[SEL] Rare Chase Engine

[Jeff Allen]

Hello all,

Our club is part of the festival that I put online last night. Because of that I had a free pass for both days, and decided to miss the first part of my race for a short return visit. I am glad I did. New club member Roger White showed his engine today only. 

It is a Chase 4 hp engine, and the BYB lists it, but there are no pictures. Roger has researched this and his engine seems to be one of only four to exist. Now I am new to this hobby, and have found many to be quite rude when you try to talk to them. Maybe that is normal. Some are friendly and others are not. Roger is very friendly, and we had a great time. I look forward to visiting with him and taking more pictures in the future. For now this is all I have. 

http://frapa.us/Chase/Chase.html

Please note that I try to keep the captions relative to the club site that I run. I try to keep list issues off of the captions and now flame and fire. 

Reg brought this issue up, and I do believe it needs to be addressed by all. In one of the pictures in the above link you will see Roger explaining the workings of his engine. Up close and personal and that has to continue. The engine was running at the time. In the time I was there not one person tried to play with the moving parts, but they did get to see them up close. I rotated the flywheel on compression and learned about the relief valve on the side of the cylinder. Can't start it without that. First crank, poof, poof, and close the valve. Hit several times and off to a slow steady run. This up close and personal interaction will keep the hobby alive and bring in new people like me. Sit behind your fences and chat with your buddies or show your toys to the world and share. I've made my choice, and I think Mr. Maytag will get the first outing next weekend. Off the soapbox for now. 

Do enjoy the pictures. Made my day. 

Regards,

Jeff Allen
Arvada, Colorado USA

http://oldengine.org/members/allen/
http://frapa.us/