{"product_id":"simpson-shiptons-short-stroke-engine-stock-code-3166","title":"Simpson \u0026 Shipton's short stroke engine","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eOctober 2010 - I've now had it in twice  before, it seems to come in regularly as a part exchange. If you buy it and  think you might be sending it back in a year or two, why not save yourself the  hassle of waiting in for the postman and just leave it here, we promise to keep  it clean and play with it once in a while. Next time it's here I promise I'll  take some nice outdoor pictures rather than those below which appear to have  been taken in a mortuary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eI've had this one before, August 2007 -  pictures are from then, but the engine looks exactly the same now. I took the  opportunity this time of running the engine on air - for such an unlikely  looking thing, it goes surprisingly well.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOne of the pottier contraptions I've had in by way of stationary  engines, this is Simpson and Shiptons short stroke engine of 1851. It did,  amazingly, exist as more than a patent specification or model - a full-sized one  was shown at the Great Exhibition. It seems an utterly contrary way to build an  engine, which normally means a builder was attempting to circumvent somebody  else's patents - in this case it simply appears to be wilful eccentricity.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBuilt to the Anthony Mount design which was serialised in  \"Engineering in Miniature\", this engine has been well made, the work  of a prolific engineer who has produced many models including clocks,  locomotives and traction engines in addition to a number of stationary engines,  both freelance and prototypical. It has been exhibited on a number of occasions,  for which purpose the builder produced a perspex demonstration model to show the  inner workings.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe whole engine is mounted on a wooden base and has a fitted  perspex cover.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eFlywheel 9 inch diameter.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020139385173,"sku":"3166","price":640.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3166-1.webp?v=1779911142","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/simpson-shiptons-short-stroke-engine-stock-code-3166","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}