@@andydahlman3629 It is located in Oregon, just seven miles from Powerland Heritage Park where the Great Oregon Steam Up takes place the last weekend of July. I have other great engines on display there and home tours can be arranged. Come join us for a great show!
I wish my car started this easily! Why can we not still have these lovely quiet powerful engines? Todays things are all noise and waste, these old things ran on a pint of diesel all day!
Everything you'd want in an engine! Starts nice, runs great! About now, I'd normally say belt her up, but you'd need an awful big load so it would even notice.
There's two types of Corliss engines... the steam type, and then the ones made by the Corliss Company... this is one of the latter! Properly a hit-or-miss engine by type.
This is one of Bill's many meticulous restorations on rare stationary engines- mostly built in San Francisco. Bill researches original drawings and has studied casting tech, when necessary making the patterns and having castings poured for parts with zero availability to make great old iron run again. At 2min 50sec this zooms in on the 'governor' and it's flyweights, which he had cast from his homemade pattern. In early AUGUST each year you'll find several of his engines at the Antique Powerland Museum in Brooks, Oregon. Old steam tractors chuffing around, hobbyists bring their restored stuff and proudly display/swap/sell. Really well worth a visit, it is amazingly diverse and tons of fun for any motorhead. Takes a couple days to see it all if you get into it.
+By The Sea Aspirin Shop Yup, hence the term "hit and miss" - it only fires when needed. The fuel dosage is the same every time it fires. Crude, but effective for it's time!
These old machines are cool as cool can get. How many miles per gal?. lol I like the old centrifugal governors on these old engines. I believe they were used to keep the engine running at a constant stabilized speed or something to that effect. Who was it that invented that, was it a guy named Jim Watts. He had something to do with steam engines I think. I used to know about shit like this, but it's been many years sense I even read on the subject. I lost it cause I don't use it. Still awesome just the same. I'm glad there are people around who keep this old history alive. Good job fellas. And thanks.
I love these early engines! Definitely 'old'; built in the days when they were still finding out about engine balancing. The crank has no balance-webs opposite the big end, the flywheel has no cast-in weight opposing the piston stroke. Nice job, well worth preservation.
J Han I'm just borrowing a friend that said they are really slammed they have to understand that way I got to find another rainy day needed some buildings may appear to get it over here for a little while dodging rain suit 103
J Han I'm just borrowing a friend that said they are really slammed they have to understand that way I got to find another rainy day needed some buildings may appear to get it over here for a little while dodging rain suit 103&#@3280 liters3valve ? Or pretty close until 9 if anything yet. Yea finally
