Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-08-10
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINFs.

Very few people who have seen the
steam engine in the carriage shop of M.
H. Cady.->of Stowe. really understand
what powerful little machine it is, and
how near it is to being perfect jewel of
an engine. 1t belongs to new family.
lately originated by Hoard and Bradford,
(now Hoard g. Sons,) WATERFOWL N. Y.
They are made of from one-half to twenty
five horse power, and varying. in price
from SIS to $3.50. Mr.. Cady's is 4
horse, and cost about $500. Its appear
ance gives but faint idea of its power,
and one would hardly believe it capable
of driving common rotary and Wood.
worth planer, circular and a jig saw all
at one time but it has done it for the
last six months, all the planning joint
ing, and fitting of material for the new
hotel having been done by it-al( being
surprised at the amount of work it turned
off, some estimating the lumber as high
as million feet, aud all withouta dollar
of expense for repairs. A little testlmo-
ny from one who has used one of these
engines may give better idea of
what they are than anything we can
say. The following is in relation to
three-horse engine, owned by Henry
Holmes of Grafton, Vt:
MEssRs. HOARD soNs.-I answer your en-.
-uui,i les as follows l. / had no difficulty in
putting the Engine together, or setting IL in OPP
Grafton. q use dry hard wood. worth 81 per
cord. 1t costs about rs cents to run IL II hours,
to average though for running planeI, circular
saw. in seasoned inch hard wood, perhaps about
II IL cents. g. Water tolerably soft. 4.
have never removed the ilue from boiler and
cleaned it. though must soon do SO 0. I'm
tend to use pure oil and heep the working parts
cleaned have from apparent necessity used
poor oil for few days, to my disadvantage, as
one or two of the bearings ground little. u.
run l6.inch Woodwork planning machine one
II and ona ii inch circular saw, engine, lathe,
tenoning machine, boring and drilling machine,
and some other little fixtures. When run the
planer ON nv largest saw in hard wood, choose
TO run nothing else, though 30 lbs. steam will
run either of them smarty; all the rest can
run at one time with ease probably might
run all my machinery at a time. but have no &C.
casion to do So and would rather have larger
machine. than crowd the steam 20 high.
run my machine about four days. week and
when run 1t / use no other fuel in shop "a 81
feet have had few little things fall but all
the rebairs have done myself, as yet. like
the machine, though think more are apt to run
too much machinery with small engine. find
nv machine works the smoothest on what ma
chinery it will run with rs to 80 lbs. steam.
The following is from John A. DeEor-
est, Sandy Hill, N. Y, and relates also to
three. horse engine:--
MEssas. HOARD d SoNs.--I have used one of
your thu &c. horse Portable Engines one year, and
am happy to state that it does my work well. !
have two lathes. one lS.inch crosscdt circular
saw, one l2.inch Sitting saw, boring machine
scroll saw. grindstone, and a small circle saw
and can run one Of the large saws with any
two of the other machines at the same time and
as for fuel. in the twelve months that have used
it have not burned five cords of heml0ck slabs,
beside the chips made from the lathe and saws
and in regard to attention | think 1t requires as
little as any Engine ever saw. knew moth
ing about an Engine until got this. but with
the instruction received from you have not
had any trouble at all, and the most OF the time
it had been attended by man that worked at
the lathe.
Beside the work done for the Hotel
Company, this engine has done all the
machine work for carriage shop employ
ing IL hands. By the way, Mr.. Cady
has on hand quite lumber of sleighs,
all finished up in good style, as he al
ways does all his work. People expect
ing to be obliged to buy such an article
next winter, had better call soon, for such
property is going up" every day.