[SEL] Dobbie McInnes Engine Indicator information sought.

peter ogborne jopeter at omninet.net.au
Fri Mar 21 15:17:28 PDT 2008


Just as a matter of interest ,a friend found a complete Performance 
Indicator on the local rubbish tip the other day ,it is of German make still 
in it's box.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Listerdiesel" <listerdiesel at gmail.com>
To: "Stationary-Engine" <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>; 
<SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:09 AM
Subject: [SEL] Dobbie McInnes Engine Indicator information sought.


> We have been in contact with a gent whose father worked at Dobbie
> McInnes in the late 1940's and early 1950's, and was involved in the
> design side as well as being assistant works manager.
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> He is after some information, and I have quoted his first email in full 
> below:
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>> My late father worked for Dobbie McInnes in 1947-51, as assistant works
>> manager and co-head of development.  As I inherited the interest in the
>> company, I've been trying to date individual instruments on the basis of
>> serial number.  I have little doubt that, with a few exceptions, the
>> indicators were numbered in a single sequence.
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>> I noticed that you show an early Design No. 1 with what looks like the 
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>> McInnes logo in the vulcanite sheathing.  I suspect these indicators
>> pre-date 1903, but have only seen one (DS1 1693).  Do you know if yours 
>> has
>> a lower number than this?
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> We have a small collection of indicators, and two are the DS1 units. One 
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> the 7000's serial number, but the other one was serial 735, nicely below 
> John's
> known unit.
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> I know a few of us have indicators secreted away somewhere, could you 
> check and
> see what the type and serial numbers are please?
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> A typical DS1 unit is at:
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> http://www.stationary-engine.co.uk/Indicator/Indicator19.jpg
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> Note the McInnes name moulded into the vulcanite at the base. The serial 
> number
> is stamped into the top face around the other side of the main 
> nickel-plated
> arm, usually in two places.
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> Any information given is for John's personal use only, and I can give 
> John's
> email address to anyone who doesn't want to make their own unit's details
> public.
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> John has also been back to us since then regarding details of the
> other units that we hold, including a motorised recorder and the
> Schaeffer-Budenberg unit that we bought at the Woodlands swap meet
> back in 2003.
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> Many thanks,
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> Peter
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> Peter A Forbes
> Email: listerdiesel at gmail.com
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