The Steamboating Forum

As a complete beginner and having recently bought a John Winn steam engine with a view to assembling a Steam Boat, I thought a good way to learn the basics of machining would be to build the hand feed-pump I require. Does anyone know of any plans that are available (Bar Stock preferred). I'm thinkin...

I'm a beginner based in the UK and looking for any Plans for a boat Steam Engine that can be built from Bar stock. It would need to power upto a 25 foot launch and I would prefer a 2 cylinder engine. I've looked at the SBA UK website but the links to the Wilkiesteam website do not work. If anyone ha...