[SEL] Famous buzz saw rig

Curt curt at imc-group.com
Mon Mar 13 11:19:59 PST 2006


Mike,
Great documentation of a neat old iron moment! Is Lincoln at the helm of 
the tractor jockeying your valuable Osborn to the cart? You are a brave 
and trusting dad relinquishing control to a 12 year old lad. I couldn't 
do it.....
Are you doing a screen cooler or a tank cooler?
Curt

Michael Tucker wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> We had a GREAT engine weekend.  Most of the restoration of the buzz 
> saw cart is complete so it was time to mount the 1907 4 hp Famous on 
> the cart.  The engine was on a sub base so we removed it from that, 
> placed it on some blocks to get things measured out like we wanted, 
> cut and drilled the mounting holes in the oak boards, bolted the 
> engine to the boards and then mounted it all on the cart.  The whole 
> event went about as smoothly as anything I've done with old iron in a 
> while.  I've put a few pictures up at 
> <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tuckeratm88/album?.dir=/d685&.src=ph >. 
> Today while it was pouring rain outside we sat and listened to it 
> chuff away.  There is still quite a bit to do to complete the whole 
> project but we're very excited about where things are at this point!
>
> Ah, life is good!
> Mike
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