Fly ball governors. What self-respecting machinery geek doesn't love a fly ball governor?
Funny thing, though—other than the power source, the rest of the place was pretty much identical to a small mill I worked in briefly about twenty-five years ago.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
That was really cool! Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit and a case of wine.
Great find George. Now THAT is what you call real "Steampunk"... There are not many mills like that left in this country. That's a real piece of history and still running. The gear train in that engine reminds me of the gear train inside an old mechanical pocket watch but on a huge scale. I am sure I have products in the house made by them. I wonder if they made the crate that my Thordarson Modulation Transformer was packed in. :)
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.