proper vintage ;D
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That thing is sweet...
but we'll have to put it somewhere besides the attic...maybe the barn.
It's a bit larger than I planned for. [laugh]
Quote from: ducpainter on December 01, 2011, 05:48:11 PM
That thing is sweet...
but we'll have to put it somewhere besides the attic...maybe the barn.
It's a bit larger than I planned for. [laugh]
just because it all probably weighs as much as the house?
Quote from: lethe on December 01, 2011, 05:50:00 PM
just because it all probably weighs as much as the house?
or more.
Quote from: lethe on December 01, 2011, 05:46:08 PM
proper vintage ;D
Can't be, there's no Animal to turn it. [laugh]
Quote from: red baron on December 01, 2011, 06:43:36 PM
Can't be, there's no Animal to turn it. [laugh]
But isn't that a giant hamster wheel on the side? (but then you've got to find a giant hamster I suppose.)
am I old enough to remember the good ol' days?
When I was a millwright I would love to walk in to see gear like that
it meant that mating surfaces wouldn't deform from over-torqing
you could use the full-sized handled set of tools to remove bolts.... + the 4-foot Billy
Torque specs were "when the tools stops moving"
I miss that job sometimes
when do you install it?
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this thing is in the basement of PS 14 in Corona
I wonder when it last ran?
If you notice the fan was converted to run off an electric motor but that even looks like it's 70 years old
Can't seem to find info on how old the building is
That is a fanfreakingtastic steam engine. I wonder if you put a water tank and solar collector array of mirrors on the roof, and ran the steam pipes, down to the basement, whether you could save money running the engine on solar heat vs using the electric motor.
Quote from: 77south on December 02, 2011, 06:35:22 AM
That is a fanfreakingtastic steam engine. I wonder if you put a water tank and solar collector array of mirrors on the roof, and ran the steam pipes, down to the basement, whether you could save money running the engine on solar heat vs using the electric motor.
I'm no solar expert, but I have serious doubts about being able to generate enough steam via current home/commercial solar technology to get that old beast to budge...
never mind run.
Please prove me wrong.
All silliness and kidding aside, it WOULD be pretty kickass to have something like that in place and performing a support function in a home.....
Quote from: Speedbag on December 02, 2011, 01:47:33 PM
All silliness and kidding aside, it WOULD be pretty kickass to have something like that in place and performing a support function in a home.....
You'd need a really big home. :P
Quote from: Speedbag on December 02, 2011, 01:47:33 PM
All silliness and kidding aside, it WOULD be pretty kickass to have something like that in place and performing a support function in a home.....
I wouldn't be surprised if they would just let you have it if you said that you'd get it out of there for free.
Oh, and there are two of them there.
Quote from: lethe on December 02, 2011, 04:36:05 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if they would just let you have it if you said that you'd get it out of there for free.
Oh, and there are two of them there.
He'll need two really big homes. ;D
Quote from: lethe on December 02, 2011, 04:36:05 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if they would just let you have it if you said that you'd get it out of there for free.
Oh, and there are two of them there.
Don't tell me such things. I need some of the pieces off one.
Quote from: peeny on December 05, 2011, 08:31:33 PM
Don't tell me such things. I need some of the pieces off one.
http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/24/Q014/default.htm (http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/24/Q014/default.htm)
Here's all the contact info you'd need.
QuoteI'm no solar expert, but I have serious doubts about being able to generate enough steam via current home/commercial solar technology to get that old beast to budge...
never mind run.
Please prove me wrong.
How big is the roof of the building? I was talking about making steam via a solar collector, using mirrors to focus the light on a water tank. When the sun is overhead on a clear day, the sunlight delivers a kilowatt/meter^2. If you can get enough mirrors you could totally make enough steam to make it run. A quick google search tells me that "PS 14 in Corona" is in New York, so I am not positive you'd get enough sunny days to make it worth it, but it is totally possible.
Quote from: 77south on December 06, 2011, 09:16:07 AM
How big is the roof of the building? I was talking about making steam via a solar collector, using mirrors to focus the light on a water tank. When the sun is overhead on a clear day, the sunlight delivers a kilowatt/meter^2. If you can get enough mirrors you could totally make enough steam to make it run. A quick google search tells me that "PS 14 in Corona" is in New York, so I am not positive you'd get enough sunny days to make it worth it, but it is totally possible.
You might be right.
I have plenty of roof
I'm not going to pursue it though. ;)
I'm going after large volume 120
0 F storage without mirrors.