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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1029
Re: fuel topic
A tank is tank. A way of holding flammable liquid. My first was just sheet metal bent and soldered to fit in the coal bunker to prove a point. It worked, but was in the way of the controls and needed to be bigger Current tank is made from 2x4 steel tubing and makes a ride on frame for my riding car....
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1029
Re: fuel topic
well what i meant harold was like with bituminous if you get it stoked up just right with the right amount of scoops and you get that yellow sulphuric smoke out of the stack. welsh doesn't have the same impurities to give off that same yellow smoke as bituminous does. so for as much as welsh was gr...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1029
Re: fuel topic
no on the dust compote.....tried that and it all fell apart and out the grate.
probably yes on the grapefruit lumps...is what I used to gather up here...
probably yes on the grapefruit lumps...is what I used to gather up here...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Refurbishing my Railroad
- Replies: 79
- Views: 73634
Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
ah...now it comes into perspective.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Museum Quality 3/4" Hudson
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1651
Re: Museum Quality 3/4" Hudson
have a model T like that.
You cannot tell that it has hydraulic brakes until you get really close....
always loses points at car shows because of this -> but would not drive it across a parking lot without.
You cannot tell that it has hydraulic brakes until you get really close....
always loses points at car shows because of this -> but would not drive it across a parking lot without.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1029
Re: fuel topic
i get my methanol from a racing fuel supplier: $50 for a 5 gallon can.....very pure....burns clean with very little odor....
other stuff, won't ignite in the burner I am using....
other stuff, won't ignite in the burner I am using....
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1029
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 burn...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1029
Re: fuel topic
The problem that we have with the smaller fireboxes is that just getting the currently available coal to burn is a never ending problem. I hear my house with coal, and living on the edge of Amish communities, getting coal is not a problem. However the clinkers and slate that come with it, while mana...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: "If at first you don't succeed..." Indiana Northern #4- Allen 0-4-0
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22093
Re: "If at first you don't succeed..." Indiana Northern #4- Allen 0-4-0
Or in my case. .I built a house for my wife around my shop.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Atlas shaper
- Replies: 4
- Views: 349
Re: Atlas shaper
Lathes.co.uk
Do not let the name fool you. Atlas shaper stuff is there.
Be patient, I virtually gave away two shapers just to get them out of my basement.
Troll around, you will find someone looking for a good home for theirs.
While they have their uses, a small milling machine has many more.
Do not let the name fool you. Atlas shaper stuff is there.
Be patient, I virtually gave away two shapers just to get them out of my basement.
Troll around, you will find someone looking for a good home for theirs.
While they have their uses, a small milling machine has many more.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Allen Models Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 490
Re: Allen Models Question
Gene Allen is the person with live steam background.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: New to 3/4" scale
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1153
Re: New to 3/4" scale
'Man plans and God Laughs'.....