The Home Machinist!

Hi Tom;
I am working on injectors as well as the rest of the product line Barry developed as well as a website and many other aspects of this adventure. Please be patient as this will be a process... Thanks for your interest and look for announcements on Chaski.
Take Care
Dave

Hi... The boiler connection side of the valve is 1/8 npt. The outboard side is threaded 3/8"-40 and is made for fittings to connect to it for filling the boiler, or redirecting the steam outlet at a 45 or 90 elbow down. The valves come with an installation and maintenance guide for the valves and th...

Hi Chet; Good advice by all... Some things I can add... Barry recommended spraying all the threads with penetrating oil prior to disassembly. I recommend, for season to season reliability, disassemble the injector to at least ensure the washer and check poppet stayed lubricated for the winter. When ...

Thanks Bruce, Mountaineer, Steve and everyone for the well wishes. Word on future offerings will be on this board.
Take care and Safe Steaming !!!
Dave

Hi Folks;
Here is a comparison picture for size of the blowdown valves.

Hi Bill;
I don't have a web site, and the Superscale site went dormant... I am looking at getting it back on the web and its on the to do list... I will post the address when we get that sorted out.
Thanks for your interest.
Dave

Hi Folks; A re-introductory offer of Superscale Okadee blowdown valves are for sale. The special offer set is for one right hand valve, one left hand valve and two handles with two connecting clevises plus hardware. The set price is $500 plus flat rate shipping. Please PM me if your interested in th...

Hi Folks; With a lot of help from some awesome friends, the a majority of the parts of the Superscale business have been transferred to BLW LLC in Pennsylvania. I hope to keep Barry's legacy alive and reproduce his beautiful work. As a re-introductory sale... I am offering an Okadee Blowdown set for...

Hi Folks; I haven't had these cast in several months, and with the price fluctuations in metals, I have to hold off on providing pricing until I can get in to see my foundry. I currently have waxes in process and will be getting some poured soon. If you don't like the stainless color, I have found t...

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Hi David; Anthracite requires a lot of air to burn it... if you leave it cool by closing off draft, you'll be on a siding for a while looking for some way to get it going again. I would recommend finding a source of soft coal and testing your loco on that for a while to get going, or at least mixing...

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