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George Coates
Senior Member
Username: george_iv
Post Number: 105
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 - 10:46 am: | 
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Hello All,
We just started repairs on this early Palmer water jacket. Its a rough case, but luckily we were able to find some NOS water jacket repair sections in some old cast iron pipe that was laying around. Kinda like Rodin found the Thinker in all that bronze scrap...
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kevin lang
Senior Member
Username: klanger
Post Number: 69
Registered: 03-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2015 - 07:40 am: |
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Looking forward to another resurrection . Great stuff.
Kev |
J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1049
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2015 - 10:59 pm: |
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Glad to see you got it before it got bad. Looks like another Barker project. Keep us posted. |
kevin lang
Senior Member
Username: klanger
Post Number: 70
Registered: 03-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, April 09, 2015 - 11:47 pm: |
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What would this engine look like in running condition? |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3562
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 10, 2015 - 07:11 pm: |
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This is 1899-1900 illustration of an "Amateur"marine engine which was the kit form from Palmer, don't know why intake pipe is on starboard side ?
These are photos of Dick Days fine old classic Palmer.
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kevin lang
Senior Member
Username: klanger
Post Number: 71
Registered: 03-2012
| | Posted on Friday, April 10, 2015 - 07:14 pm: |
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Thanks Richard, that's a fine old engine. |
Dick Briggs
Member
Username: dick
Post Number: 28
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2015 - 08:19 am: |
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This one seems to be almost a mirror image of Mr. Day's.
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3563
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2015 - 08:50 pm: |
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That certainly is a very nice old Palmer !
Looks very original, is that the original paint?
These old pedestal mount Palmer engines are very rare, Not exactly sure of the last year they were mfgd but 1900 would be close ?
I have only seen one other with the brass levered air control on the generator valve, it was on the same engine but a stationary application ?
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Dick Briggs
Member
Username: dick
Post Number: 29
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 07:31 pm: |
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Mr. Durgee. Thanks for the comments. I don't know about the paint. There are some areas where it has come off and there is no evidence of a different color underneath, even the the cracks and crevasses.
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Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 672
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 13, 2015 - 11:46 pm: |
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Quite a pattern and quite a casting! Looks like they soon learned a thicker crankshaft wore out its bearings more slowly - they were asking a lot of those early front crank bearings, supporting a flywheel of that weight. What is the appliance with the wing nut on top ahead of the priming cup? |
Dick Briggs
Member
Username: dick
Post Number: 30
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 07:20 am: |
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As I understand it, that is part of the mechanism to adjust the position of the stationary electrode with respect to the movable one � as part of the ignitor. |
George Coates
Senior Member
Username: george_iv
Post Number: 108
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 06, 2016 - 12:18 pm: |
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Well, it runs! The timer adjustments are a fun days work, but it does run pretty well for 125 years old. Should be a nice show engine. The brass tank is enough coolant to run for two tanks of gas without getting too hot. Starts with a single pull.
George
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Paul Gray
Senior Member
Username: paulgray
Post Number: 154
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 06, 2016 - 05:16 pm: |
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Cool! I'm assuming you got the igniter issues sorted out. Any videos? |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2208
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 07, 2016 - 12:05 pm: |
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Neat!
NO incredible!!!! |
Richard A. Day Jr.
Senior Member
Username: richardday
Post Number: 1115
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 07, 2016 - 01:03 pm: |
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Incredible job George. Wish Frank Palmer and Ray Bolling could see and hear it now. It is good to see how you have put it back to how it was when it was built about 1893. I think that style engine in the days of steam was referred to as "Wine Bottle" Hope you you bring it to the spring show at CMM and run it.
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Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 688
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 11, 2016 - 10:30 am: |
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Lazarus would be a good name for that engine! I know this is like admiring the frame not the painting, but what's the story on that neat table it's sitting on? |
