[AT] Ring gap and auction

[Larry Mason]

Now, remember, when he gets that hammer and he replaces the handle twice and 
the head once he will be continuing a family tyradition.
Larry Mason
NC MN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:10 AM
Subject: [AT] Ring gap and auction


> I was at an auction sell out of an old grain elevator/feedmill yesterday 
> where the owner
> had died. They sold an old Oliver 60 as a parts tractor. It was mostly 
> there except the
> hood (had the radiator section on the front and the cowl/dash) and was 
> missing the oil
> pan. The rear fenders were very good and the rubber was "fair". It had 
> been sitting in a
> barn for a very long time. I considered bidding on it but have too many 
> irons in the fire
> right now. The head was off and he had pulled one piston which was laying 
> in a toolbox. I
> picked it up and was looking at it and noticed that even if you compressed 
> the rings the
> ring end gap on the old rings was at least 1/4" or a bit more, maybe even 
> 3/8". I know it
> was a low compression engine but that gap seemed a bit much...
> BTW, it sold for $200. I thought about buying it and parting it out at the 
> Portland Swap
> Meet next month but was afraid I would not be able to bring myself to part 
> with it once
> home...   :-)
> I did buy a team of work horses. You have heard of "paint" horses, these 
> were "saw"
> horses...   ;-)   Poplar I think.   :-)  Cost me a whole dollar.
> One purchase I have wanted for a long time. That was a 4" wide flat belt 
> splicer. I have
> seen them around for sale especially at Portland but always too much $$$. 
> I got this one
> and a box of splices for $20. It is an older one, weighs a ton and 
> operates with two
> handles. I also have a few more wrenches and a few more hammers. One of 
> the hammers I
> wanted for my grandson who is 9. It was a very nice good quality 13 oz 
> claw hammer. It
> fits him a little better than a common 16 oz. It was one of 4 hammers in a 
> box of
> assorted stuff for $4.
> Son Scott went to a different sale yesterday. An old fellow I knew had 
> passed away and
> they were selling his stuff. He didn't talk about his past much but other 
> people did. He
> had been one of the top speciality machinist for one of the major gun 
> makers before he
> retired. I think it was Winchester or Remington. He was retired but they 
> still sent him
> special jobs for years. Scott went with a friend and neighbor who was 
> looking for a
> milling machine. Scott did acquire for me a new in the box and still 
> wrapped with paper
> and grease 8" 3 jaw universal lathe chuck. I have a regular 4 jaw chuck 
> but had wanted a
> 3 jaw to speed up simple quick work on stuff that didn't require 
> tremendous accuracy.
> Most farm machinery bushing and such don't have to be perfect. This chuck 
> had both inside
> and outside jaws and 3 backing plates. It was made in England by BSA. He 
> paid about $60
> for it. He also picked up a good antique hand crank forge blower and of 
> course several
> boxes of "misc. stuff".   :-)
> -- 
> "farmer", Esquire
> At Hewick Midwest
>      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
> Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. Here 100 years
> before the revolution.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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