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Andy Dingley
 
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Default Question regarding Stuart 10V
On 1 Jan 2006 19:45:42 -0800, wrote:

On a Stuart 10V vertical steam engine, what holds the sliding valve
against the cylinder block during operation?

Same thing as any slide valve - steam pressure. This is why they were
always regarded as the simpler (and older) design than piston valves,
even back when machining a flat surface was an expensive manual task.
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