week off bus building

robertglines1 · July 23, 2010, 04:50:34 PM

Taking the 89 prevost on a outing..Going to a steam show;we are taking our 1905 16hp Huber steam engine and will be sawing wood for the week..lots of poplar and red oak..a couple of cedar and pecan..Will camp at show for the week..so work on the XLE will just have to wait..the old coach needs exercise...feels neglected...Bob PS I need a break also.

John316 · July 23, 2010, 05:01:56 PM

Cool, Bob. I hope you have an awesome time!!!

Have fun.

God bless,

John

Slow Rider · July 24, 2010, 07:22:51 AM

I hope you have a great trip Bob. Steam engines have a sound all their own. While the roar of a screaming diesel is a treat, the whose and clacks of steam powered equipment is soothing and exciting at the same time.

Frank

eddiepotts · July 24, 2010, 09:45:12 AM

About 8 years ago I worked at a place called Texas petro chem. They made MTBE and other stuff. My job was to keep 4 Ajax steam engines sitting on top of Clark compressor frames running. They were 6 throw compressors 36" 1st stage and 24" 2nd stage. The Ajax was a 900hp at 325rpm. It had what we called a z-bar that was hydraulic controlled to adjust speed. We installed Plexi glass doors over the z-bar area so we could watch all the moving parts. It was really cool but all good things come to a end. The engines are down now but I am sure they would run today if the steam was turned back on.

robertglines1 · July 24, 2010, 11:17:43 AM

my son Andy is a engineer at B&W in the necular steam generation field..His coal fired steam engines are the ones we run...amazing how clean they run when under a load..you can see clearly thru the exhaust..and like Frank said is a different sound and rfelatively quite..They are set up for the week and ready to go ..will move the bus out tomorrow...good food -good people--and a break doing something you love...Bob

robertglines1 · August 01, 2010, 07:29:11 PM

Well a four day break and off to another steam show Fri sat and sun last till October...came home with 200 bdft of oak another 1800 bd/ft of poplar and 180 bd/ft of persimmon...Will strip and stack tomorrow.Good week didn't break anything on bus or engine..should get front slide finished this week before we leave.

JohnEd · August 01, 2010, 08:32:06 PM

A couple years ago I had a log truck pitch a stone thru my windshield. I caught up to the truck after I got all the windows rolled down. I called the lumber mill that was listed and a guy in "the office" took my number and the data. He called back the next day to tell me that the driver said he thought he had cleaned the truck after hooking up but that he also said that he might have missed a clump of dirt...couldn't be sure. That alone was a breath of fresh air. The last time that I collected rock I was told that their trucks were not white and never drove on that road. Calling the "lady" a liar was unproductive.

I was offered the choice of driving a considerable distance out in the Oregon Outback to collect my check made out to the shop I had instructed or it would be mailed to the shop. Ever been to a really old timey saw mill? Me neither. I drove out there. The entire thing was powered by a steam engine that was fired with the sawdust from the mill and had a full time boiler tender. I would have paid them for my windshield for that outing. Great people and what an education.

My Granddaddy was a steam locomotive engineer. One of my first memories was of being dressed in white shoes and socks, white shorts and shirt and standing in the Round House perimeter walkway as a "bigger than a state" gas belching steam locomotive was pulling into the position directly in front of us. One of the few times I heard the old man laugh was as I tried to drag him "out of the way from being run over". Hey, what does a three year old know. And just who in their right mind would dress a small child all in white to visit the Round House? Who?

Thanks for the memory jog.

John

robertglines1 · August 02, 2010, 12:31:41 PM

your welcome..you would be surprised at the young kids that are amazed when we saw and the sound of the engine is intoxicating..Our two year old grandson can't get enough..cry ies when he has to leave...buses and steam are good. Bob

Fredward · August 07, 2010, 12:51:28 PM

Bob,
Might be the year to come to Rollag?
Fred

Brian Diehl · August 07, 2010, 03:30:42 PM

Quote from: Fredward on August 07, 2010, 12:51:28 PM
Bob,
Might be the year to come to Rollag?
Fred

BE THERE!

http://www.rollag.com/index.php

jackhartjr · August 07, 2010, 04:32:42 PM

Bob, contact me at jackhartjr@aol.com please.
I am doing a project in which I need some redwood... for a strip built kayak.Thanks
Jack

robertglines1 · August 07, 2010, 06:45:02 PM

jack: we do wood only native to are area oak, poplar ,walnut ,persimon,gum,beach,pecan and other hardwoods...sorry....this is a hobby for us..we make no money just accunuliate lumber.we use in our projects...

jackhartjr · August 07, 2010, 07:32:50 PM

Sorry Bob, I thought I saw redwood, it was red oak, I got all exited!
Jack

steamguy56 · August 08, 2010, 12:55:58 AM

One of the main reasons for my conversion project, ability to do the "show circuit" in other states. Our show season (north Fla./south Ga.) goes from october-april. After that load a display in pickup(toad) fill up the belly of the beast (swapping or selling stuffff) head out to the big shows. See the country between the show times. Dream will have come true....
Danny

robertglines1 · August 08, 2010, 06:20:35 AM

we will saw later today..thrashed (K&g 28 inch separator) last two days. then break till October show..Will winter in Fla Ocola area..attend Fla Flywheelers for week..Engines stay home for long winters break.. We have one return flue 1905 Huber 16hp and locomotive type 1925 Keck-Gonnerman 19 hp..both traction engines..both tested regularly and as good as or better than new...My son teaches Steam School in Midwest.. off topic I know but good to know others here like old tractors and steam power also...Buss es are good and friends are better..Bob