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- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:23 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Propane Front End Design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 108
Re: Propane Front End Design
Yes...or a longer one piece pipe. If I were doing it again I would have started with an od threaded pipe and screwed an extension up and down until I found the final position.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:20 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: lubricator oil
- Replies: 3
- Views: 113
Re: lubricator oil
Viton is just fine in steam cylinder oil.
I would also be concerned about the slide valves being run 'dry' on air.
I would also be concerned about the slide valves being run 'dry' on air.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Propane Front End Design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 108
Re: Propane Front End Design
The blast pipe extension you describe is about what I did on my Allwn based propane burner. It still goes up the stack...it just creates less vacuum in the smokebox because of where the tip of the pipe is with respect to the petticoat of the stack. It just takes some experimentation to find the opti...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:14 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: What do we have for pics and video of the Waushakum Norfolk street era?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1145
Re: What do we have for pics and video of the Waushakum Norfolk street era?
The 2-4-0 belongs to a very good friend. I keep her in the winter and do maintenance in exchange for throttle privileges on weekends. Nellie is same vintage as Raritan and has the same wheel arrangement and runs on steam but the similarities stop there. Built to be manageable by old folks. The entir...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:43 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Forming boiler sheets for three 3/4-in. scale Virginias
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6567
Re: Forming boiler sheets for three 3/4-in. scale Virginias
True work of art..
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:31 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: What do we have for pics and video of the Waushakum Norfolk street era?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1145
Re: What do we have for pics and video of the Waushakum Norfolk street era?
The loco front and center of the bottom picture is parked in my basement (for the duration of covid) 20' from where I am sitting -> George Thomas' Nellie.
One VERY trick and unique loco and more fun than a barrel of monkeys to run down any track.
One VERY trick and unique loco and more fun than a barrel of monkeys to run down any track.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:41 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Tubes...leaking
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1899
Re: Tubes...leaking
See my earlier comment(s)
simply rolling the tubes will not 'flare' the ends over the face of the tube (at least in any rolling process i have seen / used)
simply rolling the tubes will not 'flare' the ends over the face of the tube (at least in any rolling process i have seen / used)
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:53 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Copper boiler build on Youtube
- Replies: 13
- Views: 870
Re: Copper boiler build on Youtube
rolling is the best way to go.
in the overall $$$ of the boiler, the roller is a very inexpensive tool.
in the overall $$$ of the boiler, the roller is a very inexpensive tool.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:20 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Tubes...leaking
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1899
Re: Tubes...leaking
That is it...thanks..but I doubt it is the case here
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:18 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Tubes...leaking
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1899
Re: Tubes...leaking
Agreed...
A polite and astute way of describing a crappy weld job
Stay bolt welds do not look terribly spiffy either...looks like something I would do
A polite and astute way of describing a crappy weld job
Stay bolt welds do not look terribly spiffy either...looks like something I would do

- Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Tubes...leaking
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1899
Re: Tubes...leaking
So...what would one weld the tube TO? Itself? Tubes might be proceened (spelling)...but then I have only seen that done on a model boiler once or twice in 50 years. It is a process where the end of the tibe is rolled over after the tube is rolled into the sheet. However based on what I see here and ...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:06 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: This is my workbench now, what can I do to improve it?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 5234
Re: This is my workbench now, what can I do to improve it?
Do not plan on using that chuck for anything except drilling. They are not a substitute for holding a milling cutter