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How would brass studs stand up to the heat and moisture of a boiler.?

I use standoffs for attaching items when I can but some item were bolted directly to the boiler shell. I shall use steel studs lock-tite sealed.
Thanks for your help.

Would zinc plated screws be better. I am using 5-40 UNC screws.

What would be the objection of using stainless steel studs?

I need to drill into the boiler tube to mount various items and would like to know if it would OK to drill through holes and lock-tite stainless steel studs in? Thanks for your advice.

More photos of the K-36 back head. Added the upper wrapper and the 1/4" angle separating them.

I didn't see any 1/8"- 5/32" pipe fittings listed on there price list.

I am looking for 1/8" and 5/32" MTP elbows and st. elbows. Did anyone take over Coles pipe fittings?
Thanks

Please let me know if I have missed anyone who ordered pump drawings. PayPal does not notify me when I receive an order. They did in the past but they like everything else, they "Change" things (they think for the better). One of my many dislikes of this internet thingy! Thanks for the ord...

Accurate and scale are lofty goals that are sometimes impossible to obtain. The most notable inaccuracy is the oversize firebox doors. This locomotive has a large firebox and a scale door would make it difficult to keep the fire stoked. This is a Mercer door offered many years ago. I have one on my ...

The standoffs on the boiler is for insulation space, the jacket will cover all of it. I tack welded the spacers at the location where the boiler bands will be located. The back head will have another formed copper sheet on the top half with a 1/4" insulation behind it.

I finished the throttle lever and mounted to the back head of the K-36.
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