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Offline crueby

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Re: Baldrick - A Two Cylinder Single-Acting Rotary Valve Engine
« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2026, 03:26:15 PM »
Or a lot more posh? The oscillator from the Diesbar paddlewheeler...    :)

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« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2026, 05:30:52 PM »
Wow, that's a piece of kit and surely must be called Lord Melchett?  ;D
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« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2026, 10:56:55 AM »
A posh version?  Perhaps the next one should be called Percy?
Or Queenie?  :Lol:

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Re: Baldrick - A Two Cylinder Single-Acting Rotary Valve Engine
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2026, 12:01:27 PM »
Hi Paul, 
Just to say I really enjoyed this thread, kept me guessing, what's coming next.
Looking forward to your next build log and also you r name choice.
Baldrick I  liked, loved his poetry.

Boom, boom, boom.
Boom, boom , boom.

That's it can't remember the next line
Geoff

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Re: Baldrick - A Two Cylinder Single-Acting Rotary Valve Engine
« Reply #34 on: March 09, 2026, 06:45:54 PM »
Hi Paul, 
Just to say I really enjoyed this thread, kept me guessing, what's coming next.
Looking forward to your next build log and also you r name choice.
Baldrick I  liked, loved his poetry.

Boom, boom, boom.
Boom, boom , boom.

That's it can't remember the next line
Geoff
Cheers Geoff. Yeah I remember that poem but damned if I can remember any more of it either  :Jester:

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Re: Baldrick - A Two Cylinder Single-Acting Rotary Valve Engine
« Reply #35 on: March 09, 2026, 07:14:19 PM »
Well if you were thinking of a marine engine there are ones more closer to the original Baldrick, how about a Baucher outboard.

As for a name, I'd go with Wibble as it suits a wobbler. But then again you could run it from a" Flash" boiler ;)

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Re: Baldrick - A Two Cylinder Single-Acting Rotary Valve Engine
« Reply #36 on: March 09, 2026, 07:23:18 PM »
Love the outboard! :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: :cheers:
Steve

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Re: Baldrick - A Two Cylinder Single-Acting Rotary Valve Engine
« Reply #37 on: March 09, 2026, 07:25:54 PM »
That one could be shorty greasy spot spot (or maybe putt putt?). And with rust like that disc it could be Speckled Jim!


 

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