Wow! A beautiful and large hot air engine. Maybe a bit more power than needed for that job, but great video of 2 rare pieces in operation.
crazydoug
I am surprised that the workers are not afraid in the face of the machine.
What a big beast of an engine!
Arnold,
Thank you for this.
I have a friend who has this engine, and as far as I know he was never able to identify it by manufacture. I will have to let him know it is a Bischoff.
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Jim in Minnesota
That is indeed a very nice hot air engine. I was wondering how did you identify it as W. Bischoff? I have never seen it in their catalogs. Thank you for the video. The photo of the second engine appears to have a different maker's plate.
Brent
Arnold,
Thank you for this.
I have a friend who has this engine, and as far as I know he was never able to identify it by manufacture. I will have to let him know it is a Bischoff.
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Jim in Minnesota
This is exactly the same engine - and it has a name plate that read
Sev. Krieg, Zurich - that is very interesting cause the seller told
me then it was made by Wilh.Bischoff Dresden. Now I believe it could be
Swiss made - who knows more? Could you please ask your friend to let me
have a picture of the name plate - mine is gone - there are only 2 small
holes from the nails. All I have is the serial number 108!
Thanks Arnold
That is indeed a very nice hot air engine. I was wondering how did you identify it as W. Bischoff? I have never seen it in their catalogs. Thank you for the video. The photo of the second engine appears to have a different maker's plate.
Brent
I also asked myself - because I have the old WBD catalogs. The seller probably told me a fairy tale
- it seems to have been made in Switzerland - that would be great. It is very
precisely made and the frame is all made of brass.
Thanks Arnold
Here is a Photo of the name plate on my Friends engine.
I think we had figured out that is a educational supply house that sold mechanisms to schools?
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Jim in Minnesota
Here is a Photo of the name plate on my Friends engine.
I think we had figured out that is a educational supply house that sold mechanisms to schools?
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Jim in Minnesota
Thank you - I am agree - for physics lessons in high school
it was never a toy. So it's probably not that old - more in the range of
1950. I think I'll have a manufacturer's plate engraved on me.
Thank you for your kind help, Arnold
Arnold,
I looked through all of the other pictures I have of this, and found this plate on top of the engine.
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Type 2 Nr. 111
So If yours is Number 108 and this one is Number 111 then at least 2 are accounted for. I do have pictures of another one. I will have to zoom in and see if I can read the plate on it.
Jim in Minnesota.
Arnold,
I looked through all of the other pictures I have of this, and found this plate on top of the engine.
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Type 2 Nr. 111
So If yours is Number 108 and this one is Number 111 then at least 2 are accounted for. I do have pictures of another one. I will have to zoom in and see if I can read the plate on it.
Jim in Minnesota.
Thank you Jim for your detective work
Made a picture of my plate and the very nice adjustable Burner:
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