https://www.facebook.com/events/319769885497099/ Looks like there will be at least 3 of us at Algonquin Mill Festival. Myself PatJ and Cae2100. Should be an interesting festival, steam engines and who know what else. Anyone else want to show up? We all met at Soule festival in Mississippi last year along with Porosity Master.
If you make it into Carrollton and want some good BBQ hit up Jimmy's Backyard! It's good stuff. Also head to the mill Early by noon last year it was a 4 hour wait on the road outside Carrollton to get to the mill (it's like 10 miles).
I made it to Algonquin. Went from 90F to 60F. Glad I brought a coat. Who would have thought it would be chilly up north? They were setting up today. Some nice engines. One guy had a school bus full of hit and miss engines. Lots of nice crafts and things. Really nice uniflow powered sawmill. What a smooth engine. I will post some photos when i get home.
That little John Deere hit and miss engine (note the quarter) is a kit from this guy, no relation to me. http://martinmodel.com/index.html The guy that owned this engine said they aren't going to cast any more engines, once they sell out they are done.
The three meltketeers. We meet again. Someone (cae2100) did not get the memo that it was going to be a bit breezy (the shorts). Winter for me; mid summer for those who live up there. It was a fun show. A great sawmill, and quite a few hit-and-miss engines, plus a variety of steam engines. I am still processing photos. .
Pat, a little birdie told me you looked like a kid in an all you can eat candy store on Saturday. Cool pix guys. Jeff
Yes, somewhat of a frozen treat in the candy store, but they did have wood stoves in most of the buildings, and that helped a lot. I stepped out of 90 F into 41F with some wind, and southern boys aren't necessarily acclimated to the cooler weather. There were several small hit and miss engines that were almost small enough to potentially cast in the back yard, and I considered purchasing one to use as a pattern, but what I really need is a 3D scan of these little engines so that I could make a casting kit at approximately 1/2 scale. It was a good show. Lots of interesting things to see, and a good mix of steam and hit-and-miss, and some old-time crafts mixed in. It would also be nice to make a 1/2 size peanut roaster (photo of full size unit above). The peanut roasters generally had nice decorative castings on them. I did pick up a few cast iron trinkets and trivets at the local antique store that I think I can use as patterns. I bought a small toy wood stove, but would really like to get my hands on one of those nice saleman-sample-sized wood stoves, but they are not cheap. .
