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Author Topic: Steamin’ the Prototype of Jensen Steam Engines #51 Power Station Built by Randy Calhoun 2 Part Video  (Read 1252 times)

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Gil, thoroughly enjoyed both videos.  Hats off to Simone for some great camera work.  I visited Randy Calhoun 15-20 years ago...got to see his prototype first hand, though we did not run it like you guys did.  Listening to him recount his experiences with the prototype 51 were great....learned new things like his suggestion that one just cracks inlet water line valve vs. opening full bore...I will try that.

Interesting mods he made to the Jensen 15 generators to improve the grounding of the shafts...I like those little copper tabs!  No one will ever match the 8000+ hours on that machine...I'm trying, but have only accumulated 426 hours in 16 years...I will never catch up!!

Thanks for these videos. 

Rog
Thanks, Rog. Yes, Simone did it again! 

You are way ahead of me on run time hours. I have only added about 36 hours to the #51 I have had since 2007.