[SEL] Hornsby Ackroyd Question

[David Nicolson]

Hi Arnie, a friend of mine here in town has a 6 1/2 hornsby ackroyd girder 
engine, i will ask him about the piston as i know it is out of the engine at 
the moment. Dave in oz

>From: fero_ah at city-net.com
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>Old_Engine <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
>Subject: [SEL] Hornsby Ackroyd Question
>Date: Mon,  4 Jul 2005 05:19:20 -0400
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I was perusing a Spring 2002 issue of Vaporising in the French's "reading 
>room"
>and ran across the following bit in an article on restoring an 1895 split 
>frame
>(girder frame) Hornsby Ackroyd engine, 12-1/2 hp.
>
>"The piston itself was about 12 inches across and was constructed with 
>removable
>top lands for servicing the rings.  You just undo four bolts and remove the 
>top
>land, then a ring, and then so on down the piston."
>
>OK, that's pretty wierd, but also pretty interesting.
>
>Does anyone have any more info (like pictures) of this setup?  ISTR that 
>some of
>the blokes in Oz have these girder frame Hornsby Ackroyds.
>
>See ya,  Arnie
>
>Arnie Fero
>Pittsburgh, PA
>(currently of Kibworth-Harcourt)
>fero_ah at city-net.com
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