Girls and boys between the ages of eleven and fifteen are given the opportunity to build a model steam engine. The club provides the materials and instructions ( with close engineering supervision) at no cost to the children or parents.
Starting with a kit of material, the children will process the material into the pieces needed to assemble a model steam engine. These procedures includ:
Filing the metal edges with a hand file
Correctly clamping the material into the working frame
Drilling a series of holes on a drill press
Tapping some holes for thread pieces
Pressing in a brass bushing
Chamfer holes with a drill press
Reaming holes and bushing with a drill press
Stamping date on engine base
Final assembly and running the engine
