Roger Feeley
06-29-2020, 3:35 PM
My father-in-law worked at a natural gas pumping station in central Kansas. The pumps were driven by natural gas engines made by Cooper Bessemer. The stats are really impressive:
-- Cylinder bore over 3'. He said that guys would take pistons home for coffee tables. That seems awfully heavy to me but he wasn't one to tell tall tales. He's one of the most honorable men I've ever met.
-- He told me about welding a cracked cylinder. They drilled and threaded rods on each side of the crack and then welded for 3 days straight with two guys working.
-- They used chain falls to move wrenches
-- 16 cylinders, (I think)
Anyway, he gave me a valve that I still have and have turned into an umbrella stand. It weighs about 60lbs. The face is about 8" across and it stands about 26" high. The stem is about 2" in diameter and you can see where it got scored which is why he could let me have it.
I'm wondering if there is sodium in there. Anybody know?
-- Cylinder bore over 3'. He said that guys would take pistons home for coffee tables. That seems awfully heavy to me but he wasn't one to tell tall tales. He's one of the most honorable men I've ever met.
-- He told me about welding a cracked cylinder. They drilled and threaded rods on each side of the crack and then welded for 3 days straight with two guys working.
-- They used chain falls to move wrenches
-- 16 cylinders, (I think)
Anyway, he gave me a valve that I still have and have turned into an umbrella stand. It weighs about 60lbs. The face is about 8" across and it stands about 26" high. The stem is about 2" in diameter and you can see where it got scored which is why he could let me have it.
I'm wondering if there is sodium in there. Anybody know?