[modeleng] Re: stationary engines
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:34:10 +1100
an 'M' eh? Hmmm.... Macson??
Make a three way Len, you'll love 'em.
> Hi Jeff...
> well, I didn't get one of those boat mooring devices...you know, those
that begin with M or something...I got another South Bend, another hero of
the north Atlantic convoys, shipped over in 1942. It's a 13" model A in tip
top condition. The only drawback is the original American type toolpost,
which is barely worthy of the name really, though I'm told some SB useers
swear bythem. First project when my hand recovers will be to make up a
decent four way.
> Len
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Allen Messer
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:34 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: stationary engines
>
> "...due to ease of manufacture..." You're right about
> that, all right!! That's true even in model sizes.
>
> Al Messer
> --- Phill Smith <steam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > None of the early ones.... but from the turn of the
> > last century they
> > started to appear. Towards the end of the steam
> > donkey engine, it was still
> > only the high speed engines that were fitted with
> > them. Where efficiency
> > didn't matter too much, they were always slide
> > valve, due to ease of
> > manufacture.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "alanjstepney"
> > <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 6:02 AM
> > Subject: [modeleng] stationary engines
> >
> >
> > > As far as I am aware, all the early stationary
> > engines used slide valves.
> > > Later ones sometimes used piston valves on the HP
> > cylinder, usually with
> > > slide valves for the LP cylinder.
> > >
> > > I dont think any used just piston valves until the
> > got to the enclosed
> > > verticals later in their development.
> > >
> > > Am I correct?
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of any early single cylinder
> > stationary engines that had
> > > piston valves?
> > >
> > >
> > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > www.alanstepney.info
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