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Back home again, and no sun outside, so time for running this Bing 130/512 that I got a few weeks backs. It's in very good condition but needed some attention to the dynamo gearing as it had too much slack. I also got an old-style light bulb, unfortunatelly it needs at least 6 volts and my dynamo will only give about 3-4 volts, so I had to run it with a modern bulb. The boiler is really over-sized for this little oscillating cylinder. After turning out the fire it continue to run at full speed for minutes...