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The Old Timer Part 22: Don't Let Your Pump Go to Pieces

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:50:00 +0000

The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as useful — and interesting — today.

So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my 22nd entry, which was originally published in the October 1989 issue:

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The Old Timer Part 21: Hi-lo Circuit Solves Cushion Problem

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:04:00 +0000

The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as useful — and interesting — today.

So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my 21st entry, which was originally published in the September 1989 issue:

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The Old Timer Part 20: Water to the Rescue

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:21:00 +0000

The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as useful — and interesting — today.

So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my 20th entry, which was originally published in the August 1989 issue:

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The Old Timer Part 19: Same Valve, Twice the Flow

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:07:00 +0000

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The Old Timer Part 18: Avoid unwanted intensification

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Electrohydraulics runs giant elephant

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Gigantic. Majestic. Futuristic. Even scary. Those are just some of the words that describe the Great Elephant at Machines of the Isle, in Nantes, France, birthplace of science fiction pioneer Jules Verne. Not surprisingly, something this big uses the power and control of hydraulics.

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The Old Timer Part 18: Avoid unwanted intensification

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:54:00 +0000

Most hydraulics courses include an example to illustrate an intensification problem that occurs when holding vertical loads with a cylinder. A blocked-center directional control valve stops the cylinder in mid-stroke.

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Cleaner Air, Cleaner Fluid

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:51:00 +0000

As I've been browsing through old issues to resurrect sage words from The Old Timer of royal Oak, I come across other gems that I think are worthy of sharing, and of course, still useful today.

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The Old Timer Part 17: Penniless Project Recycles Rejected Components

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:23:00 +0000

The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as useful — and interesting — today.

So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my 17th entry, which was originally published in the May 1989 issue:

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The Old Timer Part 16: Seeing is Believing

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:25:00 +0000

The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as ueful — and interesting — today.

So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my 16th entry, which was originally published in the April 1989 issue:

Seeing is believing

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The Old Timer Part 15: Two-way Intensifier Squeezes Sand

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:53:00 +0000

The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as ueful — and interesting — today.

So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my 15th entry, which was originally published in the March 1989 issue:

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