[Steam-engine] New guy's sugestion

[Eric Applegate]

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

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From: Andy glines <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Steam-engine mailing list <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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Thanks,
     Eric Applegate
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