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28th February 2015, 02:19 AM #16Senior Member
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Could be out of a straight 8 Merless generator engine.
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28th February 2015, 07:25 AM #17GOLD MEMBER
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It's definitely not out of my Honda, but certainly could come in handy one day. Just imagine how much fuel an 8 cylinder engine of that size would use. It would need 1'' dia. fuel lines just to keep up the feed.
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28th February 2015, 07:46 AM #18Senior Member
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28th February 2015, 07:50 AM #19Senior Member
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28th February 2015, 07:59 AM #20Senior Member
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Alan, check out this site for details on fuel consumption. http://www.vincelewis.net/bigengine.html
How does over $4000.00 per hour sound in crude oil costs. I was also amazed at the cost to access both the Panama and Suez canals.
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28th February 2015, 08:05 AM #21Senior Member
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28th February 2015, 08:39 AM #22Member
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I second the coffee table suggestion, I reckon it'd make a great coffee table, trouble is, the wife doesn't.
If it's not a rude question, how much would something like that cost. $200 kgs is a lot of metal!Sit down comedian.
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28th February 2015, 09:30 AM #23SENIOR MEMBER
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Gotta be a stationary or marine engine.
You could make a wicked fish tank and coffee table combination out of that. Or a door stop if you never want to close that door again.
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28th February 2015, 06:42 PM #25
If it's cast iron then I reckon it's out of a single lung horizontal oil fired engine (diesel engine but running on light oil). These monsters were slow speed, only around 400rpm tops, long stroke with a monster 6-8' flywheel. They were started with compressed air to get them spinning and often had a hot bulb ignition system to get them to initially fire.
The were used in things like sawmills and the like where a constant speed high torque engine was required for driving multiple machines through overhead or underground shafting; once the mill or whatever was running they would generate a pretty constant load on the engine.
Another possibility would be a steam engine piston, but it looks too long and the piston rings have a an ICE look upon them. Steamwhisperer may be able to give a definitive "yes/no/maybe" on this.
An application for this? Gentlemen; there can be only one: Mounted on a substantial pedestal and surmounted with a quality QLD hardwood disk it will make a superb bar table. Now he just needs some bar chairs to with it; may I suggest some robust constructions of clevis-ended steel bars and heavy duty chain links, all welded together?
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28th February 2015, 09:55 PM #27GOLD MEMBER
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