[Steam-engine] Tod Engine Progress Report

[Richard Strobel]

Good one Rick!!!

RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Rowlands" <jrrowlands at neo.rr.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:02 AM
Subject: [Steam-engine] Tod Engine Progress Report


I met with Bill Grim and his son yesterday at the museum site.  They wanted 
to look over the area before scheduling the move of the last four big pieces 
of the engine.  They were pleased with the preparations I've made, and are 
planning to move the parts sometime in November.

I have started to assemble materials for the 30' x 60' engine house 
building.  I am sending out an order for the timbers to an amish sawmill 
today.   Three of the concrete footers are in place and I'm slowly pouring 
more as time permits.  On top of each footer will be a round base plate 
which a local fab shop is making for me.  Welded to each base plate will be 
a 12" piece of 6 x 6 x 1/4" square tubing which will hold the 6 x 6 timber 
columns in place.   We will be using 2 1/2" twenty gauge corrugated panels 
for the roofing and about 100 panels of used siding has been donated, so 
that will reduce some costs.

With the parts being moved so late in the year, I will just tarp the 
cylinders and crankshaft and wait until spring to start work on erecting the 
building. But by summer the structure should be pretty well completed. 
After the structure is completed we will install a seperate set of columns 
and runways for a 5 ton overhead crane.  The crane itself has been acquired 
and still needs to be moved from Akron, lengthened by ten feet and 
completely overhauled.
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