The sliding-vane air motors have been used for a few fun albeit inefficient projects out here. I believe Roger McGuire even powered his steam trail bike with one many years ago. I'll have to look in the home video archive and take a look.

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Last night there was a fire in the warehouse the WW2 Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien (JOB) and submarine USS Pompanito are moored next to. The warehouse and pier are a total loss. Some of their tools and equipment (forklifts, propane, new boiler tubes, etc.) was stored in there, along with some of the...

She was an (aluminium?) 50' yacht in the north eastern US. Automatic oil-fired watertube boiler and (I believe) a Herreshoff steeple-triple expansion engine. She had a flame-out and a backdraft, which severely balooned the boiler casing, and possibly other damage ( I don't remember the complete deta...

I'm sorry to hear you went though a terrible time in your life. I hope you're able to build a new and better life from the ashes. I am happy to hear you still have the bug and are continuing to pursue your dreams. We are all looking forward to your updates.

Stay safe and healthy.

Thanks for posting that! We usually run with a little chunk of wood most of the time for a pilot light, but we also have heavy road grader chains (pick them up off the road in the spring after the winter's attrition), and fire brick as targets that glow red hot and keep the flame outs from happening...

Hey Steve,

Just wondering if you've managed to make some progress on your launch during this little hiccup?

Hi Lionel,

Just wondering if you've managed to make any more progress on your launch?

Fred,

I tried to do a web search for that steam automobile and only got a bunch of links for a steam cleaner. Do you have more information?