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Skynyrd!

 

I'll play around with making one tomorrow. Got my Tundra on the hoist and I kind of need that back on its own wheels.

 

Here is my second oldest, built in December of 1944.
This is a Curtis D96 series, the line is still built today and called Master line.



This unit, like all Rolls Royce class machines has disk valves, located under these easy to access plugs.



There used to be an unloader mounted on the upper right plug. It operated by centrifugal weights on the flywheel and a linkage up to the valve.

 

Lol Gimme three steps...

 

Curtis still builds this machine in St. Louis - since 1897.



Still has the original 1-1/2 hp Wagner electric motor. This is a brush style motor.
Also built in St. Louis.

 

One more air compressor story...
When I was a mere lad, three years out of engineering university, I was assigned a task of working on a very old design compressor, maybe 30 years, of a six stage, 16,000 psi compressor. It was used to start a non conventional sub propulsion unit for a branch of the military. It had been designed before I was born and I had to make a design change for our customer. Lol to say I was scared was an understatement...
It was fine, it worked out and I was fine. Just scared.

 

16k psi is no joke. I've pressured up a vessel to 21k for a 24 hour test before. I didn't like to get within even 6' of it.

 

We had one at the FD we filled air tanks with, it only went to 2,200 psi, I didn’t want to be in the building when we ran it

 

What are you doing up at this hour???

 

Not sure, small window to get the picture and didn’t have time to see if it had markings on it.

 

Had to pee, you?

 

Just woke up in the chair -- because I had to pee...

 

I didn’t know I had to go, until my wife’s snoring reminded me

 

I was sitting at a stop light yesterday and saw a nice old Porsche like this one stop at the other light. You don’t see many at all around these parts.



Then a Dodge with a big bumper like this came up behind him.



And somehow the dodge didn’t stop in time and mashed the rear end, it mainly pushed the wing forward. Dude got out and was hot, understandably.

 

I think you found out why you don't seem many Porsches
now I'm going to bed, night

 

Saddle up boys, its Payday Friday. Even if its negative, let's make a difference.

 

Things changed so much with my bad right hip and knees Walking is interesting.

Learning to do everything all over again after 40 plus years is so very rough.

My last good helper went off to college I am looking for a new one everyone wants top dollar To be taught.

Pretty much like Catch 22 I sure would love my 4 Wheel drive Celica I have more then enough parts for the job.

 

Happy Friday Y'all!

 

Morning all
@Hunterdc1 up to the coast early today