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Bill, I think I started this discussion with you when I bought my first engine. It's too bad because the engine ran so well on coal. There's no fixing a sil-fos boiler, so I'll stick with my original plan and try not to damage it in the first place. Was sil-fos used throughout the LE boilers or just in certain locations around the cast components? My boilers all have cast components, but so far so good with those; you would think that LE would have known better, but that's why bridges fail and planes crash, you learn as you go. Thanks for bringing me back from my coal induced euphoria guys.
John
P.s. Dick Morris, I've also had trouble finding the correct sodium silicate solution for making casting cores, I went back to baking oil cores.
John
P.s. Dick Morris, I've also had trouble finding the correct sodium silicate solution for making casting cores, I went back to baking oil cores.
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John, do you know absolutely that Sil-Fos was used on your boiler?
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Pictures sure look like it to me
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The pictures show the original poster’s boiler….not John’s.
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ah...well.....somewhere & somewhen -> John and I discussed his boiler with pictures....
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Hi Keith, when I first bought the engine I sent Bill pictures of the boiler, he and the consensus at NJLS is that it's a sil-fos boiler.
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One way to tell is that Sil-phos (or phos-copper) will "build up" or fillet in a way that properly done silver solder won't. If you see built-up or generously filleted areas, something that looks more like a weld bead than a thin deposit, that's a sure sign.
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I made the mistake of using sil-fos on my first boiler, a 1" scale 040. I did not know not to fire it with coal at the time. That was 32 years ago of heavy use and it is still steaming. I did do the water glass treatment once years ago.
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Wayne,Wayne Davis wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:18 pm I made the mistake of using sil-fos on my first boiler, a 1" scale 040. I did not know not to fire it with coal at the time. That was 32 years ago of heavy use and it is still steaming. I did do the water glass treatment once years ago.
Wayne
If I understand correctly, you have been firing this on coal for 32 years without issue?
What type of coal are you using?
I would assume low sulphur content coal would be less impactful.
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I have seen boilers soldered with this stuff last for decades..and seen them turn into lawn sprinklers in less than 5 years.
It is like smoking cigarettes and lung cancer..
It is like smoking cigarettes and lung cancer..
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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Sounds to me that they should be ran until the wheels fall off and when that happens build a new boiler.Bill Shields wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 6:55 pm I have seen boilers soldered with this stuff last for decades..and seen them turn into lawn sprinklers in less than 5 years.
It is like smoking cigarettes and lung cancer..
We need more people building copper boilers in this hobby anyways otherwise its going to become a lost art (if it isn't practically already.)
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There is basis for that argument.
I have several boilers in my possession that have sil phos joints in non coal exposed areas..external bushings, steam domes, etc...which will probably outlive me...but I do not recommend using for construction.
However some clubs (and entire countries) will not allow sil phos boilers to pass inspection...even if they pass a hydro.
I have several boilers in my possession that have sil phos joints in non coal exposed areas..external bushings, steam domes, etc...which will probably outlive me...but I do not recommend using for construction.
However some clubs (and entire countries) will not allow sil phos boilers to pass inspection...even if they pass a hydro.
Too many things going on to bother listing them.