[Thursday] Saturday 10/26

[Randall Snow]

Hi everyone,

I took a trip to the museum today to capture some video for a feature I'm
trying to put together on the steam engine valves.  Ernie and I had spent a
little time on Thursday opening the steam chest of the American Ball
engine, and found something completely unexpected.  The valve is sort of
the complete inverse of a typical slide valve, and the casting work done by
the manufacturer is absolutely amazing.  Be sure to take a look on
Thursday, or just wait for the video!

While preparing to leave the phone rang while I happened to be in the
office.  I answered it and someone local was interested in stopping by.
They arrived very quickly and I spent a couple hours with them looking
around and demonstrating things.  One of the guys was in from California,
visiting a friend who is local.  They were both blown away and never
expected to see anything like what we have there.  We gained a couple big
fans, and a nice donation.

Tonight, I brought home one of the models from the Mayes building.  We may
need it for a demonstration next weekend, and I wanted to be sure we had
something like this that was in working order.  I'll let the video speak
for itself. Enjoy!
 MVI_0059.MP4
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n-Uz01Yu2tMWcYfCxxRY0Lxqe27-4QAJ/view?usp=drive_web>


-- 
Randy Snow

Snow Findings Company <http://www.snowfindings.com>
Lovements.com <http://www.lovements.com>
New England Wireless and Steam Museum <http://www.newsm.org>
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