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    The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1.5hp hit/miss engine

    Right, low compression, forgot about that. Just after I posted I found a place on ebay selling head gaskets for this engine and they are quite thin.
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    The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1.5hp hit/miss engine

    Did some dismantling this afternoon, the carburetor is pretty rough but the air valve is usable. The head will take some work, some little boy in the past dumped many a handful of sand in the coolant hopper, the water passages are all clogged with sand and clay. It's like cement packed under the...
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    The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1.5hp hit/miss engine

    I just registered with Smokestak forum yesterday. This motor seems to have had everything to do with ignition removed, the governor is still there thankfully. So I'm going to have to figure out exactly what was on the engine and see if I can buy those parts or some other form of ignition...
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    The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1.5hp hit/miss engine

    Yes I've heard they are not cheap, one of the old guys at the steam show said that original magnetos weren't that reliable and expensive but it's possible to modify the ignition system to a more modern and simpler coil/battery system. I saw many modified systems at the show. I believe the engine...
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    The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1.5hp hit/miss engine

    Oh yeah, it may end up costing twice what I paid for it to get it running but it's money better spent than going on holiday.
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    The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1.5hp hit/miss engine

    I was at the Georgian Bay Steam Show this morning, I go every year mostly for the swap meet. It's getting smaller every year as the old guys move on. I did find a few nice tools and a 1.5 hp Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 500rpm hit/miss engine. I have wanted one for decades but the prices have always...
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    Machine New 20T Mr. Blacksmith (Princess Auto) hydraulic press

    Mine is one of the old ones that has what looks like a quality dial gauge and it's actually a press not a bottle jack. I'll take a pic tomorrow, when I pump it up until I can't pull the lever anymore nothing is bending and the needle on the gauge is getting close to 15
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    Machine New 20T Mr. Blacksmith (Princess Auto) hydraulic press

    My princess auto 20T press can do 15T maxed out.
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    20 something kids

    HaHa, Super-Valu, I haven't heard that name in 40 yrs, I guess it was a B.C. thing
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    20 something kids

    I had a an employee a few yrs back, young guy, smart, good worker. He quit at the end of his first week, I asked why, he said. "Between welfare and selling drugs I can make in 2 hrs what I just made for the whole week, I owe it to myself" I just stood and stared, blinked, finally I said, good...
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    20 something kids

    That's where I'm from, born and raised in Vancouver's East End and I can assure you there was no such thing as food bank at the time, ... unless you count the five finger discount from Woodwards grocery section.
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    20 something kids

    You must have.
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    20 something kids

    Fire his ass. Money is too easy to come these days, not many of us remember what it feels like to be hungry, in this country no one under the age of 50 has ever felt it.
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    Hard to believe this foundry works

    Have a look at this, start at 36min, you can almost feel your skin burning. Got to love the centrifugal mould.
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    Hard to believe this foundry works

    Not a shred of safety equipment to be seen, working on dirt floors in sandals , children on the worksite and yet the finished product looks to be excellent.
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