This great engine was used as “Work Horses” of the woods. A cable or lead line could be pulled in by the capstan but then the heavy cable had to be hauled back into the woods by a horse.

Dalbeer added a small haul back drum and the horse was no longer required for the haul back operation. Many donkey engines were fitted to a pile driver frame and then driving foundation piles.

The finished model will not only provide a fascinating steam donkey engine of historical significance, it will also supply a source of steam for operating a variety of stationary steam engine and accessories.

Fully illustrated with diagrams. 54 pgs. Softcover.

Softcover, 56 pages

The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye is comprised of seventeen articles of varying length by Weston Bye, writing under his nom-de-plume of ‘The Mechatronist’ in The Home Shop Machinist and Digital Machinist magazines between 2003 and 2013.

Hardcover, 224 pages, color photos