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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:00 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 557
Re: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
One interesting thing that was mentioned was adding a ceramic brick above the burner to help convert the blue flame into something closer to the infrared spectrum do you think it’s worth trying? I saw the gentleman's comments on Facebook about this. It's not an accurate comparison between hot water...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 557
Re: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
Hi, your superheater coil is far too short to be really effective. A pancake style coil with about 1/8 th of an inch space between turns virtually covering all the tubes with about 3/8 inch space between it and theinside edge of the boiler barrel would do much more, and would act as a baffle somewh...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 557
Re: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
While turbulators may well help I reckon a better use of the heat lost would be to add a superheater. A simple pancake coil in the smokebox would catch a lot of heat and liven up the engine performance. The only downside would be that you MUST have a mechanical lubricator to ensure proper lubricati...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 557
Re: turbulator on vert boiler worth it?
Had the same problem with my Tom Thumb when converting to run on propane for the 2018 Triennial. Solved the problem by placing the metal baffle back on top of the tubes to restrict the path of air flow (I would also recommend this plate for running on coal as well). Below is the answer to a similar ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Little Engines Pacific
- Replies: 3
- Views: 795
Re: Little Engines Pacific
John, PM sent. That's awesome you want to continue your Dad's legacy with the locomotive to get it running.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Track Tamping Tools
- Replies: 8
- Views: 853
Re: Track Tamping Tools
Link to the other thread noted above: viewtopic.php?t=82897
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boiler Treatments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 570
Re: Boiler Treatments
Boilersaver has the LSB 8000. Website is below. One of the owners is "steveleatherman" here on Chaski.
https://www.boilersaver.com/contact.html
https://www.boilersaver.com/contact.html
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Track Tamping Tools
- Replies: 8
- Views: 853
Re: Track Tamping Tools
As others have noted, the search function within Chaski can be overwhelming and will provide too much data. Using Google and adding "chaski" to the first part of the search results in far better success to find results. Getting back on topic, there have been topics related to this in the p...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: steam channel
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2980
Re: steam channel
There is no evidence the steam hobby is dying. In fact there is ample evidence the steam hobby is the biggest it has ever been. The fact is, there are more miniature steam engines in existent now than there has ever been. The amount of steam engines that are being built new or being refurbished far ...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Joining rail on track
- Replies: 6
- Views: 609
Re: Joining rail on track
You should mention if you are using aluminum rail vs steel as that does make a difference. You don't need to slot the rails if you are using slotted jointers. For steel rail, a standard loose clearance hole for the hardware you are using would suffice. If you are using aluminum rail, good idea would...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2460
Re: Rail Bender
Accu-Tie sells a rail bender. The pictures and video in the link below would provide enough guidance to allow someone to create their own.
https://accu-tierailsystem.com/product/rail-bender/
https://accu-tierailsystem.com/product/rail-bender/
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Loco Parts 4 Chime whistle and Valve ****SOLD****
- Replies: 2
- Views: 511
Re: Loco Parts 4 Chime whistle and Valve
Rich, email sent over.