I recently bought an unusual wind motor on eBay that uses pistons
instead of pneumatics. Comparing this wind motor to the photos in
the MMD Archive shows that it is not a Pistonola, as they used four
cylinders, whereas mine uses three double-acting cylinders. Of course,
Pistonola might have changed the design over the years. I have sent
photographs for the MMD Archive.
I have two questions: Can anyone identify where this motor is from?
Also, is this motor intended to be disassembled? I want to remove the
tops and bottoms of the cylinders to see the pistons, and since it does
not want to come apart easily after removing all the tensioning rods,
I do not want to force it.
Randolph Herr
[ I'll place the photos at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/
[ -- Robbie
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