For what it's worth, I built a 2.5" scale (approximate) shay by multiplying Bill Harris's dimensions by 1.5. It works OK, but the steam engine itself is a bit flimsy. The cylinders are only 1.5" x 1.5".
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- Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:40 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted: mich-cal shay plans in 2.5" scale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9831
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:44 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Sil-Phos Identification
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14313
Re: Sil-Phos Identification
Sil-Phos is a trade marked brazing alloy of LucasMilhaupt. They make many different alloys for different applications. Website products here: https://www.lucasmilhaupt.com/EN/Products/Filler-Metals.htm Sil-Phos 15 is 15% silver, 80% copper and 5% phosphorous. It is probably the typical product used ...
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Gasket thickness for steam chest & cylinders?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10768
Re: Gasket thickness for steam chest & cylinders?
Locktite 510 works well also.
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:13 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Help identifying photos
- Replies: 54
- Views: 39465
Re: Help identifying photos
PVLS would be Pioneer Valley Live Steamers, not Pennsylvania as noted on some of the images.
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Plates
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10832
Re: Plates
There was an article in the May/June 2020 issue of Live Steam on how to etch your own plates by Chris Rueby. It doesn't look like a very difficult operation.
- Tue May 19, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Camelbacks
- Replies: 19
- Views: 21303
Re: Camelbacks
I am currently building a 4-8-0 camelback in 1/8 scale. It will be dual gauge - 7-1/4 and 7-1/2. It is modeled on an 1899 Brooks design used by the CNJ and the DL&W. I have very basic general dimensions of the prototype - wheel diameter, distance between wheels, etc. I am using Allen Models draw...
- Thu May 07, 2020 7:37 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Class Lamps and Smokebox Heat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10847
Re: Class Lamps and Smokebox Heat
It might not be a problem. I have an LED and a battery inside the head light mounted to the smokebox of my Shay. It has operated for two seasons without a problem.
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:35 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Extended Piston Rod
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4243
Extended Piston Rod
Brooks Locomotive Works was building many engines with "extended piston rods" from around 1890 into the early 20th century. Can someone tell me the purpose of this feature? Thanks.
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- Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:16 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Free 2D CAD Software?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 24375
Re: Free 2D CAD Software?
I have been using Linux since I retired, so I am always on the look out for functioning open source software. I recently discovered QCAD. It is free and works very similar to my recollections of Autocad for DOS circa 1990. Their website https://qcad.org/en/ says it will work with Mac and Windows as...
- Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Free 2D CAD Software?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 24375
Re: Free 2D CAD Software?
I have been using Linux since I retired, so I am always on the look out for functioning open source software. I recently discovered QCAD. It is free and works very similar to my recollections of Autocad for DOS circa 1990. Their website https://qcad.org/en/ says it will work with Mac and Windows as ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:29 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: shipping engines
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9418
Re: shipping engines
When Marty Knox shipped a boiler to me earlier this year, I also used Freightquote.com. The price and service were excellent, but the crate was not on a skid. Sure enough someone punched a hole through the crate with a fork. Fortunately, it missed hitting the boiler by an inch or so. Mounting a crat...
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:27 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Question about coal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11693
Re: Question about coal
The Pocahontas coal from WV sold in upstate NY is sold as "Blacksmithing coal." One load a few years ago was too big and I had to whack it all with a hammer on a steel plate and then screen it. Still great coal!