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VVietti replied to the thread Single cylinder horizontal enigne as test bed for multi cilinder engine design.Got it, seems reasonable. Thanks, John
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Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Newest hit and miss engine from China--Hit and miss mechanism.And today, we have a video. Top speed of my lathe is 750 rpm, and things are a bit sticky, but this governor does work. I will try it... -
GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.Interestingly, it appears that all of the original Speedy Twin patterns still exist at the Soule Museum, as well as some of the core... -
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.Here are photos of the Speedy Twin semi-balanced muilti-D valves; one for each cylinder. There is another D-valve on top the engine for...
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.I have never found anyone outside the Soule Museum who understands how the Speedy Twin valves and valve gear work. Here is a video of...
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.The Speedy Twin valve arrangement appears to be unique, as far as anything I have ever seen. I studied the Speedy Twin steam engine for...
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.The only other semi-complex valve arrangement I have studied in detail is for the Soule Speedy Twin steam engine, which was mainly used...
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.After studying the dual-valve arrangement on the Monitor ironclad steam engine, and studying Rich Carlstedt's drawings, I still don't...
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terryd replied to the thread Mark's Monitor Build.Hi Kellis, I agree about the book, entertaining, educational, fascinating and very readable. Worth getting access to a copy (library... -
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.And an assemble of the engine that I will use the balanced valve on (bottle engine), showing the beginning of the Stephenson's link...
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.Here is the balanced version of the D-valve. Not that there is a hole in the top of the valve dome, which is necessary to keep the...
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GreenTwin replied to the thread Valve Gear Design for Steam Engines - My approach.Going back to the simple D-valve, even that has a lot of hidden and subtle design considerations. I learned the main valve events were...
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Ppackrat replied to the thread Carburetor with glass jar fuel-tank as a single unit.Quote "If glass was good enough for Maytag then it's good enough for us.;)" Yes, that early Maytag had a glass jar gas tank, a hard to...
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OOlli-Matti replied to the thread CNC options?.Have you found out any good solution to this? I am amazed how hard it seems to be to find a nice entry level cnc-machine. I’ve been...
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RFerrous Wheel? Like this one? Cheers, Stan
