An engine that size should nearly be OK for that steam tricycle you've been lusting after Al. > I do not know what I would use it to power, but the > Ugly Vertical Oscillator Engine is 1.625" Bore x 3.00" > Stroke. I just wanted to build a BIG oscillator is > all. > > Al > > --- alan Stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Tel, the reason I went for the maximum speed is > > that, at 1.5 bore and 2.25 > > stroke it may well be a working, as opposed to > > display, engine. > > It could generate a reasonable power. > > > > I agree that for best viewing, a nice slow speed is > > best. > > > > Alan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:24 AM > > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Tr: Re: Steam engine RPM ? > > > > > > You sure don't Al, if it was mine I'd be aiming for > > perhaps half of AJ's > > suggested figures > > > > > > > > > If this is a working display model, you don't want > > it > > > operating so fast that the workings of the motion > > are > > > blurred, do you? > > > > > > Al Messer > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ > 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.