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Chris' Build of a Lombard Hauler Engine
Steamer5:
Hay Chris,
What a bxxxxxr of a way to spend the weekend!
Looks like a great place, the team there have done a terrific job.
Looks like the Armstrong power steering got a bit of a workout on the steamer!
Oh did the elves give you a hard time on the finger damage? I know you pain on that one!
Cheers Kerrin
crueby:
--- Quote from: Steamer5 on October 10, 2019, 04:50:53 am ---Hay Chris,
What a bxxxxxr of a way to spend the weekend!
Looks like a great place, the team there have done a terrific job.
Looks like the Armstrong power steering got a bit of a workout on the steamer!
Oh did the elves give you a hard time on the finger damage? I know you pain on that one!
Cheers Kerrin
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Its a great little museum, that event could not happen without a well organized army if volunteers. A really fun weekend! And the elves were too hung over to notice much when I got home.
mklotz:
1901 Phoenix log hauler
Saw this over on the homemadetools site. Very similar to Chris' Lombard but has vertically mounted engines, similar to a Shay locomotive, mounted on each side of the boiler. I especially like the "straddle the steering wheel" driver position.
https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/tooltalk_17216013132377.mp4
crueby:
--- Quote from: mklotz on August 07, 2024, 06:00:44 pm ---1901 Phoenix log hauler
Saw this over on the homemadetools site. Very similar to Chris' Lombard but has vertically mounted engines, similar to a Shay locomotive, mounted on each side of the boiler. I especially like the "straddle the steering wheel" driver position.
https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/tooltalk_17216013132377.mp4
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Hi Marv,
Yes, the Pheonix haulers were made in Wisconsin under license from Lombard. They are based on the earlier version of the Lombard machine and patent, with the track rollers going all the way around the sprockets, where the later Lombards had them just down close to the ground. Also, the vertical engines each side are from the earlier Lombard design - two twin-cylinder engines rather than one twin with a differential. The steering is I think a Pheonix change, it uses a linkage more like a traction engine with a chain around a horizontal drum rather than the direct geared steering that Lombard used - much easier on the driver, though the wheel angle is a little awkward. I've never gotten out to see a Pheonix in person, would like to do that someday!
Thanks for the great video!
Chris
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