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AYLMER, ONT

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Stationary Engines of days gone by
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/76993172@N06/sets/72157631884191020/show/    by Darwin Kent



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Thanks for posting that great collection of engines.

Friend of mine has a VERY rare 8HP , made in Hamilton,, "The Magnet".

Amazing the power these engines have with those cast flywheels , running at 3-5-700 RPM!!

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Forgot to add:

A number of ignition/starting designs where common on these engines, but the oddest one i seen was by "Fairbanks-Morse".

You turned the flywheel up to compression, then inserted the head of a wooden match into a hole, then backed the flywheel up a bit, and threw it against compression, crushing and igniting the match head, and away she went.

(Providing the match head was dry! Lol)

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BARRIE, ONTARIO

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Or those tractor engines , you put the shot gun shell in hole , put a cover over it an hit it with a hammer to start it ha ha ..77..

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