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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Quickj on November 23, 2021, 07:54:08 pm
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Thank you for the beautiful pictures.
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Thanks, Jim. For the awesome tour and the what you brung home show!
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A very nice purchase you´ve made Jim...
The Sun Runner from the Phoenix era is relatively rare on it´s own, when compared to the original Sun Motor, but the musicboxes is even rarer, and is very seldom found on the market.
...and you bagged not just one but two of those, well done & congratulations!
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Great stuff. Enjoyed the photos and video.
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What fun Jim , I loved following along on your journey , you acquired a nice runner as well. I wonder what he was asking for that windmill ?
I did not look at the price for the windmill or the cutter. it was in the range of several thousand dollars.
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Nice finds and great buy 👍 Much better shop than most “antique” shops of today
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What fun Jim , I loved following along on your journey , you acquired a nice runner as well. I wonder what he was asking for that windmill ?
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Got home and gave it a test run.
https://youtu.be/lXGEiLB7318 (https://youtu.be/lXGEiLB7318)
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I found this on the shelf, brought it up to the register and was talking to Bill about it.
I mentioned that it is supposed to be a solar engine, and have a big reflector. He replied "hold on"
went down and grabbed another box. He said all this goes with it.
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So I got the reflector, the manual, a solar engines catalog, another Music box (also tagged solar engines), some spring belts, another wick,
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I had a service call in Ironwood, MI today. On my Drive up there from Minneapolis, I passed an antique store in Springbrook, WI that looked interesting. I made a Mental note to stop after the job on my way back to Mpls. This antique store is called Prock's Crocks & Antiques. I have been here prior, but not for several years. As I recall, the last time I was here he had a Case Traction engine out front and a small Box Bed Steam engine with a 24" flywheel (maybe 4" Bore).
The store itself is quite interesting. It is built in a 1924 school building, and the 1st thing you see when you walk in and go downstairs is the large cast iron doors of the original furnace.
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As soon as I walked in today, I found something I wanted to buy (more on that later). I also found these other items that I wanted to buy, but did not. So not all of these are Steam engines, but they are the kind of things that I think the members here will appreciate because of their mechanical complexity and beauty.
First up is this Salesman sample? cutter:
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Then, this salesman sample? windmill;
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Next is a carousal that could be run by a steam engine. The linkage on top to make the horses move was very well executed.
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Now for something Steam related:
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This thing was absolutely amazing. About 2 feet long in a glass case. Bill (the owner) thinks that this may have been a salesman sample also. One of the 4 cylinders is cutaway to show the operation of the piston and valve. Had a very unique Valve gear and reverse. Machining, fit and finish was superb.
In addition to these items, this place was filled with other cool items.
Like these 2 engines.
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So, What did I buy?