caprottivalvegear
Plastic
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Yes that's true. Perhaps the patterns might exist.
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sandiapaul
Titanium
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- Mar 19, 2004
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- Princeton, NJ USA
I head third hand that "all" the patterns were saved. Having been there a few times and up in the pattern loft, there are a LOT of patterns.
caprottivalvegear
Plastic
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- Aug 29, 2022
Well that means that theoretically you could still build a Watts corliss.
enginebill
Stainless
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- Feb 17, 2005
- Location
- Plymouth Meeting PA
We saved some engine patterns that we could find in the loft maybe 15 or more years ago when Chad wanted Rough and Tumble to put up a building for a museum. The patterns that we left were mostly general machine parts and probably were not for engines. Even then there was some water damage from a leaky roof. Of course there were hundreds of patterns there and I am sure we missed some good ones. I would be surprised if someone took the time to get them out of there.
sandiapaul
Titanium
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- Mar 19, 2004
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- Princeton, NJ USA
Yet they did indeed save a lot of them fairly recently(since covid) I spoke to someone this past Saturday and asked again. He would not say where they are however.
reggie_obe
Titanium
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- Jul 11, 2004
- Location
- Reddington, N.J., U.S.A.
Last time I drove by the foundry in Newark (2021), the engine castings which been stored outside were gone.
sandiapaul
Titanium
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- Mar 19, 2004
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- Princeton, NJ USA
Yeah... I wonder if saved or scrap?
caprottivalvegear
Plastic
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I have a decent idea of who got them but I'm not allowed to say his name. While it's out of the scrappers hands for the moment the guy who more than likely has it is not much better.
