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RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: RedRyder Date: March 1, 2024, 8:48 pm
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First up for tonight....
A couple of Jensen #50s
These videos were shot 6 and 10 years ago.
Enjoy!
Gil
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7m_a5LOMw
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTnPRFekSg
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: St Paul Steam Date: March 1, 2024, 9:25 pm
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That's some very old Iron there. I was waiting for this
.😀
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: Stoker Date: March 1, 2024, 11:10 pm
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That all seems so right at home there in the Office of Steam!
Power On my Friend!!!
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: gbritnell Date: March 2, 2024, 6:48 am
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Beautiful engines! My how times have changed! When I was a kid I
would have died for a live steam engine like these, nowadays
it's a box with a phone or video game under the tree.
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: RedRyder Date: March 2, 2024, 11:22 am
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Today I will show the Stuart Turner Cygnet.
This one was built by Stuart Turner at Henley on Thames ca
1950's to early 60s.
I was fortunate to acquire it in October 2021.
It was still as a new unsteamed engine although in need of a
fine tuning and clean up as one might expect for a 60-70 year
old machine.
Below are 3 videos telling part of the story.
Enjoy,
Gil
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgMRlMmP6co
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_28ZrJINRM
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJelvfQqS5U
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: Stoker Date: March 2, 2024, 11:40 am
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You need a watercraft for that beautiful monster Gil!
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: RedRyder Date: March 2, 2024, 11:53 am
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And here is the her big brother....
The twin cylinder Stuart Turner Swan.
Also acquired as new about 20 years ago.
Factory built by Stuart Turner at Henley on Thames.
A collector friend, Tim Mason found it in the Cabin Fever
consignment tables and came to find me immediately to say he had
found something I needed. He was absolutely right so I paid,
brought it back to my table where the consignor, Holly
Hollerith, saw it and introduced himself to me. He and I have
been great friends in steam ever since and we talk regularly.
He acquired it in the early 1990s from a Sotheby's auction.
I cleaned up, kept it well oiled and run on air at home, at
Cabin Fever, and the NAMES show and a few others.
Enjoy!
Gil
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfkcGgZYKp4
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: Stoker Date: March 2, 2024, 12:04 pm
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So if Big is Beautiful, as is certainly the case with the Stuart
Cygnet ... that begs the question, is twice as Big then twice as
Beautiful?!?!
I think not .... Twice as Big is actually Beauty squared .... at
least in this instance!!!
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: RedRyder Date: March 2, 2024, 12:14 pm
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From the same time frame as the Swan and Cygnet...
is this Stuart Turner 800, not a model but a small full sized
gas engine of 1/4 HP.
There are very few of these out there.
This one was purchased as raw castings by Andrew Burr ca 1958
when he was 18 years old. A neighbor on Long Island, Harry
Goodman of the Long Island Live Steamers built this one for him
as well as a Stuart 5A. Harry was a highly skilled machinists
and builder and did a wonderful job with this piece.
It is a hit & miss engine but rather than hold the exhaust valve
open, the governor lifts a tab to stop activating the fuel
injector until it needs to fire again.
In order to bring this home I had to take on 26 engines.... Andy
Burr's entire model engine collection. The other 25 were all
steam engines.
Enjoy!
Gil
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsiaPI71yCg
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Re: RedRyder's Table at the 2024 Global Power Up
By: RedRyder Date: March 2, 2024, 12:16 pm
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[quote author=Stoker link=topic=6960.msg61070#msg61070
date=1709402672]
So if Big is Beautiful, as is certainly the case with the Stuart
Cygnet ... that begs the question, is twice as Big then twice as
Beautiful?!?!
I think not .... Twice as Big is actually Beauty squared .... at
least in this instance!!!
[/quote]
Thank you for the kind words, Daniel..!!
Gil
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