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well what i meant harold was like with bituminous if you get it stoked up just right with the right amount of scoops and you get that yellow sulphuric smoke out of the stack. welsh doesn't have the same impurities to give off that same yellow smoke as bituminous does. so for as much as welsh was gr...

Does anybody know where I can get parts for a central machinery t5980 I need the mill top cover. You would be far better off not posting your inquiry under the heading of another topic, where it most likely won't be seen by all too many people. I highly recommend you post again, starting your own t...

welsh is great, well too good actually. but it just didn't have that good sulphur smell to it. Hmmm. Maybe I'm missing something, but I''m having a hard time thinking that it's sulfur smell that you're missing. I grew up in a smelter town (Midvale, Utah) where sulfur dioxide was emitted by the ton ...

318J wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:42 pm Because I have preferences, for better or worse.

I understand!

If I can get it, I will. If not, will figure something else out or bite the bullet on shipping costs.

I'd likely take the same route. In my world I like things the way I want them.

H

Highiron wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:09 pm We're inquiry.

Please clarify.

H

Nice setup.
H

I actually thought you were just going along with it; but you know how things run away on the board sometimes. Knowing of the potential consequences for not installing those snap rings, when I saw the picture my concentration turned towards trying to save a hard earned project from failure. I'm kno...

liveaboard wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:16 am Note the last post!
"The last line on the previous post was a joke by the way."

Trust me to miss the fine details!

Nice job on the rebuild.

H

liveaboard wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:29 am There are a few parts leftover. I guess they aren't very important, because the engine runs just fine without them.
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Wow! That's scarry. Any chance they're snap rings from the wrist pins in the pistons?

H

318J wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:24 pm Scope your boiler and see what it looks like inside.

Seems like the best possible advice! Then you'd know the actual condition-----dictating whether or not the boiler would require further servicing.

H

skyloop440 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:07 pmPM sent

Please check your PM's

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I need a power feed on the knee, or at least a drill adapter. 5 slots on the knee handle...... and .001" per revolution. That certainly must be a typo. Do you mean .100" per revolution, which is normal for the knee on a drop spindle (Bridgeport type) mill? I'm not suggesting that adding p...