"Matt Colie" wrote in message
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But I still wish you had mor pictures of the assembled engine
from the
operating (valve gear) side.


I tried, but the room was dark and there's a big window in back
of the engine, so the pics didn't take.
here's the other side of the cylinder.

http://www.enter.net/photoalbum/data/sbvernon/32478.JPG

Scotty

"Matt Colie" wrote
But I still wish you had mor pictures of the assembled engine
from the
operating (valve gear) side.


This is like magic- ask and ye receive!

Scotty wrote:
I tried, but the room was dark and there's a big window in back
of the engine, so the pics didn't take.
here's the other side of the cylinder.

http://www.enter.net/photoalbum/data/sbvernon/32478.JPG


Thanks for the further pics. I'm guessing the red valve is
the exhaust. The valve operator gear looks simple.

Maybe I should look on E-Bay and see if I can pick up one of
these things... cool toy!

DSK

Doug,

I'd say the "Red Hand Valve" was the inlet Valve. The two reducing
valves are on the exhaust side. Just an idle observation of and "Old
Huff & Puffer"



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Thom Stewart wrote:

I'd say the "Red Hand Valve" was the inlet Valve. The two reducing
valves are on the exhaust side. Just an idle observation of and "Old
Huff & Puffer"


You may be right. It looked like it was mounted to the
cylinder exhaust chest, but that may be the pilot valve instead.

I'm going to bribe Scotty to bring the next one to my house,
it looks like a great toy.

BTW Thom did you ever have a plant using 20 ~ 60V DC
instrumentation & controls? Made by ITT/Barton if memory
serves, haven't seen one of them in a while. 1950s
technology but effective and efficient.

Regards
Doug King

Doug,

I'm an old Petroleum Worker. 60V is to capable of creating a spark hot
enough to Blow the Place up.

We did, however, use 25 Volt, 5 to 25 ma Instrumentation on the New
Refinery out here.

A Comment to satisfy ASA; I transfer out here because of my Pneumatic
Background, That is the reason for the name of my boat; "Pneuma" I had
to have an Air powered boat!! Also; Pneumatics have yet to create a
spark in an explosive environment.

Our Instrumentation out here was basically "Rochester Analog" with
Fischer pneumatic driven control valves. Signals to "Big Blue" IBM
computer for accounting. It wasn't long before we upgraded to total
Digital, Followed rapidly to 100% Computer Control. However the same
old pneumatic valve are at the end of the control circuit.

My gang called me; "The Old Huff & Puffer" and I called them; "Wink,
Blinkers & Nodders" I called my Venture 2-22 "
"Huff & Puff"



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"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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My gang called me; "The Old Huff & Puffer"


there was a girl in my 8th grade class with the same nickname.


Scotty

":^)" Is that when your brain was "Blown
Out?" and you became a truck driver?



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Thom Stewart wrote:

Doug,

I'm an old Petroleum Worker. 60V is to capable of creating a spark hot
enough to Blow the Place up.


Yes, but these systems are (were) used in other potentially
flammable environments.


We did, however, use 25 Volt, 5 to 25 ma Instrumentation on the New
Refinery out here.


Yep been there done that too.

A Comment to satisfy ASA; I transfer out here because of my Pneumatic
Background, That is the reason for the name of my boat; "Pneuma" I had
to have an Air powered boat!! Also; Pneumatics have yet to create a
spark in an explosive environment.


Navy steam plant automation was pneumatic. That's what I
started on.

Our Instrumentation out here was basically "Rochester Analog" with
Fischer pneumatic driven control valves. Signals to "Big Blue" IBM
computer for accounting. It wasn't long before we upgraded to total
Digital, Followed rapidly to 100% Computer Control. However the same
old pneumatic valve are at the end of the control circuit.


Have you retrofitted optical position controllers on them?
They're the bee's knees, simple bulletproof and no
mechanical linkage. You can adjust the proportional band
from the control booth!

Autologging rocks. I am almost at the point where I can
simply phone in calibration from home... or from the boat!


My gang called me; "The Old Huff & Puffer" and I called them; "Wink,
Blinkers & Nodders" I called my Venture 2-22 "
"Huff & Puff"


I worked with a couple of guys nicknamed 'winken, blinken, &
nod' they liked to go hide in the plant & snooze. One of
them once get angry with me for not hunting him down &
waking him up when his shift was over.

Regards
Doug King

Doug,

I'll be retired 22 years this July. What's taken place in
Instrumentation in that time is unbelievable. Before I left, we had the
operators dialing in PB changes, Range
changes and valve action changes
That was only the start. There is no way I could go back today.



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Navy Systems; Were they Bailey or Haggen Systems? Most have been
abandon because of the Mercury. I loved those Bailey 3-system Bias
Panels. If I didn't get sick I could have made a very nice living just
teaching about them.
Them and the Haggen "Ring-balance" systems;----Ah but that was another
time. AND time to just let them live in memories



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