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Building another calliope; maybe this one will be able to carry a tune! https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamb...57670728517535
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SteamboatEd Haas wrote:
Building another calliope; maybe this one will be able to carry a tune! https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamb...57670728517535 If not, you could always try to build some steam powered bagpipes. ;-) |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 23:24:33 -0700 (PDT), SteamboatEd Haas
wrote: Building another calliope; maybe this one will be able to carry a tune! https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamb...57670728517535 Yabbut, can you? Lotsa work, Ed. Lookin' good. It looks like you have quite the investment in solenoids, too. -- It is easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled. --Mark Twain |
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:56:46 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: SteamboatEd Haas wrote: Building another calliope; maybe this one will be able to carry a tune! https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamb...57670728517535 If not, you could always try to build some steam powered bagpipes. ;-) Changing the theme to The Burning Bagpipe Festival? -- It is easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled. --Mark Twain |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:56:46 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: SteamboatEd Haas wrote: Building another calliope; maybe this one will be able to carry a tune! https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamb...57670728517535 If not, you could always try to build some steam powered bagpipes. ;-) Changing the theme to The Burning Bagpipe Festival? Bagpipes were invented to scare the enemy on the battlefield. Adding live steam to one would make it even scarier. I think Ed might be the only one on the group who could accomplish that task, and do it with style. |
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:34:45 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:56:46 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: SteamboatEd Haas wrote: Building another calliope; maybe this one will be able to carry a tune! https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamb...57670728517535 If not, you could always try to build some steam powered bagpipes. ;-) Changing the theme to The Burning Bagpipe Festival? Bagpipes were invented to scare the enemy on the battlefield. Adding live steam to one would make it even scarier. I think Ed might be the only one on the group who could accomplish that task, and do it with style. I'm sorry, sir, but the terms "bagpipe" and "style" cannot coexist in the same paragraph, let alone sentence or document. Well, until I heard this. (About 1:30) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28...-the-top_music -- It is easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled. --Mark Twain |
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On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 6:03:09 AM UTC-7, Larry Jaques wrote:
Lotsa work, Ed. Lookin' good. It looks like you have quite the investment in solenoids, too. --Ah! There's a guy on ebay who sells nothing but valves. The price fluctuate so the trick is to wait for the bargains. I'm buying 'em for about 1/4 of the price for Parker valves. |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:31:49 -0800 (PST), SteamboatEd Haas
wrote: On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 6:03:09 AM UTC-7, Larry Jaques wrote: Lotsa work, Ed. Lookin' good. It looks like you have quite the investment in solenoids, too. --Ah! There's a guy on ebay who sells nothing but valves. The price fluctuate so the trick is to wait for the bargains. I'm buying 'em for about 1/4 of the price for Parker valves. Paying wholesale or less is the only way to buy anything. VBG - A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
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