Engines and Machinery that I See
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Topic: Engines and Machinery that I See
Posted By: BuckSkin
Subject: Engines and Machinery that I See
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2025 at 1:42pm
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Fairbanks-Morse Hit-'n'-Miss Flywheel Engine https://ibb.co/N6mZvJpn" rel="nofollow">  As Seen at Renfro Valley Appalachian Harvest Festival__2006 A very nice example of a Fairbanks-Morse Hit-'n'-Miss Flywheel Engine Fairbanks Morse and Company began in 1823 manufacturing cast-iron plows and stoves. Fairbanks-Morse manufactured many and varied products; they were famous for their platform scales which sat in any feed-mill or store that sold bulk bagged or boxed items by weight. Fairbanks-Morse even manufactured a line of diesel-electric rail-road locomotives; the "Fairbanks-Morse Trainmaster." The parent company lasted until it was merged in 1958 and by then had become a huge company. Three subsidiary companies exist under the Fairbanks-Morse name to this day, manufacturing scales, engines, and pumps. US Hwy 25 - Renfro Valley - Rockcastle County - Kentucky I-75 Exit #62 Saturday_07-October-2006 37° 23' 1.07"N 84° 19' 43.12"W Elevation 928'
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Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2025 at 1:41am
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Hit-'n'-Miss Powered Pump Powered Water Wheel https://ibb.co/qYvkZwtf" rel="nofollow">  As Seen at Renfro Valley Appalachian Harvest Festival__2006 A Hit-'n'-Miss Flywheel Engine is turning a Pump Jack, converting the rotary motion of the belt into an up-and-down stroke. The manual handle has been disconnected from the Well-pump and an extended Pump-rod added. The Pump Jack works the Pump-rod up and down, thus sucking the water from the well. The pumped water then falls onto the buckets of the Water Wheel, turning it. A belt could be attached to the Water Wheel and it be powering something as well. US Hwy 25 - Renfro Valley - Rockcastle County - Kentucky I-75 Exit #62 Saturday_07-October-2006 37° 23' 1.07"N 84° 19' 43.12"W Elevation 928' https://ibb.co/Rp5mXFkH" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2025 at 12:28pm
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G.I.Joe-sized Block-and-Carriage Saw-mill driven by a Stuart Steam Engine https://ibb.co/mV4yQv2H" rel="nofollow">  As Seen at Renfro Valley Appalachian Harvest Festival__2006 The straight up-and-down motion of the piston rod is converted to circular rotation via the Pitman. The engine is driving a fully-functioning G.I.Joe-sized Block-and-Carriage Saw-mill. https://ibb.co/qLw15vMV" rel="nofollow">  US Hwy 25 - Renfro Valley - Rockcastle County - Kentucky I-75 Exit #62 Saturday_07-October-2006 37° 23' 1.07"N 84° 19' 43.12"W Elevation 928'
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Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2025 at 10:39pm
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Belts, Pulleys, and a Monkey Wrench https://ibb.co/5W70BkDD" rel="nofollow">  As Seen at Renfro Valley Appalachian Harvest Festival__2006 US Hwy 25 - Renfro Valley - Rockcastle County - Kentucky I-75 Exit #62 Saturday_07-October-2006 37° 23' 1.07"N 84° 19' 43.12"W Elevation 928'
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Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2025 at 3:03pm
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1917 Model 850 32-Volt DC Delco Light Plant As Seen at Renfro Valley Appalachian Harvest Festival__2006 https://ibb.co/Jwbpcxmz" rel="nofollow">  850 Watts - 1-1/2-horsepower The Light Plant was removed from the home of https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25027192/rachel-ware-bush" rel="nofollow - of Winchester in Clark County, Kentucky. Rachel was temporarily married to wealthy Clay-Wachs Stockyard owner https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103171126/floyd_greene-clay" rel="nofollow - whose background and history is well worth a read - check out his father and grandfather. Restored By: The https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249932690/billy-eugene-cooper" rel="nofollow - of Irvine, Kentucky https://ibb.co/hFRHNkq5" rel="nofollow">  https://doctordelco.com/delco-light-plants" rel="nofollow - - CLICK HERE There are sixteen glass batteries/cells, containing Lead and Zinc Plates submerged within Sulphuric Acid. Just like the 6- or 12-volt battery in your truck, each cell is nominal 2-volts; they are connected in series to yield 16-cells x 2-volts = 32-volts. Fully charged and under light load, they are capable of upwards of 50-volts. You can parallel-connect as many more 16-cell batteries as you wish to increase the reserve capacity without increasing voltage. If you wish, you can series connect three 12-volt car batteries or five or six 6-volt car batteries and it will charge them as well. Delco offered a whole compliment of 32-volt household and farming appliances. Those big glass reservoirs had enough holding power that you could go a long time before the engine would start and charge the cells again. Unlike the disposable car batteries of today, you could remove the top, wash everything, replace or repair any damaged plates, dump the old weak dirty acid in the sinkhole, and replace it with new, and never again have to buy another cell. https://ibb.co/7J07Hs2m" rel="nofollow">  US Hwy 25 - Renfro Valley - Rockcastle County - Kentucky I-75 Exit #62 Saturday_07-October-2006 37° 23' 1.07"N 84° 19' 43.12"W Elevation 928' The rural Casey County family of Katherine Stafford Rubarts(Eugene) and Martha Stafford Wilkinson(Wallace) were well-to-do enough that they had a Delco Light Plant on their farm; many times they have told me the stories of how they had electricity and all the conveniences many years before any of their neighbors. https://ibb.co/MxNHVfzn" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2025 at 11:51pm
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Heavily Modified Ford Model "A" Belt-powering an Ireland Drag Saw As Seen at Masiker's Machinery Exhibition_2025 https://ibb.co/LDkd2GqG" rel="nofollow">  A book could be written on the extensive modifications to this machine; as best I can tell, it is a Model "A" Ford; but, it may not even be a Ford. The single-bottom plow is raised and lowered manually by a long lever. You can see the long belt, which is wrapped around the left-rear tire, exiting the photo to left. https://ibb.co/pj2BbgbG" rel="nofollow">  The rear wheels, "widow-makers" which do not match, are from two different models of 1-1/2-ton truck; they have been re-drilled and fitted with home-made adapters. This particular wheel, above, is the worst of the bunch in that, instead of having a split lock ring, the wheel separates in the drop-center and is only held together by four tiny nubs resting in little pockets; they are responsible for more deaths and maimed bodies and missing arms than Gettysburg. https://ibb.co/DjdVXBC" rel="nofollow">  If you can even use the word "safe" in any description of these multi-piece wheels, this particular style, with a single split lock-ring, are much safer than most; when they get dangerous is when those who don't know what they are doing damage the lock-ring in their misguided attempts to get it off; then, instead of replacing the lock-ring, they try to re-use it. https://ibb.co/HLHrJDYc" rel="nofollow">  Although in far better shape than the left-front tire, this tire is carrying it's share of battle scars; but, what can you expect after at least seventy-five years; a modern steel-belted radial is lucky to last five years before it slings it's tread and explodes into a twisted wad of rusty wire. Take note of the "V-8" hub-caps on both front wheels; the engine is an inline 4-cylinder; the current wheels and definitely the hub-caps are not original to the car. https://ibb.co/VWBg8Hxw" rel="nofollow">  https://ibb.co/jkL3gQmD" rel="nofollow">  The left-front tire is a testament to the integrity and longevity of good old Bias-ply Tires; it has worn through three layers of cord and is as crackled and rotten as can be and is still holding together and will still be so thirty years from now. https://ibb.co/G4LDq65R" rel="nofollow">  Visible on the right-front tire, from the 9-O'clock position to 12-O'clock, is the tell-tale break in the sidewall from an extended period of sitting flat. https://ibb.co/hJcmnZfD" rel="nofollow">  When that modern computerized plastic marvel that you are driving today is 90-plus-years-old, will there be enough of it left to be put to some useful purpose such as this Model "A" has ? 910 Shop Hill Road - Liberty - Casey County - Kentucky Saturday_04-October-2025 37°20'36.88"N 85° 3'10.30"W 1,012' Ireland Drag Saw Ireland Machine & Foundry Co. Norwich, New York https://ibb.co/RTbrjRZ3" rel="nofollow">
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