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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1076
Re: fuel topic
For the live steam hobby, a shift from coal would be more symbolic than anything else. The amount of CO2 a model steam locomotive produces pales in comparison to amount generated in daily life and the low hanging fruit available to society. But if you are a tourist operator or preservation society d...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Axle Pump Oddity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 554
Re: Axle Pump Oddity
Check zatfoff.com Their website can be a bit clunkyjmpharrington wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:37 pm though an online search yields no direct replacement.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:24 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: boiler wash
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2966
Re: boiler wash
what is the easiest and simplest step by step procedure to do the boiler wash and what kind of soaps, detergents or chemicals can we use that are safe for boiler washing. as well as what kind of equipment to use to get inside the boiler. CLR is a common chemical used in washing boilers. I use white...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Personal watercraft stand for an engine stand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 704
Re: Personal watercraft stand for an engine stand
Perhaps it is the limitations thin wall plated tube would impose on modifications.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:02 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Nylatron Bushing Use
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2064
Re: Nylatron Bushing Use
The record for distance covered by a miniature train in a 24 hour period is 204.9 miles. This is with a coal fired 4-4-0 using Vesconite bushings on the rods. https://www.machinedesign.com/mechanical-motion-systems/article/21838239/polymer-bushings-help-steam-locomotive-set-world-record-for-distance...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Signal Scale
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4192
Re: Signal Scale
Based on the two railroads I run on with signals, 1.5" scale is probably the lower limit of what is easy pick out at a distance. The type of light, lens and how it's aimed have a big effect. There are a few signals that even though I know they are there that are difficult to pick out of the fol...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Need help in getting an Atlas Lathe operating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6928
Re: Need help in getting an Atlas Lathe operating
These are the pulley diameters on my Atlas 6".
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Need help in getting an Atlas Lathe operating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6928
Re: Need help in getting an Atlas Lathe operating
That looks like an older 6" lathe. I have one similar to the lathe in this video. https://youtu.be/-3WUTFSSPWk?si=WYqPbQsr8wjecyjM Near the end you get a decent view of the drive set up. I can measure my pulleys when I get back home next week. From the factory the 6" lathe came with a 1/3H...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Oxy-acetylene welding steel boiler?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 36053
Re: Oxy-acetylene welding steel boiler?
Looking for where oxyfuel welding is still used I came across an EAA course on oxyfuel welding for aircraft work. I got a chuckle out of their description. They teach welding for aircraft, no tractors no cars. They will only talk about aircraft.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Oxy-acetylene welding steel boiler?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 36053
Re: Oxy-acetylene welding steel boiler?
While vaguely similar to TIG welding a major difference is the electric welding processes can apply more energy in the weld zone giving better penetration. We did the gas welded box exercise in school. The material is considerably thinner. Move up to boiler thickness materials and it would get much ...
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1” scale air brakes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 39697
Re: 1” scale air brakes
Considering just the locomotive, it depends on reliability of the compressor and if 20-30PSI is enough pressure to give the braking you want. If the compressor is temperamental or 20-30PSI isn't enough then no. The difficulty with most steam brakes is they lack a regulator making them essentially on...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:39 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Silver soldering verses compression fittings
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6454
Re: Silver soldering verses compression fittings
I have a locomotive 30+ years old with brass sleeve compression fittings on copper tube and no reliability issue. A key with any of the tube fitting systems is alignment and support. Don't leave it to the sleeve, flare or ferrule to pull the tube into alignment with the fitting and restrain movement...