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Office of Steam ~GLOBAL POWER-UP~ virtual engine show => ENGINEERS HALL at Our 2021 GLOBAL POWER-UP -- Our Second Annual Virtual Engine Show...!!! => Topic started by: RedRyder on February 27, 2021, 09:18:50 am
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As is typical for you Gil, you have here offered us all a plethora of Museum quality engines that are dramatically displayed and operated to perfection for our total amazement, enjoyment and education.
You Sir, are the most amiable and informative of hosts!!!
Thanks for the kind words, Daniel! It's all great fun (and a little work)
Gil
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Wow Gil that big engine on the trailer!
Thanks, Jim! It's a beast for sure.
Gil
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Hi Gil, just found the time to checkout your table here in its full glory...
WHAT A TREAT !!!
I really liked it all A LOT, and would have a hard time picking an allout favourite (besides the Jensens of course, but they sort of won before they even entered).
However, as far as being impressed goes, that beautiful Fanning with its incredible pumping capabilities, really did make a lasting mark on my perfection scale.
You sure do have some truely amazing toys, thanks for sharing Gil!
Hi Jan, Thanks for the kind words. I am 100% with you on the Fanning Pumping Engine.
I too was amazed when I put it to a real work load abilities test.
Gil
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Wow!
What a final set of offerings for your table Gil.
Regards,
Charlie
Thanks, Charlie! This sure is fun!
Gil
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As is typical for you Gil, you have here offered us all a plethora of Museum quality engines that are dramatically displayed and operated to perfection for our total amazement, enjoyment and education.
You Sir, are the most amiable and informative of hosts!!!
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Wow Gil that big engine on the trailer!
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Hi Gil, just found the time to checkout your table here in its full glory...
WHAT A TREAT !!!
I really liked it all A LOT, and would have a hard time picking an allout favourite (besides the Jensens of course, but they sort of won before they even entered).
However, as far as being impressed goes, that beautiful Fanning with its incredible pumping capabilities, really did make a lasting mark on my perfection scale.
You sure do have some truely amazing toys, thanks for sharing Gil!
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Wow!
What a final set of offerings for your table Gil.
Regards,
Charlie
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That's a wrap.
Thanks again!
Gil
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And finally.....
I'll wrap it up with 2 videos of the largest engine and boiler here at the office of steam.
I got this rig from my good friends Ed & Anne Jones a few years ago.
The first video is at home and the second is at the Show in Kent CT
on display for their great fall show a couple years ago.
Enjoy!
Gil
https://youtu.be/ZLJzFlEaaHM
https://youtu.be/xF3x5lZZsRs
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Here are 3 Jensen #50's all a-steamin'
Enjoy.
Gil
https://youtu.be/mK6HhZIKZPo
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Here is a special Jensen #515 modified by our good friend Randy of Southern Steam.
This one came out superb. Thanks again, Randy...!!!
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/Hd0uzSueKcA
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Now it's time for some steam videos!
Enjoy!
Gil
Electric boiler with a 1/2 HP Sipp
https://youtu.be/zRMWjLLhvgI
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and
Here....
Is a Water Cooled Vertical Perkins Windmill Engine.
https://youtu.be/nF0uce8u1gE
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A couple more pieces to add..
I feel lazy about this post as it is copied from one I made Feb 7th... Oh well!
I was able to acquire this in a trade back in 2009.
The muffler arrangement is not "correct" but I do like the looks of it more than the short straight pipe called for in the drawings. It always ran well but only for a few minutes. After talking with Bob Herder who makes and sells the casting kits, I learned the ignitor points were likely made with the wrong material. At Cabin Fever Expo in January 2020 I brought the engine to Bob and asked him to bring it home with him and rebuild the ignitor with tungsten rods for a near indestructible ignition. He did this and replaced a couple other minor parts and set up the spark saver properly. It would be October before there was another show I would see him and get my engine back at the Coolspring Power Museum fall show and swap. A couple weeks ago I brought it off the shelf to run and it was able to run for a couple hours straight without any trouble.
I thought it was running a little warm. It wasn't breathing well enough to keep it cooler which should never be an issue with no load. I separated the muffler halves and replaced the three .030" spacers with brass nuts .110" tall, threaded the lower half and replaced the bent pins with proper screws. Even after blocking the third of the opening that would blow oil over the engine and tank, it still had far better breathing capacity. After a long run, the head is quite a bit cooler.
Missing from the beginning are the front and rear cast crank case splash guards. I like the 4 column open frame look. While not quite correct, it works for me!
Thanks to Doug for making my rocker arm casting into a nice functional rocker arm.
Thanks to Bob Herder for the ignitor rebuild and tune-up.
Here is a new short video and some pictures.
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/g2jK1sez7sY
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Thanks for the kind words, Arnold.
I am really glad you enjoyed the event.
And thank you for participating. You also have a most amazing collection!
Gil
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Dear Gil, Thank you for making the GPU possible and give us all the
Opportunity to show our tables.
Overall I am and was always very impressed by your
extraordinary number of exclusive unique pieces!
The officeofsteam is incomparable!
Thanks again for your efforts, Arnold
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Wonderful models Gil , I've been waiting for you and was not disappointed. Thank you.
Thanks, Bruce..!!!
Glad you could make it!
Gil
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That was great seeing Ci-Ci's face when she turned over that flywheel :) and wow...what an engine that is Gil!
Thanks, Jim!
She does bring some extra joy to the hobby and to my days.
Gil
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Great engines Gil the craftsmanship in those is outstanding:)
Thanks, Dan...!!!
Great to see you here. too...!!
Gil
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Stunning craftsmanship! Definitely top shelf equipment!
Thanks, krypto Doug!
Great to see you here!
Gil
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Wonderful table! Thanks Gil.
Thanks, Doug T.
It's great to see you here...!!
Gil
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Nearly 15 years later, I bet that Rider Ericsson would still win awards 8)
Great to see you here Gil ;D
Hi Nick, Thank you!
I think you're right.
It is still looking great.
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Ok... Here's a fresh video shot today...!!
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/cG7onsRm7mo
Wonderful engine Gil.
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Nice table Gil!
I never get tired of seeing your treasures. 🤠
Thanks, Charlie!
and....
me, too... even while seeing them every day!
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Gil, always a treat to watch the Fanning engine running, very attractive design
Thank you, Mike!
Yes, the Fanning is sweet.
Brent has a great full sized original... a wonderful machine.
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At Cabin Fever Expo in January 2020 I managed to win this little vacuum engine or flame licker that was built by our friend Joe Higgins.
I got it for Mrs. RedRyder to go with her collection of miniatures.
Today, for the first time, I actually got it to start and stay running for a while.
I used an alcohol burner from Phoenix Solar or early PM Research.
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/Mi_-FInMpOc
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Ok... Here's a fresh video shot today...!!
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/cG7onsRm7mo
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Thanks, Carl.
Now I am making a video of this engine running just a few minutes ago.
There is a Model T type coil attached and wired under the wood base.
Gil
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Gil, I liked your monster-sized buzz coil, and it
is a lot bigger than my Model T coil.
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Here's a video from 2015 testing a monster sized buzz coil on it.
https://youtu.be/eF566SUz15M
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Awesome Gil!
We need to run it the next time I come to visit the Office of Steam! 🤠
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Next up for the hit and miss engines.....
1/4 Scale IHC Famous Air Cooled Vertical Hit & Miss Gas Engine
1 of 2 extant.
Here is a great running and rare model as it is one of just two in existence. Each part was hand made by Lee DeGood. The other example was built by his friend, Tom Forward. It is an exact replica of an original that spent a winter in their shop. A local farmer had the original in his barn and he asked Lee if he would be able to get it running for him. Lee looked it over and told the fellow he would do it on the condition he takes it home with him for the winter so he and Tom could measure and photograph all of it so they could build these 2 freelance 1/4 scale models. Come spring they returned the original looking and running great to a very happy owner.
There are no castings in this model. It is carved out of solid metals. The cooling cones sticking out of the head are 3 different heights just as on the original. Rather than try to make a complex pattern for just 2 small heads, they made each one on their lathes with threaded bottoms. They drilled and tapped into the top of the head and threaded each little cone in individually. The fuel pump works identical to the original. The outside plunger can be pumped manually for priming and the inboard plunger is eccentric driven off the cam gear. The head and cylinder bore have the appearance of aluminum because they have silver paint, the correct original color. These parts were machined out of chunks of solid cast iron. The cooling cones threaded in at the top are steel.
The last time I ran it was about 5 or 6 years ago at Coolspring.
It is an honor to have this fine piece in my collection.
Enjoy,
Gil
This video was filmed in 2011 shortly after I got home with it.
https://youtu.be/G7H8ODiGcCU
Pictures from today... It needs a little dust wiped off even though it has been in a wooden box the whole time.
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Gil, always a treat to watch the Fanning engine running, very attractive design
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I am exhausted after a long day with much going on. I don't like bugging off this early on our GPU weekend but I am just plain out of gas for today.
I'll catch up with you all tomorrow!
Gil
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This will show the last of the Stirling Cycle Engines for the RedRyder Table
and the first of the Hit & Miss Gas Engines.
Both of these are the creations of Randy Racine of Lansing Michigan. We brought these home when we last visited him 10 years ago. I am grateful to have acquired them directly from him while he was still with us. Sadly, several years after that visit, he passed away.
He was a man of great artistic and mechanical talent. I was fortunate to have acquired from this gentleman who could look at his half a cord stack of scrap brass parts, visualize what he wanted to build and pull pieces out of his pile, set them on the bench and commence turning and cutting. His small engines are truly mechanical art. There are no drawings for any of them. They are completely freelance design and construction.
On this Stirling Cycle piece, the coolant tank was made from the cast brass center bulb from a fireplace andiron. The stand post and main bearing pedestals are upside down candlesticks. The eagle was the finial on a brass lamp.
I did not need to do anything to these engines other than a polish.
They were both mechanically perfect and from day one ran just the way you see them here.
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/KuB6Oe-Boec
Here is the gas engine alone:
https://youtu.be/Vyld_7x0OqE
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She'll never forget you, Charlie!
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Wonderful models Gil , I've been waiting for you and was not disappointed. Thank you.
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That was great seeing Ci-Ci's face when she turned over that flywheel :) and wow...what an engine that is Gil!
And she has her own engine....and it is pink.
https://youtu.be/xGJIK5Aweug
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That was great seeing Ci-Ci's face when she turned over that flywheel :) and wow...what an engine that is Gil!
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Great engines Gil the craftsmanship in those is outstanding:)
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Up next is a 1" bore Rider Ericsson.
It is 1/8 scale of the 8" bore Rider Ericsson.
This one built by Stephen Pierce of Ohio and for this build he was awarded 2nd place in the 2007 Craftsmanship Awards from Sherline, The Craftsmanship Museum, and the Joe Martin Foundation at The NAMES Show in Michigan.
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/V68B3MARhOs
"Got to love that" is absolutely right!
Mechanical Art at this level gives true meaning to the phrase "Poetry in Motion" .... isn't it just!!!
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Stunning craftsmanship! Definitely top shelf equipment!
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Wonderful table! Thanks Gil.
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Nearly 15 years later, I bet that Rider Ericsson would still win awards 8)
Great to see you here Gil ;D
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Nice table Gil!
I never get tired of seeing your treasures. 🤠
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Hey ... alrighty then Gil
I was certainly hoping we were going to see a table from "The Boss", and now here you go.
I'm just about to head out the door for the day, but you can rest assured I'll be back looking at your table in detail when I return!
NICE START you've made here, to be sure!!!
Thanks, Daniel, I hope all goes well as you step out for a while.
Gil
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Up next is a 1" bore Rider Ericsson.
It is 1/8 scale of the 8" bore Rider Ericsson.
This one built by Stephen Pierce of Ohio and for this build he was awarded 2nd place in the 2007 Craftsmanship Awards from Sherline, The Craftsmanship Museum, and the Joe Martin Foundation at The NAMES Show in Michigan.
Enjoy,
Gil
https://youtu.be/V68B3MARhOs
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Hey ... alrighty then Gil
I was certainly hoping we were going to see a table from "The Boss", and now here you go.
I'm just about to head out the door for the day, but you can rest assured I'll be back looking at your table in detail when I return!
NICE START you've made here, to be sure!!!
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I'll start with some hot air aka Stirling Cycle Engines.
Time constraints contribute to the use of pre-existing conditions make that videos.
First up is one of my favorites.
A Fanning Hot Air Pumping Engine.
Granddaughter Ci-Ci will learn to start this one.
Enjoy!
Gil
https://youtu.be/hxxH0XjPNrU
And.... this one demonstrates the pumping power of this machine.
https://youtu.be/V8qRxD9SL2M
And... here is a record what not to let happen to your gas connections.
a Gas Connection Fail
https://youtu.be/coV61TYl4js