[AT] scaled down traction engines

[HERBERT METZ]

The Midwest Old Threshers (Mt. Pleasant,Ia) had a large turnout of scaled down steam engines and steam traction engines in 1971(?), the first and only time we have attended that Labor Day weekend show. Very impressive. There may have been an unofficial competition among the exhibitors as to who could design and build the smallest functional machine. Also, that was the first time I observed a threshing machine powered by five(?) teams of horses walking (working) in a(~ 60' diameter) circle.
Herb(GA)


> On October 23, 2019 at 9:20 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The magazine Live Steam used to include scaled down working traction engines. Since they do not have much sheet metal the model building is mostly machining and boiler fabricating. IC engines do not scale down as well.
> 
> My brother refers to my full size stuff as "toys" anyway.
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