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Truly Antique / Best Steamer

« on: July 02, 2008, 11:35:58 AM »

It really was a historic show, having 3 Best steamers on the grounds!

Glad I was able to attend, although I sure would have liked it better with weather not so hot.

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Computer Help Desk / Thread Starter fixed

« on: June 24, 2008, 11:37:10 AM »

Yes!  Thank you!

Now if we could just get people to find the forums and make some postings.

George

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / Ford 4000

« on: June 12, 2008, 02:22:17 PM »

Guess I need to post a picture of mine now

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / The Best Show on Tracks

« on: May 29, 2008, 11:26:03 AM »

Just over 3 weeks till the show!  This has got to be one of the best shows on the west coast this year.

We'll have our W.A.I.T. booth at the show so if you're there be sure to stop by and say hi.

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Antique Tractors and related items / Cat 30

« on: May 19, 2008, 03:56:51 PM »

S4394 which would make it a 1926.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Getting people to these forums

« on: May 15, 2008, 11:03:50 AM »

We also are growing in number of subscribers very slowly and I think the main reason is that no one can find these forums.  I got 9 more subscribers by posting a message on the SEL list which referred to a picture I had posted on this forum.  Got some more people here, but I didn't notice any of them posting anything.

We've only got a handful of people that post to these forums

I think to get more people posting, we need to simply get more people.  I'm guessing here, but I'd guess that any forum, popular or not, has a pretty small percentage of the subscribers that actually post.  The majority of people visiting forums only lurk and rarely post anything.

I think part of the problem is that unless we do something directly to get people to these forums that they are not finding them on their own.  As a good example if you go to the http://www.atis.net homepage there is no mention or link to these forums.  How are people going to find us without a little help in pointing them in our direction:confused:

Spencer.... feel free to post a reply and let us know what you think.  Were these forums just an experiment and you've lost interest?

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Antique Tractors and related items / Cat 30

« on: May 14, 2008, 09:18:33 PM »

Dave,

Here's some pictures.  Maybe you can tell if the caps are original.

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Antique Tractors and related items / Cat 30

« on: May 14, 2008, 01:14:27 PM »

Dave,

I've got an early Thirty with the two compartment fuel tank.  The tank isn't much good as it is rusted through in many places.  But it does have a couple filler plugs.  They are pretty well seized in place.  I'll have to put some penetrating oil or heat to them to see if I can remove them.

These appear to be basically steel plugs similar to a pipe plug.

I'll try to get a picture of them and you can tell me if they are original or not.

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Faultless Magneto

« on: May 05, 2008, 03:52:22 PM »

Dave,

Looking forward to seeing you at Woodland.  I'll have my W.A.I.T. booth there so I'll be easy to find.

Your magneto thread is interesting even tho we're still short on getting people to post to these forums

I'll have to look at some of my magetos when I get home.  Maybe post some pictures later.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Break the 100 barrier this month

« on: May 02, 2008, 10:52:46 AM »

Thanks Ralph!

It works for me.  Guess I just missed it when I first looked at the link.  I generally skip over JD stuff as I have little interest  in JD tractors or engines.

First time I've seen a JD modified with a V8.  Pretty big jump going from 2 cylinders to 8.

Would be interesting to see how they transfer the power from an engine inline with the frame to the JD transmission.  Got to have a 90 degree bevel gear or something like that to make it work.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Posting pictures

« on: April 29, 2008, 10:39:16 PM »

Dave,

I just posted a picture and part of the secret of getting a larger picture accepted is to adjust the amount of compression in your jpg file.

I first tried doing a 640x480 file which was well over 100k in size and larger than would be accepted.  I reduced the size a bit to 600x450 but it was still too large, until I adjusted the amount of file compression that was being used.  It then dropped down to 74k in size.

I've attached the same picture to this message but resized it to 640x480 and still got the file under the 97k size limit.

So I guess the trick is the amount of compression you're using in your jpeg files.

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Steam engine conversion

« on: April 29, 2008, 10:28:57 PM »

This past weekend I saw something I've never seen before.
I've seen steam engines converted into internal combustion engines, but this is the first time I've seen a gas engine converted to steam.

Appears to have been a 3hp Fairbanks Morse Z converted to run on steam or compressed air.  When I took the picture it was running off an Shramm air compessor.

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Fairbanks T

« on: April 29, 2008, 03:57:03 PM »

Dave,

I noticed that when I click on the thumbnails that the displayed picture is not much or any larger than the thumbnail.  Did you just load really small pictures:confused:

First thought on seeing your cooling tower was it looked like a good start for a sluice box.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Break the 100 barrier this month

« on: April 25, 2008, 11:43:46 AM »

Ralph,

Didn't find the auction with the V8 Ford.

Guessing you're referring to an 8N with a flathead V8 conversion.

Of course I've also seen a lot of MH 55's with hopped up V8 used for modified tractor pulling.

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Faultless Magneto

« on: April 24, 2008, 11:14:28 AM »

I have a 5hp round rod Galloway that came with a Henricks novelty company magneto.  I'll have to look at the tag on it to see what it says.

I don't know anything about it or the Faultless Magneto so if you find out more about them be sure to post it here.

Always like to learn more about the history behind the stuff we collect.

George