[SEL] Coolspring.

[Joe Prindle]

You did the right thing. When Craig gets done with it, it will be done
right. You have a nice looking engine there and the heart of an engine is
the cylinder. When Craig gets done with it, you will have an engine that
will start easy and run good, and you can enjoy it.
Did you see our club's Farrar & Trefts steam engine last year? I think it
is pretty much the same engine that yours was before it was converted to a
half-breed. Ours came off the Windy City lease, so it has a nice history
to go along with it. Over in our engine shed we have a McEwen Bros. half
breed on a Farrar & Trefts base. It has a good cylinder on it and it
starts real easy, just crack open the gas cock and flip the flywheels back
and forth a few times real gently and it pops right off. Never seen an
engine start so easy and run so nice. THAT is what a good cylinder will do
for you.
Darn, that is a nice engine. I really wish it was mine, and not yours! The
skid and canopy are pretty classy.
Later,
Joe
--- Arnie Fero <fero_ah at city-net.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> Bessie's Coolspring outing was great even if she didn't do more than
> chuff
> a bit.  A large gang (Craig Prucha, Paul Grey, Dallas Cox, Bill Tremel,
> and me) all got our morning exercise pulling and tromping the flywheels.
> Despite all the creative suggestions and adjustments, the lack of
> compression just couldn't be overcome.  Saturday morning I removed the
> cylinder and piston and sent those home with Craig.  He'll bore the
> cylinder, order new rings, and flame spray the piston if needed.  Next
> year she'll be amazing.  8-))
> 
> See ya,  Arnie
> 
> Arnie Fero
> Pittsburgh, PA
> fero_ah at city-net.com
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, John Hammink wrote:
> 
> > Wonder how it ended.
> >
> > http://www.oldengine.org/members/hammink/Arnie'sBreath.jpg
> 
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Joe Prindle
Patternmaker, Founder & Machinist
See my 1889 Reynolds Corliss at:
www.tznet.com/jprindle
Our Club:
www.badgersteamandgas.com
See Yoo in Baraboo!


		
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