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RedRyder

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Invitation will be open through December 10th for the January Engine of the Month ContestGreetings from the Office of Steam,We are looking forward to substantial participation in our January unthemed EOTM contest. Please vote in the present contest if you read this before the end of November.Previous entries not selected can be used.Please send entries to RedRyder.   See notice below.
Entries will be emailed this time.
All entries are welcome for the January poll.Boats, Locomotives, Steam, Stirling, & Gas Engines, stationary, rolling, etc.,

Invite period remains open until
December 10th midnight Eastern time.The New Poll will go as quickly as possible after December 10th.
Voting will remain open until midnight eastern time December 31st.

The winner will grace the bottom and top of all our pages for the month of January.
If I fail to turn the voting off on time, only those votes placed before the announced end will be counted.Important......Notice:  It has been pointed out that we do not yet have a way to attach photos to PM's.
  • For now, Please use my e-mail:  Red Ryder <officeofsteam@optimum.net>
  • .......................................Or my home:     g789456 at optonline dot net

  • Looking forward to receiving your entries!

    Gil

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  Does this one seem appropriate?
It is a PM setup - #1 engine, vertical
boiler, and feed pump.  I did not build
it.  I've steamed it up several times,
so it is a runner...

Wayne

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Please excuse the dust - I am currently
between cameras and it is an old photo
from the sale.

Wayne

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Very appropriate Wayne!  8)

I liked that one so much that I rememberer bidding on it  ;)
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  I closed my eyes and bid.  I was astonished that I
was hi-bidder.  $500 was the most I've ever spent,
for me a mind-bending amount for a hobby.  It is
almost identical to the one pictured on the cover
of the catalog.  Allen-head bolts everywhere sealed
the deal.  They are the right way to go, demonstrating
the mindset of the builder.  On the other hand, he was
a glutton for O-rings...if one is good, three is better.
P.I.T.A. but removable.

Good luck,
Wayne

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Wayne,
That's a great setup.
What psi do you run it at?
Does it have good grunt?

I am fascinated with functional engines and mobiles. So I try to have my table saws actually cut (balsa or paper), drills actually drill, grinders grind, etc.

I suspect your pmr would easily *cut* (thinking of Forged in Fire TV).