Maldon museum of power

[God mode restorations]

Hi guys.
Just thought I'd post some pictures of the maldon museum of power. A fantastic place for machiney and pumping engines.
I am still here in the workshop display area. I having trouble leaving as I want this Colchester lathe

 

[Seadog]

You should have taken a larger bag
Looking forward to going there tomorrow. Marshall, the triple expansion engine, is in steam.

 

[God mode restorations]

You should have taken a larger bag
Looking forward to going there tomorrow. Marshall, the triple expansion engine, is in steam.

Having real trouble leaving the place. Currently having a brew .then for another browse.

 

[zzr1200]

Mmmm, I'm in Essex this weekend, might just have to see if I can slope off from family duties type things.......

 

[God mode restorations]

Mmmm, I'm in Essex this weekend, might just have to see if I can slope off from family duties type things.......

Yes definitely . It's a fantastic place. I took pictures of everything. But I shan't post or it will spoil it if you go.

 

[zzr1200]

It won't spoil it at all, more likely to make me go....

 

[God mode restorations]

It won't spoil it at all, more likely to make me go....

Ok I will post some.

 

[God mode restorations]

A few more pics should be enough encouragement.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Just....faaantastic!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

You should have taken a larger bag

Well, he'll never squeeze it into any 'normal' haversack, not even a BIG Bergen either.

 

[pressbrake1]

I took the kids there a couple of weeks ago.
Lathe outside is sad, its too good for a fate like that and that big diesel sitting outside needs to come home with me as well. Attach a nice 11kv alternator and make a real nasty tesla coil

 

[God mode restorations]

I took the kids there a couple of weeks ago.
Lathe outside is sad, its too good for a fate like that and that big diesel sitting outside needs to come home with me as well. Attach a nice 11kv alternator and make a real nasty tesla coil

That lathe outside is absolutely awesome. It has the change gears with it .gap bed and steadies.

 

[God mode restorations]

I have some better pictures of the lathe outside if any of you chaps would like to see.

 

[optima21]

you want to be careful visiting museums with lathes in them..... here is a post of mine from the end of last year

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/treadle-powered-metalworking-lathe.77481/#post-1081439

and now Im a volunteer at the museum, see here in the mackintosh section....ohh and the tin of sweets in the background is not a photo, its a tin of sweets stuck to the roof, (if only they were real).

 

[God mode restorations]

you want to be careful visiting museums with lathes in them..... here is a post of mine from the end of last year

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/treadle-powered-metalworking-lathe.77481/#post-1081439

and now Im a volunteer at the museum, see here in the mackintosh section....ohh and the tin of sweets in the background is not a photo, its a tin of sweets stuck to the roof, (if only they were real).

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There are gobs there available for volunteers to work.

 

[God mode restorations]

I couldn't resist. I had to share some pics of the lathe outside.

 

[Ashley Burton]

Looks a similar sort of place to the museum of Scotland in Edinburgh that I visited!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I have some better pictures of the lathe outside if any of you chaps would like to see.

Yes please!

EDIT: Just seen your post which renders this superfluous

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@spencer 427 Looks like it was driven off one of those long overhead shafts running the length of a building?

 

[God mode restorations]

@spencer 427 Looks like it was driven off one of those long overhead shafts running the length of a building?

Yes it would of been. A lovely looking lathe. Shame it's outside.