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- Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:00 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6774
Re: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
As far as shipping goes from the UK how did you get your boiler over here? When I was shipping my live steam locomotive I found a website called parcelcompare.com and got rates about half what everything else was, for what worked out to be next day Air delivery! I think the shipment worked out to b...
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:42 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6774
Re: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
That's a really nice deal at station road, but I'm starting to think that this is going to be my next project, barring any surprises when I look at the plans which should be on order shortly. http://www.miniaturesteam.com/foden.html https://youtu.be/SiKu0FoHvOs Anyone know of anybody in the USA who...
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6774
Re: Looking to buy large scale traction engine project
Having dealt with Station Road Steam in the UK on several occasions I would have no hesitation in recommending them to ship you stuff. This might be something you would consider: https://www.stationroadsteam.com/3-inch-scale-burrell-agricultural-engine-stock-code-10846/ Reeves (again in the UK) ship...
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:13 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1.5" Scale Boiler Manufacturers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 26512
Re: 1.5" Scale Boiler Manufacturers
I did some research and decided that it was better (for me at least) to get a boiler built in the UK, and shipped to the US - there are a substantial number of model boilermakers in operation, and the costs for a CE marked boiler even with shipping was quite a bit cheaper, and the wait was slightly ...
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:52 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Copper refrigerator line on steam engine
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6728
Copper refrigerator line on steam engine
As the title says, can you use 1/4" and 3/8" soft copper refrigerator line for steam and water plumbing? I get that it has to be silver soldered .... Logically, water pressures run up to about 150psi. the running pressure is 90psi, so hydro would be the max at 180psi.....and the tube is (I...
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:38 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Next batch of EE Injectors
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12168
Re: Next batch of EE Injectors
OK, thank you - given my glacial pace of work, it's hardly urgent
Enid
Enid
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:42 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Next batch of EE Injectors
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12168
Re: Next batch of EE Injectors
Any update on this? I ordered a standard injector back in November, and the web site still says they are shipping in December 2021.....
- Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: Museums, Factories, Etc.
- Topic: Big Boy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9556
Re: Big Boy
In a way, it's saddening to see those smoke-belching monsters in action. They are products of American industrial might...back when we had it. Nowadays, the USA probably couldn't produce the piping on the boiler backhead. Too many takers and not enough makers. If you are ever in Louisville Ky, PM m...
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:56 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Please post your thoughts
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9372
Re: Please post your thoughts
The biggest issue I think for me is that there isn't really an agreed upon set of phrases to search for in trackwork - switch, point and turnout are good but search for "stock rail" and you're flailing around. I'm not sure that it deserves its own forum, but it sure would be nice to have a...
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Switch construction rail lengths
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9574
Re: Switch construction rail lengths
And I'd like to suggest that we stop hijacking Enid's thread. So far he's only had two responses that directly answer his question. Perhaps we should start one with the subject of forum categories. Well, actually it was an interesting aside - but I'm still left wondering how long I should cut my ra...
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:28 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Switch construction rail lengths
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9574
Switch construction rail lengths
Now apologies everyone because I *know* this was posted here before but I've just spent 20 minutes searching and I simply can't find it. Somebody at a point in the past posted either a table or a link to a table that gave the frog-to-points rail lengths for various switches. I was doing fine while e...
- Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:47 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 7 1/2 gauge 4" Hunslet build, Reeves castings
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20225
Re: 7 1/2 gauge 4" Hunslet build, Reeves castings
I'm not sure that you HAVE to modify the frames to get 7 1/2" gauge - I know I didn't. The tender is tight, but I took 1/16" off the inside of the axleboxes and that worked for me. The engine itself worked as-is (although full disclaimer - I'm at the rolling chassis stage, rather than the ...