{"product_id":"whitmore-binyon-engine-stock-code-11689","title":"Whitmore \u0026 Binyon engine","description":"A finely made model of Whitmore and Binyon's fixed steam engine, an unusual Victorian design, conceived for powering mills it was shown at London's International Exposition of 1862.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The engine has a vertically inclined crankshaft, driven by a single cylinder with integral barring gear built into the enclosed base. A pair of wide flywheels at the top of the engine provided belt drive to the mill machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The work of a highly accomplished engineer, the model has come to us direct from the builder, along with his Red Wing hit \u0026amp; miss engine, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/eight-pillar-engine-stock-code-11687\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJames Booth's rectilinear engine\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beam-engine-stock-code-11688\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e20hp non-condensing beam engine\u003c\/a\u003e and a very fine Crystal Wheel skeleton clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The engine runs well on air; the prototypically correct barring gear can be used to position the single cylinder engine for starting, after which sliding the handwheel outwards disengages it for running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    In a rare slip-up by this builder, the large contrate barring gear in the base has one wide tooth - the engine can be cranked just less than 360 degrees before jamming. Given that, in the full-size engine, the gear was only used to turn the engine to the nearest dead centre - a quarter of a revolution at most - it's not a significant limitation on the engine's operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Rather a rare model, of imposing size and technical interest; we've only ever had one other - part-built - example.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e    \u003ciframe width=\"353\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/88OcxQCQf2s?si=T3BrSEg3fOD5sS0h\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020127457621,"sku":"11689","price":895.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/11689-1.webp?v=1779910881","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/whitmore-binyon-engine-stock-code-11689","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}