Yes, but not with enough power to run the gin. Plan is to actually run the gin with the Hercules, assuming I'm able to get it running, and run the old steam engine on compressed air as a demo only.Dr. Doctor said:
Could you hook up an electric motor to the old steam motor? Essentially make it look like the steam motor is driving, but really with electric motor?
~egon
I'm looking at a Fairbanks Morse engine as a backup if the Hercules isn't rebuildable.
But, I'm pretty confident we can make the Herc run again with enough time and $$$.