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rustyengines

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Tangye 'SOHO' steam engine
« on: 15 August, 2012, 09:11:16 pm »
 Tangye 'SOHO' steam engine 5hp at 200rpm weight 9 1/2 cwt year about 1895
Ian
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crankyshaft

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Re: Tangye 'SOHO' steam engine
« Reply #1 on: 06 June, 2013, 06:03:34 pm »
Original fly wheel ?

Bigger than my pref but very nice . You said you saw it at Pimpama Rally , right ? Interesting , Ballarat's Soho Foundry followed in the Birmingham foundry's footsteps , really a shame the furnace itself had to be be shut down but they still do some work in metal spinning .

Its the old engines that appeal to me . Saw a fantastic looking dream machine listed a couple of days ago , inverted Tangye (on gas) , might be out of my price range but would like to snap it up .

And look at this little beauty , a Hornsby hot bulb  oil engine . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Huh1UPb14 . Wouldn't mind adding it . Runs sweet as pie .

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Re: Tangye 'SOHO' steam engine
« Reply #2 on: 06 June, 2013, 09:15:30 pm »
inverted Tangye (on gas)
That Tangye is now priced at $61,000
Ian
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