>Ron, I meant what he did for the hobby,- not his offensiveness!!
I'll really try to have good memories of you, and I'll put them on the SiTG site when I am able to send a message to it!! Geoff. >Good for you, Geoff. I wish I had some good memories of Tom, >but alas....he seemed to offend everyone. I do appreciate what >he did for our hobby, though. > >I sure hope that when I'm gone people will have good memories >of me! > >Ron > > >On Jan 25, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Geoff Spenceley wrote: > >> Ah, Tom Cooper, wotta fellow, I met him in Diamondhead once, he was >> on crutches, had a terrible trip and was in an awful mood. >> >> However, he did a lot for our hobby years ago. The Merlin Hunslet I >> purchased in 1985 overall was a strong, long running loco with >> wonderful gas and regulator control. The cupped "teflon" pistons >> lasted and lasted, the Merlin Matterhorn lasted me well too. I sold >> both engines a couple of years ago to put a few dollars in my >> wallet towards the Duchess. I suspect a book could be written about >> Tom! "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!!" I remember the "Good" >> mostly! >> >> Geoff >> >>> So, Peter.....you're not a big fan of the Osmotor?.........8-) >>> >>> I remember Tom Cooper coming to a steamup in PA >>> with his "Smokey Shay", and ticking off the host as >>> he sprayed diesel fuel all over everything within 3 >>> feet in every direction. It ran out of steam every 10 feet >>> and had to sit there while it built up pressure again. >>> Not a very impressive demonstration. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:10 PM, Peter Foley wrote: >>> >>>> Try another design.......Start out from scratch.......Anything >>>> but an >>>> Osmotor! As produced by Tom Cooper they were a total pig's ear, >>>> requiring >>>> upward of 100 hours of running to bed properly. My buddy Bill >>>> Shipp has a >>>> Steamlines shay that is powered by an Osmotor, and after 100+ hours >>>> it is >>>> only now approaching a condition that could be described as >>>> 'controllable'. >>>> >>>> The problems are inherent in the design - the spring pressure to >>>> hold the >>>> cylinder against the port comes from the outside edges of the >>>> cylinder, not >>>> at the centre of rotation. This compounds friction forces >>>> tremendously - >>>> not only the cylinder/port face friction found on every oscillator, >>>> but two >>>> additional moving points of friction on each cylinder as the spring >>>> holders >>>> move back and forth in an arc as the cylinder goes through a cycle. >>>> >>>> All in all, a design best lost. >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> >>>> pf >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SSLiveSteam mailing list >>>> Send messages: [email protected] >>>> Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/ >>>> sslivesteam >>>> Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SSLiveSteam mailing list >>> Send messages: [email protected] >>> Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/ >>> sslivesteam >>> Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SSLiveSteam mailing list >> Send messages: [email protected] >> Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/ >> sslivesteam >> Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > >_______________________________________________ >SSLiveSteam mailing list >Send messages: [email protected] >Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
