dlcentral Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 My freinds machine shop got this out of a 700,000 watt diesel generator that runs on dump methane on top of this is a small block chevy piston!,,enjoy!,:o):o)
AC808 Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 One could tip that over and make a umbrella holder...would look great in any entryway!
ridgerunner Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 Thats inpressive, wonder if the Big Ten can be bored out to accept it?
Boney Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 LOL would like to see how much it would get on EBAY, wouldnt be surprised if it went for a lot. Would make for a nice shop seat.
dlcentral Posted March 31, 2005 Author Posted March 31, 2005 Put rollers on the darn thing,and use it as a roller creeper seat! that's a Good Idea!,,
D-17_Dave Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 There's one at the Smithsonian that's about 35' in dia. and the rod spans from the piston down to the lower floor. It came out of a ship engine. The piston is that section of floor. It's awsome. Anyone who hasn't had the opertunity to visit our nations capital and see our mech. treasures has missed an oppertunity of a lifetime. It's well wourth the trip.
thedaddycat Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 I worked at a place that some air compressors that had pistons about 48" diameter. Some of you have seen the connecting rod from one in my yard, it's about 6' long...
dav Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 Used to work on natural gas compressors in Texas. The machines were made in the 30's. We would stand on the crankshaft inside the cylinders to inspect the ports(2 stroke). Bet they're still pushing gas from Texas toward Tennessee. If you weld two of those together, skirt to skirt, maybe you could sell them at the shows as lawn rollers!
B.Ikard Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Hmmmm looks like it is out of an old White Superior engine....mabye Fairbanks Morse. Seen a lot of these on old 40's-50's era 400Kw stationary sets....inline 8 cylinder..run about 700 rpms best of my memory. I worked on several Cooper Bessmer and EMD 4Mw sets that had very large components....will try to find some pics and post. The Cooper Bessmer turbos were big as a Volkswagen and each head (1 per cylinder) weighed 6000 lbs. Ike
johnmonkey Posted April 1, 2005 Posted April 1, 2005 Quote D-17 Dave: "There's one at the Smithsonian that's about 35' in dia. and the rod spans from the piston down to the lower floor. It came out of a ship engine. The piston is that section of floor. It's awsome. Anyone who hasn't had the opertunity to visit our nations capital and see our mech. treasures has missed an oppertunity of a lifetime. It's well wourth the trip" I live near the smithsonion and have seen the piston that you are talking about. It was used to power a subway in NYC (I think). It is about two stories tall. You can see a lot of the machines in use on saturday mornings, where a curator will give you a tour and operate the machines. JH
BigSix Posted April 11, 2005 Posted April 11, 2005 I've seen the two-story-tall piston and connecting rod, taken from the NYC subway (I believe) at the Smithsonian. D-17 Dave has it right about that museum being amazing. I think it was in the "American History" building of the Smithsonian, but it's been awhile. I didn't know about the Saturday tours and running machines--thanks! We're planning to go again someday--I've been a few times and you can never get enough!
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