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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: What Did You Do Today
« Last post by kvt85 on Today at 12:39:33 PM »
You can run it on Air or Steam,   If you do Steam you have to build and certify the boiler,   and keep it up.  Since I only do it for show,  I can run it on Air just fine.   May plumb it down and put the air hookup under a box or something,   Right now just had it up top so I could test it.   Got it running right off the bat with a lucky set up.   Still a little stiff and needs to break in a bit.   
Only problem with air is instead of getting hot while running it gets cold.  So things do not expand like they do with Steam.

Ken
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: What Did You Do Today
« Last post by PJB on December 10, 2023, 07:50:07 PM »
Looks good
Is that a compressed air line feeding  it for testing only?  Where/how does steam get produced.   Separate boiler of some sort


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Buy/Sell/Trade/Wanted/Free / Re: Mic case for an old 7" Lufkin
« Last post by Uncle Buck on December 10, 2023, 07:23:05 PM »
Quote from: Terrywerm on December 10, 2023, 06:05:43 PM
UB, it is great to see you back again and it is also good to know that things are improving for you.  Welcome back!


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Thanks very much. I am glad to be checking in more frequently here. I am doing much better. I slogged through a lot for a few years to make it back to what I am today. I am not near the man I was before my issues, but I am back to a semi functional level, but not nearly as strong as I was before 2019.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: What Did You Do Today
« Last post by Terrywerm on December 10, 2023, 06:24:24 PM »
Great running engine, Ken! Thanks for posting the video.


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Buy/Sell/Trade/Wanted/Free / Re: Mic case for an old 7" Lufkin
« Last post by Terrywerm on December 10, 2023, 06:05:43 PM »
UB, it is great to see you back again and it is also good to know that things are improving for you.  Welcome back!


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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Scroll saws
« Last post by Terrywerm on December 10, 2023, 05:26:04 PM »
The Excalibur saws are pretty decent and very similar to the Pegas but do suffer from a few drawbacks. From what I understand, the Pegas is an upgraded design based on the Excalibur. The Pegas uses needle bearings in locations where the Excalibur uses simple bushings. The blade holders are also of an improved design over its predecessor.


If I stumbled on an Excalibur in new condition for a low price I would buy it and upgrade the blade holders to the Pegas type, which are available to fit. For the difference in price I could purchase a lot of bushings!


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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: What Did You Do Today
« Last post by kvt85 on December 10, 2023, 01:14:22 PM »
Finished up a project my wife got for me.   The PM Research 4C engine.   Had to redo some parts as I was going.  Runs nice
Not sure how to put the Video on here but here is the link

https://youtu.be/XXjBsElFnaQ

Ken
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Joke Thread
« Last post by 34_40 on December 10, 2023, 07:43:52 AM »

The missus asked if She could have some peace and quiet while She cooked dinner.

So I took the batteries out of the smoke alarms.


 !AOK
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Buy/Sell/Trade/Wanted/Free / Re: Mic case for an old 7" Lufkin
« Last post by Uncle Buck on December 06, 2023, 08:55:03 PM »
Cancel my request,  I found one for a decent price on ebay.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: What Did You Do Today
« Last post by Carpenter84 on December 06, 2023, 06:47:21 PM »
I'll also note, the plumber was flabbergasted, asked the client no less than 5 times if he was sure about copper, and had young guys on his crew who had never sweat copper before... That last part was a bit nutty... But I held my tongue.
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