Here we have a rather fine Wilesco D161 plant; the boiler is nickel, and the amount of steam entering the cylinder is regulated by a rather fab miniature wheel. It has an inline oil feeder, a powerful double acting cylinder and a regulator. The circular saw, grinder and drill press are driven by an integral lineshaft. The only real disappointment for me is that there is no exhaust feed to the chimney; personally, I think every engine would be enhanced by having a smoking stack!
This Wilesco beam engine was one of those rare right time / right place German ebay buys. At the time I knew little about their engines, and subsequently found out via contact with the factory that, after much bemusement, in fact they had never produced a beam engine! It is, in fact, a highly moidifed D10, with the addition of a meticulously engineered James Watt type beam engine and is, I understand, quite unique. I absolutley adore it, and to watch it work is poety in motion.
I understand this is an early example of a Wilesco D455 verticle engine. It runs in either direction via a slip eccentric and is quite a substantial model. No great speeds here, but then non needed as it beavers away at an appropriately workmanlike pace.
