch scale ME beam engine.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    An early example, the slipper crosshead and valve spindle guide indicating a pre-war engine. The spindle guide was deleted on later engines, the crosshead simplified with a trunk guide arrangement on most of their designs post-war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     As it is, the engine has much in common with, and looks much like a scaled down version of, the No.9.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The builder added a good deal of prototypical detail to the standard design, including finely turned main bearing and big end lubricators; split \u0026amp; cottered big end; flywheel and eccentric sheave broached and keyed to crankshaft; double nutted bearing caps and coupled drain cocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Paintwork is somewhat tired, the Russian iron cylinder cladding has some light surface corrosion. The engine turns over freely and runs on air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Mounted on an uninspiring wooden base that looks like it came from MFI and was intended for an engine half as long again - it deserves something better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009792364885,"sku":"8956","price":475.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/8956-1.webp?v=1779899215","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/early-stuart-no-8-mill-engine-stock-code-8956","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}