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by SL Ethel
Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: Sales and Trade
Topic: 27' Triple Expansion Tugboat Project
Replies: 1
Views: 5979

27' Triple Expansion Tugboat Project

It's time to sell the tug. I bought this boat - the "Spirit of Algoma" in 2009 after chancing across her in a Milwaukee boatyard. The boat was not in running condition then, but had been run in the prior 5 years (presumaby by someone attempting suicide by boiler). I removed and scrapped the suicide ...
by SL Ethel
Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:47 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: New member
Replies: 9
Views: 14210

Re: New member

That is an elegant boat. Can't wait to see you get it back on the water!
by SL Ethel
Tue Nov 15, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: New member
Replies: 9
Views: 14210

Re: New member

Welcome Peter! I probably speak for almost everyone on the forum in saying we'd love to see and hear about your build.

Cheers!
Scott
by SL Ethel
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:03 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Mono-tube boiler website
Replies: 31
Views: 19005

Re: Mono-tube boiler website

Hi Pete and Bart, I am also considering a similar overfeed/underfeed with accumulator plan. I was thinking of a more analog system with a double-acting feed pump where one side of the feed pump would always feed the coil, but the other side would have a bypass controlled by a stanley type or similar...
by SL Ethel
Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:04 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Mono-tube boiler website
Replies: 31
Views: 19005

Re: Mono-tube boiler website

Hi Pete, Sounds wonderful! Will Lamont boilers and the like be allowed on the site as fellow travellers? I have a hot water pressure washer coil I had made with the intention of running my 20' boat with it. If I every have a minute to make some progress on the d**n thing I'd love to share it with th...
by SL Ethel
Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:44 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Steamboating Magazine - Back Issue
Replies: 4
Views: 3834

Re: Steamboating Magazine - Back Issue

I think I have all the issues from Ron's editorship. I'll see if I can find that one and make a digital copy this weekend.

Cheers,
Scott
by SL Ethel
Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Idea: Espresso pump
Replies: 13
Views: 12619

Re: Idea: Espresso pump

Thanks for sharing the video! What pressure were you running at? Were you happy with the performance of the pump?

Cheers,
Scott
Kingsley wrote:
Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:01 pm
Hi, I used one of these pumps on my monotube boiler setup:
[Youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po9Pcqp2z3M[/Youtube]

Kingsley
by SL Ethel
Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:45 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Idea: Espresso pump
Replies: 13
Views: 12619

Re: Idea: Espresso pump

The coil from Farley's is $850, plus shipping (around $125 for me to get it from Arkansas to Chicago). That's for about a 40 sf coil. I checked with my local Hotsy dealer, and a standard coil as a spare part for one of their machines is $400. However, I think that's a 14" diameter coil, so probably ...
by SL Ethel
Thu May 28, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Idea: Espresso pump
Replies: 13
Views: 12619

Re: Idea: Espresso pump

I know these pumps have been used successfully at least once in conjunction with a hot water pressure washer coil for a steam buggy. I think the steam conditions were low - something like 100 psi. The specs for these pumps don't *quite* reach what our actual conditions would be, even in a low pressu...
by SL Ethel
Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:05 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: old guy in Northern Indiana U.S.A.
Replies: 11
Views: 16080

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

Hi Joe, Welcome to the forum! If we can get safely out of house any time soon, feel free to stop by my shop just outside Chicago. I still have a hope of getting my boat (20' steel hull open launch) out on the water this year, and you would be welcome to join. Ron, of the Iron Chief, is probably the ...