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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: WTB 7.5" Gauge Rail- FOUND
- Replies: 5
- Views: 609
Re: WTB 7.5" Gauge Rail
Our club just bought some steel rail. Including import duties, it was over $3.00 per foot. Many clubs need to replace AL rail because it wears out on curves, but the steel rail lasts practically forever.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3611
Re: fuel topic
I’m surprised that there has been no mention of wood as fuel in this thread. Admittedly, it won’t work well for everybody, it requires a larger grate area, and won’t be suitable in areas with high fire danger, but I know several live steamers who use it successfully. And wood certainly is going to r...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3611
Re: fuel topic
Green coke is also known as uncalcined coke...which is what comes out of the bottom of the distillation towers BEFORE it is put back in to remove all of the volital material. You can Google search it.. .it is readily combustible as opposed to blast furnace coke which is pure carbon and does not bur...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: boiler wash
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3873
Re: boiler wash
I believe the other reason for beading over the end of the steel tubes was to increase the contact area of the tube end with the tube sheet, to keep the end of the tube from overheating on the firebox end. Seal welding also helps with this. Since copper tubes have much greater heat conductivity than...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: boiler wash
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3873
Re: boiler wash
Good luck!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: boiler wash
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3873
Re: boiler wash
Another suggestion: buy one of the inexpensive ultrasonic thickness testers available on the internet, and check the thickness of the firebox sheets. This can be done from the inside of the firebox. Generally, the most vulnerable areas are the crown sheet (top of the firebox) and the side sheets rig...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: North Mississippi live steam
- Replies: 4
- Views: 939
Re: North Mississippi live steam
I have a friend who has a short oval track in the Hattiesburg area, and another live steam friend in Clinton, but I know of no club tracks in Mississippi. Have you been to Eagle Point RR near Chattanooga? Our Spring Meet will be April 25-28.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
- Replies: 276
- Views: 68044
Re: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
Re. white lead, if you can find an old tube of artist's oil pigment labeled white lead, that's probably what it is. I've got one that is perhaps 30 years old and have used it for lubing centers and it seems to work. Go to Amazon, and search for "Cremnitz White". You will get several types...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2468
Re: Rail Bender
Another way of explaining this is that the rail bender/roller is flexing the rail beyond its “yield” point, so that the rail will remain curved while in a relaxed state. Rail can be flexed, or forced into a curve, but unless it is deformed beyond its yield point, it will be like a spring, always rea...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted: Kozo Heisler Gears
- Replies: 5
- Views: 625
Re: Wanted: Kozo Heisler Gears
Would help if you put the size of the gears you need. Assume a 1:2 reduction?
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Wanted: Kozo Heisler Gears
- Replies: 5
- Views: 625
Re: Wanted: Kozo Heisler Gears
I don’t think there is anything special about these gears. Unlike the skewed gears on a Climax, they are just bevel gears with straight teeth. Plus only two sets are needed on a two-truck loco (whereas you need four for Shay). How much are they from Boston Gear?
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Globe & Check Valves Now Available
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3510
Re: Globe & Check Valves Now Available
The “foot warmer” valve is a new one for me!