Little Engines American Boiler
Little Engines American Boiler
Here are some photos of a steel boiler I am building for a friend. It has ten type K copper tubes 5/8” od and about 14” long. I did most of the fabrication, and had it TIG welded. It’s the first boiler I have made.
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
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Nice! Better welding than I could do.
~RN
~RN
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Here’s the other end, and the firebox.
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
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Here’s the setup for reaming the front tube sheet for the copper tubes. If the boiler was mich longer I would have needed s taller drill press! The firebox needed to be reamed before it was installed in the boiler, but after all the welding was done on the firebox itself. Rolling the tubes on the front tubesheet was easy, but was a real challenge on the rear, because of the small firebox.
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
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It looks great Dan! We're looking forward to see the engine on the tracks!
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Interesting project, what grate area did you end up with?
GWRdriver
Nashville TN
Nashville TN
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Hi,
The grates ended up being about 3.5”W X 4.9”L.
A bit smaller than with the copper boiler, but I think it will work fine, with the arch design I copied from Charlie Pipes. Charlie said his American doesn’t steam well without the arch, but he was able to run up the grade at Canton, St. Paul & Pacific with plenty of steam.
The grates ended up being about 3.5”W X 4.9”L.
A bit smaller than with the copper boiler, but I think it will work fine, with the arch design I copied from Charlie Pipes. Charlie said his American doesn’t steam well without the arch, but he was able to run up the grade at Canton, St. Paul & Pacific with plenty of steam.
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
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Thanks . . . I like that logo on your shirt.
GWRdriver
Nashville TN
Nashville TN
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Ha! That’s actually Charlie wearing the MSLS shirt!
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
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Charlie got himself a shirt made that actually says something like: "Don't tell my wife what I paid for this" or "don't let my wife sell these things for what she thinks I paid for them", something like that. Pretty funny stuff.
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The boilers we build for the American are all steel. They have 31 - .375" OD seemless tubes. All TIG welded together. The Boiler is 5.5625" OD throughout. There are two flue configuration options, the .375" OD flue (31) or .500" flue (20).
We ran our American for 5 hours straight pulling 5-6 Adults. We burn coal and NEVER had any flues clog up. The boiler makes plenty of steam all day long.
We ran our American for 5 hours straight pulling 5-6 Adults. We burn coal and NEVER had any flues clog up. The boiler makes plenty of steam all day long.
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