Re: StephenSchaerts Valve Gear explained . . . 
| January 06, 2020 08:23PM |
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Chris Walker Wrote:
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> StephenSchaertz ??
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> No idea as to what you mean, {Willie}.
James Wrote:
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> Outside mounted Stephenson valve gear is a
> novelty to American eyeballs. That arrange-
> ment was virtually non-existent in the United
> States but saw some use in Europe and else-
> where.
Thank You, James -
It's a novelty indeed to see a small pair of cams outside the main rod instead of an eccentric crank, and the block moving up and down instead of the radius rod — hence my deliberate mish-mash of the Stephenson and Walschaerts names.
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2020 08:25PM by Johnson Barr.
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> StephenSchaertz ??
>
> No idea as to what you mean, {Willie}.
James Wrote:
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> Outside mounted Stephenson valve gear is a
> novelty to American eyeballs. That arrange-
> ment was virtually non-existent in the United
> States but saw some use in Europe and else-
> where.
Thank You, James -
It's a novelty indeed to see a small pair of cams outside the main rod instead of an eccentric crank, and the block moving up and down instead of the radius rod — hence my deliberate mish-mash of the Stephenson and Walschaerts names.
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2020 08:25PM by Johnson Barr.
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