[Steam-engine] New guy's sugestion

Tue Oct 4 13:07:01 PDT 2005

Ya its a "New" Huber alright.  That name is cast into
the preheater which isn't visible in these photos. 
The boiler is fat alright 38" dia and I think the
flues are 89" long.  Always had my heart set on a Keck
Gonnerman but this engine has some definite
advantages.  Relatively small size doesn't require a
very large truck for hauling.  Only 2 stay bolts in
the entire boiler.  Even though there were many Hubers
built there don't seem to be many running today and I
have an attraction toward the lesser known machines.  

--- Eric Applegate <eric at glassactonline.com> wrote:

> Wow another big project.  I love that tractor. 
> Isn't that the one they call "The New Huber" anyway
> I I think that big old fat return tube boiler is
> great.  Don't apoligize for the long post sounds
> great.  
> 
> Eric
> 
> --------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: Andy glines <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
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> <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Date:  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:40:56 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> >Your suggestion is noted.  Here is what I am
> working
> >on.  http://groups.msn.com/Racerpics/huber.msnw 
> What
> >you see is a 1905 Huber 16 that I purchased from
> Brice
> >Adams.  I have been taking lots of photos of the
> >restoration and I need to get my act together and
> post
> >them.  I actually met Brice through the ATIS
> network
> >and visited him when I lived in a nearby town.  The
> >engine was operable as you see it in the pictures. 
> >When I got it home in Nov 02 I started diassembly
> for
> >restoration.  Looks like it will be running again
> >after 3.5 years but not finished.  I don't expect
> that
> >a project like this is ever "finished".  Now the
> >engine sits in Dad's shop completely disassembled. 
> >Many of the parts have been refurbished, repaired,
> or
> >replaced and assembly will start soon.  I
> ultrasounded
> >the boiler and am satisified with it.  The throttle
> is
> >at a family friend's house for a new shaft.  The
> >governor is Wayne Metzger (Boonville, IN) for
> >machining.  I have gotten help from a SIAM club
> member
> >and his employer has machined the valve seat on the
> >cylinder.  I have to cut out the ring ridges in the
> >cylinder and JB weld the pits on the crosshead and
> the
> >cylinder will be ready to mount on the boiler. 
> >Another SIAM member is a toolmaker and he ground
> the D
> >valve flat for me.  I have attended two Pawnee
> steam
> >schools where I learned alot and found out that it
> is
> >not the same content year after year.  The firebox
> >door has been cast from a door on Francis
> Lindauer's
> >engine and I have had pieces cast so that I can
> >reproduce the missing "shocks" that connect the
> bull
> >gear to the wheel.  Dupilcast in Indianapolis did
> the
> >casting work and I'm quite happy with the results. 
> >The boiler, rear wheels, and some misc have been
> >painted.  I am about 2/3 through the painting that
> >needs to be done.  New soft plugs, water glass
> >washers, and hand-hole gaskets were obtained from
> Cici
> >Engineering.  Currently, I'm getting the
> countershaft
> >ready to pour babbitt so that it and the
> compensating
> >gear can be mounted under the boiler again.  When
> the
> >counter shaft is installed the rear wheels will go
> >back on.  With the rear wheels on the front axle
> can
> >come out for restoration.  I am also trying to get
> the
> >crankshaft ready for assembly ASAP.  We will be
> >pouring nre crank bearings which looks to be tricky
> on
> >this engine.  The Huber has a Woolf valve gear. 
> With
> >a woolf the relationship between the crank and the
> >slide block guide is critical to proper timing. 
> Most
> >engines with a Woolf gear have a means to adjust
> the
> >didtance between the block guide and the crank.  My
> >Huber has no adjustment so the valve must be
> >completely assembled and set to allow proper
> >positioning of the crank shaft.  When I get the
> engine
> >running I will start on building a canopy, toolbox,
> >and coal bunker.  Sorry for the long post but you
> >wanted to know what I am working on.
> >
> >--- Eric Applegate <eric at glassactonline.com> wrote:
> >
> >> When I subscribed I wondered if I had done it
> right
> >> because nothing happened so I am glad to see that
> >> there are people here and it did work the way it
> is
> >> supose to.  Anyway maybe there are more new
> people
> >> here than just me and we don't know what y'all
> are
> >> working on.  Maybe some of you could let us know.
>  I
> >> have a few bigger stationary engines and have
> >> finally moved them home.  All done except for a
> >> could of feed water pumps.  That was a big enough
> >> job for this year.  Maybe next spring we can
> start
> >> digging foundations.  That ought to be a big
> enough
> >> job for next year.
> >> 
> >> Eric
> >
> >
> >Andy Glines
> >Evansville, IN
> >
> >
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Andy Glines
Evansville, IN

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