count me in for pix Jesse, thanks Jeff Dayman >From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [modeleng] Re: Square pistons >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:53:28 -0600 > >Al, > >Under direct email I am sending you some pictures of a Dake so you can see >exactly what we are talking about. The piston did not reciprocate back and >forth like in a regular steam engine. Instead, it wobbled about inside a >flat box. Anyone else interested in what the Dake, and probably other >square piston engines looked like inside, just send me your email addy and >I >will send you the pictures also. > >Jesse the crazed Troy, TN machinist where the temp is 45° right now. > > Please permit me a dumb question: WHY? Would not a > square piston and cylinder be much more difficult to > seal? > > Al, the puzzled one in Mid-Tenn where it is 64 F. > right now. > >MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.