Show and Tell

Little Kids, Big Kids and Old Engines
By Richard Backus

On May 2, 2003, 19 members of the Stationary Engine List teamed together to help 10-year-old Lincoln Tucker pull off what must have been one of the most impressive show-and-tell exhibits ever held at a public school in the U.S.

Hauling their equipment in from eight states, List members assembled a selection of engines and equipment to rival any small show - all for the benefit of the students of Northside Elementary in Midway, Ky.

Background
Lincoln Tucker is no stranger to the old iron community. His dad, Mike Tucker, has been collecting engines for the past seven years or so, and Lincoln's accompanied Mike to more than a few shows over the intervening years. ..ot;and they got to see the progression.".

Interest built in a hurry, with students eagerly looking forward to each new station and demonstration as they moved their way through the equipment on hand. Lincoln says Dave Rotigel's 16 HP Galloway held students in awe, and scared more than a few of them every time it fired.

	Clockwise from above: Rick Monk engages students at Station 4; Missy Holland oversees sawing at Station 6; David Salyer helps a student with her corn at Station 3.

Nelson Johnsrud's Hercules-powered can crusher was a decided hit, and Tommy Turner's scale Otto-Langen atmospheric engine turned more than a few heads as students took in this interesting precursor to the four-cycle engine. And more than a few students were fascinated with John Culp's eclectic display.

Oddly juxtaposing the new with the old, John had his 6 HP Indian Lister belted to a generator, which in turn provided power to run a microwave. All this while a Ken doll and a Barbie doll lounged in a cooling tank circulated with water from a pump driven off the Lister.