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This looks like a good one for Fred


http://www.ebay.com/itm/One-Kind-Lombar ... 2a1cd4aa52

It would probably be nice to watch this engine with its novel crosshead design, although it is not really a walking beam engine, but a common vertical engine with a novel crosshead system. We have already had a discussion about this one within this forum, under "How does this engine work?". Evidently Ron has seen it on even earlier dates.

fredrosse wrote:It would probably be nice to watch this engine with its novel crosshead design, although it is not really a walking beam engine, but a common vertical engine with a novel crosshead system. We have already had a discussion about this one within this forum, under "How does this engine work?". Evidently Ron has seen it on even earlier dates.

Yep. That's the old "finger-crusher" engine!