Soule Live Steam Festival

[GreenTwin]

It looks like the 2021 Soule Live Steam Festival is a go.

Here is a link to their website:
http://www.soulelivesteam.com/

I have displayed at the Soule Museum several times in the past, and it is the original factory and foundry where they made among other things the Soule "Speedy Twin".
I probably will not have time to display this year due to workload (never say never though).
I am going to try to attend Saturday even if I don't display.

I have a 3D model of a Speedy Twin in the works, and it is an exact copy of a Speedy Twin.
I intend to cast a model on day (not sure at what scale).

 

[GreenTwin]

A few of my Soule displays from previous years.
Last photo was taken in the foundry where all of the Speedy Twins were cast.

 

[GreenTwin]

Here is the famous Speedy Twin, which was renowed as the fastest sawmill carriage engine around for many years.
(this is not my video)





The Speedy Twin has D-valves, and the pressure on the valve is reversed via the d-reversing valve on top of the engine.
Normally if you reverse pressure on a d-valve, it will lift off of its seat and not work.
The Speedy Twin uses the most ingenious methods I have ever seen to prevent the d-valves from lifting, and the design works like a charm, with an extremely fast reverse rate.

An extremely clever and I think unique design, and what I would consider advanced for its time.
It took me a full year to figure out how the passages and valves work.

It is the only twin cylinder steam engine I am aware of that can reverse using only two eccentrics (one eccentric per cylinder).

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[GreenTwin]

And Clarke Easterling has been putting on an iron casting display at Soule every year, which is very fun to watch.
Clarke built his own iron foundry from scratch.