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by joe36
Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:13 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Counter-clockwise Drill bits
Replies: 22
Views: 13636

Re: Counter-clockwise Drill bits

Have you tried an air impact?
Left hand drill bits are easily found with a Goggle search, Amazon sells them.
by joe36
Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:45 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Counter-clockwise Drill bits
Replies: 22
Views: 13636

Re: Counter-clockwise Drill bits

From the picture showing a chip in the plug. It is a good bet that the plug is made of gray cast iron. If the boiler is steel and not cast. The plug can be shattered by placing dry ice on the plug until chilled completely then striking it with a chisel.
Joe
by joe36
Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:53 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.
Replies: 11
Views: 16157

Re: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.

As much as I would like to say I had the dream shop and the perfect location. I can not. The old Erie canal is long since filled. It is now Erie avenue. In my parts of the woods the Wabash river is very young and although listed as a navigable stream. At the low water line it is sometimes hard to ke...
by joe36
Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:24 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.
Replies: 11
Views: 16157

Re: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.

I thank you for the very warm welcome and the invitation to see the boat to sea. I would love to take part in the launch. I don’t get out as much as I once did but given half a chance I would surely not miss a chance to inspect a steam vessel and watch the launch. I would be very interested in seein...
by joe36
Sat Apr 18, 2020 2:23 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice
Replies: 5
Views: 4909

Re: I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice

The engine you have built from the IC engine sounds interesting. I have plans to build this one along those lines. Instead of a tube connecting the cylinders. I plan on a flange that will be machined to match the new head on the IC engine. Above that I would like to put a 2” X 2” duel actuating cyli...
by joe36
Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:17 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice
Replies: 5
Views: 4909

Re: I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice

The first one is very close to a model. I have a 12’ flat bottom boat that is under 100 Lb. If It pushes that I would be very happy. I am in northern Indiana USA 46947 and retired 5 years ago with bad health. I am just beginning to get back to where I think I can start accomplishing a couple of thin...
by joe36
Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:05 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice
Replies: 5
Views: 4909

I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice

I am starting this thread in the hopes of future advice. While I know masses have been written about steam engines and steam design. I will be the first to admit I am ignorant in many ways with other than the fundamentals of steam engines and boilers. I have been working on a 2”X 2” cylinder mold. T...
by joe36
Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:14 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.
Replies: 11
Views: 16157

Re: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.

Thank yo all for the warm welcome. I don’t post a lot and fell a bit under the weather so this probably is going to be about it as far as posting for a few days. I do have some plans for2 engines in the next year I hope. The first will be a 2" bore 2" stroke. I am in the early stages of mold making ...
by joe36
Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.
Replies: 11
Views: 16157

old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.

I am retired and now find I have time to work on things I have always wanted. One of the things I have wanted to build however I have not don is to build a steam engine. At one time I had a home DIY foundry. It was over 20 years ago and most used for aluminum. I decided to build a new foundry a coup...