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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Videos The Office of Steam Cinema => Topic started by: St Paul Steam on December 31, 2023, 07:54:19 am

Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: St Paul Steam on January 02, 2024, 10:59:44 am
Thanks folks, I think I got really lucky on my setup this time & just got the perfect throttle set, Jensen's are not known for precision throttle placement 😀
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: jkbixby on January 02, 2024, 06:47:17 am
Soooooo......slow I almost fell asleep watching it - very hypnotic. Well done Bruce!
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: Nick on January 01, 2024, 06:53:14 pm
That is awesome!! Somewhere I have a thread challenging others to go slow, but I think I was only around 30 RPM’s…
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: IndianaRog on January 01, 2024, 04:38:13 am
Bruce, you might have the record for slow operation of a 55 (or maybe any engine).  Love the look of the Ertl pieces going thru their motions.

Rog
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: St Paul Steam on December 31, 2023, 12:02:43 pm
Quote from: komet163b on December 31, 2023, 10:34:45 am
  Very sweet slow runner.  I'd bet the two flywheels on
the pump also contributes to the smooth slow run.

Well done,
Wayne
I'm positive they do .
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: RedRyder on December 31, 2023, 11:03:45 am
Super slow and smooth.

Very well done, Bruce...!!

Gil
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: komet163b on December 31, 2023, 10:34:45 am
  Very sweet slow runner.  I'd bet the two flywheels on
the pump also contribute to the smooth slow run.

Well done,
Wayne
Title: Re: How slow can you go....?
Post by: Stoker on December 31, 2023, 10:22:36 am
No doubt that the light resistance of the Ertl toy is helping maintain the slow steady pace, but the four power pulses per revolution of the Jensen #55 is really the cat's meow (may your pooch forgive me) of the steady application of power.

I really love my 55's!!!
Title: How slow can you go....?
Post by: St Paul Steam on December 31, 2023, 07:54:19 am
Just tinkering around with the "55" and without much effort got this Jensen 55 going about 16 rpm, I believe its helped in its regulation by the Ertl toy.

https://youtu.be/v3m-aWsfFeI