Hand-Built Pence Steam Engines Are Machinist's Legacy

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July 2009
James Boblenz 
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Steering on the Bull Pup is significantly different from that on the larger engine. Rather than a chain-and-winch mechanism, it uses a modified drum and cable arrangement. Because it’s hard to steer, Tim plans to change the configuration, which may or may not be original.

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The Bull Pup has no brakes, so when Tim gets it running he’ll have to be careful where he drives it. Fortunately, the ground at his farm is level. When restoration is complete, he plans to use the Bull Pup on the shingle mill at his farm.

Machinist extraordinaire

In the July/August 1971 issue of Iron-Men Album, Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Ind., profiled Harold Fleisch in the magazine’s regular feature “Iron Man of the Month.” In that article he noted Harold’s unique mastery of and extensive experience with machine work. If you need a piece fabricated for your old steam engine or gas tractor, he said, “there is only one place to go: That’s to Harold Fleisch at the Pence Machine Shop.” Harold died five years later, in 1976. FC 

For more information: Tim Calvin, Calvin Ottawa Bota Farms, 7585 Taway Rd., Radnor, OH 43066; (740) 494-4200; e-mail: tim@calvininc.com; www.calvininc.com. Summer Harvest Festival, Saturday and Sunday, July 11-12, 2009; sponsored by Calvin Access Controls Inc. and Delaware County Antique Farm Machinery Assoc. Located between Marion and Marysville between St. Rt. 4 and St. Rt. 257 west of Delaware.
 
James N. Boblenz grew up on a farm near New Bloomington, Ohio. He now lives in Marion, Ohio, and is interested in antique farm equipment, particularly rare and lesser-known tractors and related items. E-mail him at jboblenz@aol.com.
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