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Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: Woe is me on April 07, 2021, 05:49:32 pm

Yes Arnold I got it. Just hope the seller is patient, still having problems with Paypal.

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: tenniV11 on April 07, 2021, 02:15:17 pm

This one was on ebay.de - the seller is from  Netherlands - the engine is DOLL
I have a similar one. Did you bought it? ;D  Price was okay!

Arnold

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: yussufhippo on March 27, 2021, 12:28:14 pm

The water gauge cover looks definitely like early Doll.

The engine has a Plankish touch, but I think it may well be Doll.

I don't get your issue with the eccentric - could you highlight the cutout? The one I see is the usual cutout for the reversing pin of a slip eccentric?!?! But perhaps I have missed something...


Sorry, I 've only now found the other thread. It's good that sb else also sees the Plank genes... The eccentric definitely looks strange...

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: classixs on March 26, 2021, 04:28:13 pm

Tommy, i suspect there could be some difference in the cans inbetween the US and Europe (pressure/gasmix or something).

Back when i got my SPS burners here, i had quite a bit of an issue hitting the sweet spot with jets and adjustment of the mix.
Never experienced any of that with my BIX burners, they all burn relatively nice right out of the box..
(Naturally still need re-jetting and adjustments, if they´re used within a very large span enginewise.)

But as already said, i like the seperated individual flames on the SPS burners better. I just feel they´re so easy to see and adjust, compared to what appears to be one big fire on a BIX

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: Woe is me on March 26, 2021, 03:27:00 pm

For me, I get out the Bix Burner when I want one that doesn't work.
Still having problems with mine.

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: classixs on March 26, 2021, 12:37:09 pm

Agree completely!

Bruce made such nice and easily adjustable burners, with those seperate flames...and it will take a drop without anything beaking.
Have quite a few BIX nurners here as well, but they see far less use, and mostly gets dug out of storage, when i need a very specific size...or a round one.

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: Woe is me on March 26, 2021, 11:49:05 am

Yes Jan, that's an SPS burner, the smaller one. Nothing compares.

Title: Re: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: classixs on March 25, 2021, 05:29:44 pm

Weird that they´d choose to make the eccentric in this shape, one would think there´s some hidden reasoning behind it.

A lovely engine nomatter, and even more special because of it, thanks for sharing Tommy.

PS. That an SPS burner i spot under the boiler there?

Title: Falk or Doll? You tell me.
Post by: Woe is me on March 25, 2021, 05:21:29 pm

Seller listed it as a Falk but that can't be confirmed. Mostly it looks like a Doll but not in their listings.
This is the one with the strange cut out in the eccentrics. See the pictures and enjoy the video.



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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8_DyfgFQE