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by Vance Nickerson
Sun May 22, 2022 7:53 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Lifting transfer table.
Replies: 14
Views: 6464

Re: Lifting transfer table.

Lift does need to be moveable.
by Vance Nickerson
Sun May 22, 2022 6:17 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Lifting transfer table.
Replies: 14
Views: 6464

Lifting transfer table.

I've built several hydraulic system that will go as high as six feet and need to build three more. The hydraulic system prices are as you know high. How about some pictures of some screw powered or even some I have seen winch powered. Email is nickersonvance@gmail.com

Vance Nickerson
by Vance Nickerson
Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:05 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Penberthy steam jet 00 injector
Replies: 3
Views: 2543

Re: Penberthy steam jet 00 injector

Left a message thank you
by Vance Nickerson
Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:03 am
Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
Topic: Seeking Info on Penberthy Injector 1/2" AA 21
Replies: 25
Views: 13435

Re: Seeking Info on Penberthy Injector 1/2" AA 21

I need a steam jet nozzle for a 00 injector where do I go?
by Vance Nickerson
Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:38 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Penberthy steam jet 00 injector
Replies: 3
Views: 2543

Penberthy steam jet 00 injector

I need a steam jet for a Penberthy 00 injector if anyone has any idea on who sells parts or drawings so I can make one please let me know.

Vance Nickerson
nickersonvance@gmail.com
903 374 5680
by Vance Nickerson
Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1.5" Scale Boiler Manufacturers
Replies: 42
Views: 26052

Re: 1.5" Scale Boiler Manufacturers

Bob Dean and Vance nickerson could also be potential boiler sources. I just finished up a couple mikado boilers and continue to build on the side. Being a Union Pacific RR engineer keeps my shop time very unsteady. Giving a quote is next to impossible with the market all over the place for material...
by Vance Nickerson
Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:32 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Bagley burner too hot.
Replies: 17
Views: 13860

Re: Bagley burner too hot.

Like to have a spare laying around never know what locomotive is going to come in my shop for rebuilding. C-16 issue is finding a good coal supplier. Only need a few bags to test it out and will probably get some off the discover live steam site. It did cross my mind and if i were going to keep it t...
by Vance Nickerson
Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:29 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Position of Safety Valves
Replies: 15
Views: 11346

Re: Position of Safety Valves

Bigboys are angled. Drill and tap it where you want it or weld in a half coupling if the shell is less than a quarter inch.
by Vance Nickerson
Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:25 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Bagley burner too hot.
Replies: 17
Views: 13860

Re: Bagley burner too hot.

If you want to sell the Bagley I would be interested.

Vance Nickerson
nickersonvance@gmail.com
by Vance Nickerson
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Low water mark
Replies: 21
Views: 13553

Re: Low water mark

Get some clear tubing from the hardware store and fill it with water. Holding it to the bottom of the crown sheet and up the backhead mark the level and add one inch assuming the sheet is half in thick. If you're oil firing look into a better dry pipe fed from the steam dome. If the boiler is built ...
by Vance Nickerson
Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:36 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Oil burning boiler mods
Replies: 29
Views: 20673

Re: Oil burning boiler mods

Backhead view of the Pacific. I install dry pipes on my boilers whether coal or oil firing for the turret to help with the atomizer getting as dry steam as possible. I use a high temperature rated stainless ball valve for smoke box installations. Never attach the sight glass to the turret. And yes i...
by Vance Nickerson
Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:53 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Run out of steam pressure after 100 feet
Replies: 40
Views: 24766

Re: Run out of steam pressure after 100 feet

If your firebox looks like this give up and get a new boiler. My third boiler this year with the same problem. Wouldn't maintain steam and passed the hydro test. Look inside the blow down holes or steam dome and I'll guess it's never had a boiler wash. When a customer says they run out of steam fast...