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- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boiler, home made!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1658
Re: Boiler, home made!
<engine> what do you have for an engine that will run on 20 psi. most be a demo engine for display only?
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boiler, home made!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1658
Re: Boiler, home made!
<the boiler> It looks to be a vertical boiler based on the pic,,, I would start by creating drawing based in what you see, run some calculations, simply looking at the welds are not going to tell you anything about the quality of the welds, penetration etc. then i would hook it to your home water su...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boiler welding advice.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2105
Re: Boiler welding advice.
you are in good hands; I used the same spreadsheet for mineToddMiller wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:40 pm
I live in Quilcene on Hood Canal. I recently joined Kitsap Live Steamers and Ken Olsen has been very helpful. I am using his spreadsheet for the boiler calculations.
Todd
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boiler welding advice.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2105
Re: Boiler welding advice.
Todd: Make sure you understand your State/local pressure vessel requirements. Material specifications and welding practices make a difference in whether or not you might be allowed to steam a boiler in your region. If no local regulations, then consider if you would travel to other regions with you...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: H6 brake valves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1117
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: H6 brake valves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1117
Re: H6 brake valves
Thanks Jack, your drawing is 99% of how my cars are setup, I added a quick release valve on each car so the train line big holes at each car creating a VERY controlled stop in emergency, Russ can speak to this :). I have to say its pretty cool to hear all cars pop during my pre-trip brake test. The ...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: H6 brake valves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1117
Re: H6 brake valves
Unless some genius has made it recently, the H6 does not work in 1/8 scale. If you want real automatic WABCO type brakes, I would pick a bigger scale, or plan to use straight air for a very long while. The smallest functional automatic air brakes I've ever seen/heard of (and I have seen them in pie...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: H6 brake valves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1117
Re: H6 brake valves
automatic brakes have many advantages over straight air,, 1) early warning for any defects in the pipe or cars. 2) smooth control if you have more than 6 cars. 3) faster application in an emergency. I run Straight air on the locomotive, tender and fuel car and auto air on the rest of the train. imho...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Dual gauging of wheels?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 853
Re: Dual gauging of wheels?
you already have it figured out, using a 11 ga u shaped shim,, loosen the nut, pull the shim and slide the wheel in .125 at each wheel, done, to go back, loosen the nut. slide the wheel out, install shim and tighten the nut... but i will add, it would be best to offer enough run to double nut the wh...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Sizing air brake cylinders and levers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 896
Re: Sizing air brake cylinders and levers
Im planning to have a body hung cylinder with prototypical linkage. Sounds like the 4:1 total reduction works well, then can just play with the cylinder size to get the appropriate force. I am also going to have a system pressure regulator on the locomotive. Was planning on running 40psi on the tra...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Sizing air brake cylinders and levers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 896
Re: Sizing air brake cylinders and levers
are you planning on using a prototypical design for the brake rigging? if so, the ratio on the truck levels is normally 2 to 1, and the linkage at the center of the car is 2 to 1 or close to it iirc. i use a 1.125 bore double acting cylinder with this setup. for riding cars and .5 bore cylinder for ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:49 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Allen Model Website Back Online!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 839
Re: Allen Model Website Back Online!
Yeah,, then you have peeps like me, I have too much equipment and running out of room,, ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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