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Stumbled upon this old band saw blade sharpener at the weekend the motor originates from the US

Amazing to watch - wish I had video

How cool is that!
Sure am glad I don't need a steam engine running every power tool in my shop, though.
Can't get the picture of a steam powered random orbital sander out of my head.

I think that's a gas engine with a water jacket cooling setup? Not sure, of course....
My grandfather had a similar-looking gas engine on a (murderous-looking) circular saw for cutting firewood into lengths. I recall the blade being in the 24" diameter range, but I was just a little guy at the time, so everything looked big.

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John

John:
You have it right. I know farmers who will spend the whole winter getting one of those things working so that they can show it off at the summer fairs.

Bob

That engine (at least around the remote ranches in Nevada) is called a "hit and miss" they'll drive a generator or water pump for years without ever stopping. Just top off the fuel tank and forget about it for another week, or two, or three...........

Never seen one on wheels though.

Mikey

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There were plenty more very similar exhibits

Apparently these people scour the county looking for materials and them spend their weekends and evenings in their sheds fiddling about and then announce the birth of a new creation and showing it off whenever the opportunity presents itself - sound familiar

An old friend of mine is also a tool nut. The older, the better. The best use of an antique steam engine (must have been the "hit or miss" variety - the piston seemed to fire about every fourth revolution) was mounted to a large wagon - big steam engine - and was connected to a large ice cream crank. Made at least 5 gallons of ice cream. The kids loved it.

Ha - went to a local fair last weekend and they had just that setup. A hit n miss engine driving a large ice cream maker. Ice cream was good too

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Looks an awfull lot like the oil pumper engines you see in this part of the world that run on natural gas , single cylinder and fire every other stroke . and yes they will run seeemingly forever .

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