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martin frith	08/11/2017 03:23:46
3 forum posts 9 photos	This is an oscillating engine , the flywheel is approx 6 inch in diameter and it stands about 10 inches tall. It has dual water pumps and a lubricating pump. There seems to be a balancing system to ensure the correct pressure is present to keep a seal on the oscillating cylinder. Bore is about 1 inch , stroke 1.75 inches.There are lubricators on every bearing. Since I know nothing of the history of the engine , any comments or observations would be most welcome. Is is freelance or a commercial design, was it intended for a boat or ...? Somebody took a lot of effort to design and manufacture this engine , i am very interested in any thoughts anyone would like to share, thanks in advance' Martin
Michael Gilligan	08/11/2017 07:33:06
23121 forum posts 1360 photos	Posted by martin frith on 08/11/2017 03:23:46: This is an oscillating engine , the flywheel is approx 6 inch in diameter < etc. > . Sorry, Martin, can't help ... except to add this LINK to your album; as a pre-emptive strike against the typical whinge of "wot engine?" MichaelG.
fizzy	08/11/2017 07:33:31
1860 forum posts 121 photos	difficult without seeing it but everything except the flywheel screams Straight running boat engine to me
Ady1	08/11/2017 09:07:13
6137 forum posts 893 photos	Edited By Neil Wyatt on 08/11/2017 10:32:01
Dave Martin	08/11/2017 10:05:49
101 forum posts 11 photos	Martin, I don't know much about engines, but that looks to me like it may have been designed to run machinery from a belt around the flywheel/pulley. Dave
Neil Wyatt	08/11/2017 10:33:19
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	Possibly for running a lathe or compressor.

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