[Steam-engine] The Wachs came back to life, today

[Richard Strobel]

Thanks Jeff..any info is appreciated.  The Wachs company is still alive and 
well  http://www.wachsco.com/company/
altho they are out of the steam business and now build big tools for big 
pipe.  The president is now Rodger Soeldner and is the first non-Wachs to be 
so.  CEO is like Edward Wachs IV and he lives here in Mt. and need to find 
him.

  Yea ..she's a heavy puppy.  We don't believe it's a type R as ours has 
babbitt mains...Wachs Co. has sent us some literature.

  Well thanks again..would be nice to talk to your father

Take Care,
Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Smith" <steamenginesmitty at yahoo.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] The Wachs came back to life, today


> I will have to ask my father if he has any photos of
> the engine.  He also knew the man that I talked with,
> so he will have to let me know if the guy is still
> breathing and his name.  The man told me that he had
> totally rebuilt the engine end to end, got it back
> into service and then the company closed their doors
> so all it needed was a paint job when I got it.  I
> eventually sold the engine because it was pretty big
> and HEAVY!!!  Mine was a self oiler with a square base
> and it held a bunch of oil.  I took the base off to
> clean it inside and I think it almost weighed as much
> as the engine.  It had a pump in the bottom and
> covers on the side also.  It only had one flywheel
> that was used as the pulley also.  It put the springs
> almost on the frame of the trailer when I loaded it,
> and that was a husky trailer.
>
> I can't really tell from your photos, but mine looked
> very similar, but seemed to have a lot more iron in
> many places.  It was a piston valve, and I can
> remember trying to lift the head off of the engine to
> look inside and it almost took a hoist.  In todays
> thinking, I don't think you would see that much iron
> in a new car!!! The funny thing was that it was like a
> 7" or 8" x like 8.5", and that just seemed like
> overkill to me.
>
> I will have to dig out my steam photo box and see if I
> have any photos, but I know that dad has at least one,
> but he refuses to live in the computer age, so I will
> have to get it from him and scan it and that can take
> a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time for he is about six
> states away.
>
> Jeff Smith
>
> --- Richard Strobel <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Super Jeff...do you have any pictures?..and is the
> > gentleman still living?
> >
> > Rick
>
>
>
>
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