"NT" One of my latest projects

[Guest]

You know, my wife, and many of my friends, has never understood the enjoyment of simply watching and listening to an old engine run. The sheer fact that some of these mechanical creations still work is amazing in itself. I go to old car shows where a lot of hit and miss engines show up and guys stand around just to listen. One of the most clever things I've seen is a guy who hooks his up to a huge ten gallon home-made ice cream freezer. Everyone wants to see it run, he might as well put it to use! And on a hot Georgia July day, he is one popular guy! I'm glad to see you preserving a piece of our heritige.

[Guest]

Ricky, That's a lot of cubes for a "one lunger". What is the bore & stroke..? Thanks for posting the photo & link. You have a nice clean website too.

[RickA]

Just thought some of you might be interested in some other projects that we tractor nuts work on. This is a 1941 Experimental Waukesha Engine. It is a 200 cubic inch one cylinder engine that puts out about 25HP. It is the only one of 3 made that is know to exist.[A href='http://home.earthlink.net/~rickanderson2/'][img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~rickanderson2/_uimages/WaukeshaandMe.jpg'][/a]

[StinKy]

Thats one righteous engine!! What's it weigh? Do you actually run some implement with it? When the hit & miss guys have displays in my area they usually have them providing power for various types of machimes such as pumps or saws. I've always been interested in those old stationary engines. One more question, what is the rpm she turns at? Dick

[PGL]

Paul Bunyan's walk-behind?

[RickA]

First of all it is not a "hit and miss" engine. It is a four stroke. It weighs about 1500 lbs and takes at least a WD to pull it around the yard. It has and is capable of driving a 28" threshing machine. It idles at 300 RPM and runs at 600 RPM loaded. I believe the bore is 6.25" and the stroke is 6.50".