[SEL] Tod Engine Works/Foundation Announcement

[Rick Rowlands]

After only two months of full time operation of the foundry we are moving! 
I've made an agreement with the owners of the property behind the Tod Engine 
museum site to buy the property and buildings and move the foundry to that 
location.

The property in question is 3 acres.  One of the buildings is a truck 
terminal and the other is a three bay garage.  Both are concrete block 
construction.  The property is contiguous with the Tod Engine museum.

I plan to move the foundry into the truck terminal and use the garage as a 
restoration shop for the museum.  The end of the terminal building is set up 
with offices and I'll be able to finally move our office from my residence 
as well as assemble the technical library in one site.

There is plenty of flat land so that we can expand our yearly open house 
into an annual engine show. (like we need more shows!)

I am looking to buy a 300 pound furnace to replace the 100 pounder that I 
currently use.  As Curt can attest my big bottleneck is melting capacity.  I 
can triple my daily output with a larger furnace.

We're buying the site via land contract and in ten years the property will 
be ours free and clear.  It certainly is a step in the right direction for 
us, allows us to bring everything to one location as well as providing more 
land for expansion.

Rick Rowlands
Tod Engine Foundation
2261 Hubbard Road
Youngstown, OH  44505
330-728-2799
www.todengine.org

William Tod Co. 34" x 68" x 60" Cross Compound Rolling Mill Engine
Historic Mechanical and Materials Engineering Landmark





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "SEL" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "SEL (Oldengine.org)" 
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Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: [SEL] Babbitt bearings poured on the Alamo.


> Folks this was a banner weekend! Accomplished a significant milestone in 
> the restoration of the Alamo engine by successfully pouring both the lower 
> and upper mains on this engine. I had done lowers before, but was 
> apprehensive about the uppers. As it turned out they were easier than the 
> lowers. Missy and I picture documented this as best we could and I've put 
> it on the website. Maybe it will be useful to someone when pouring theirs.
> Here is the link:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/AlamoBabbittPouring/Thumbnails.html
>
> Hope you enjoy.
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
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