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Hi Kelly,

thank you for sharing the pictures. I would have loved to have been there, but unfortunately the journey there is a bit far for me.

Best
Dietrich

Hello Peter, ... I suspect that you have had some influence on the builder. no, not at all. I found the ad while browsing ebay.. I have to agree with you about the prices for such engines, but these aren't the times for them. I was just able to purchase a STUART No. 1 for €1,100 including shipping a...

Some pics of the engine.

Hi, a very well-built compound steam engine is currently being offered on eBay Germany. The engine has a Klug reversing valve gear. It has a direct driven wet air pump and a boiler feed pump. A few basic specifications: HP 75 mm LP 125 mm Stroke 100 mm Calculated speed: 500 rpm The projected power a...

Hello Peter, Ray made the changes to the exhaust ports because he found in practice that engines with a larger port cross-section simply run better and secondly I think it is possible that he took a closer look at STUART Turner's designs and found that this is basically how it is done and the small ...

Hi Bart,

the parts look good. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any prices on the foundry's website. Where can I check?

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Dietrich

Hello Ingvar,

thank you for the answer. I found some information about LinuxCNC and also this interesting video.

https://youtu.be/WS2Zqcu4Duo?si=Fuj0BnQdunSk1x_Z

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Dietrich

Hi,

looks interesting.

... The Linux CNC program is already installed on this machine? it is simple and I can learn it quickly.

Which CNC-program do you use?

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Dietrich

Hi Peter,

i have found some interesting links.

Hexagon Rivet Bush installation knowledge base

https://youtu.be/TQ8NczwGeAo?si=bol4fTf9wwZlzxCC

Hope it will be helpful

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Dietrich

Hi Russ,

thank you for the data, very interesting.

What about the valve chest pressure of the little engine? I think it is more informative about the performance of the engine than the boiler pressure.

Cheers,
Dietrich