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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: D E Jones on June 06, 2023, 12:35:36 pm
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That little engine is sure the one that "could"...."Can"!!!
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Yessiree! 60 psi will drive a lot!
Nice layout you have created!
Gil
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If it was a real shop with all equipment being used at one time , I'm not sure what would happen . If you haven't watched David Richards, Old Steam Powered Machine Shop on Youtube, I recommend it. He has his shop set up like a shop in 1935 would have been . Heck , most of his equipment dates to 1935 or earlier. At the first of his series, he powers his entire machine shop with a very small horizontal engine through a series of line shafts. His little engine just loafs along powering the entire shop with seemingly no effort . Later in the series, he installs a much larger mill engine in his shop , not because he needs it, but just because he wants it. Like he said, it is overkill , and would run a saw mill , but it will also run his shop ! That being said, he doesn't use all his machines at one time. Usually no more than two or three at once . I forgot mention, but I named the little guy using my band saw David Richards .
D. E. Jones
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Yeah - WOW .... that is certainly a whole factory worth of machine accessories you have set up to drive in your photos. That Wilesco 455 being supplied at 60 psi is about three times what it was provided as a Wilesco factory product!
Still, that all is a very impressive set-up and a challenging array to get it all moving, from a single little engine!!!
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I have shown pictures of this stuff before, but I would like to tell you what a power house my Wilesco D455 is. By the way, this little engine is my favorite. I have recently added four more pieces of machinery to my machine shop , bringing the total to 20 pieces , with a total of 24 drive belts . While I am running it at 60 psi , I only crack the regulator valve by about 1/16 of a turn to drive all these machines at one time . It makes me wonder just how much this tiny engine is capable of doing. However, when watching videos, and looking at pictures taken during the industrial revolution of a single steam engine powering an entire factory with hundreds of looms and much auxiliary equipment , I probably should not be surprised.
D. E. Jones