The Steamboating Forum

Hey DetroiTug Thank ya for the reply. No I had my fun playing with oscillating air driven gizmos years ago. The silly things rattled so much they did not need legs to walk off the bench. The thought of scaling them up and applying steam would be fun to watch but I am not going there. Actually I am w...

Hey Oilking Thank ya for the information. I have watched a few you tube videos on pouring babbit bearings. Very interesting stuff. But for the crank I am leaning towards ball bearings and for the slides I... well there will be no slides if all goes well. I am working towards the pistons being the on...

Hey Fred Thank ya for the info. I had thought of using a crankshaft out of some existing engine but there were none I could find at the moment. I am using a crank out of a 13 hp honda engine for a small test rig. I have been experimenting with the waste oil burner and have had good controllable resu...

Hey all got a quick question for ya. In making crankshafts and parts what alloy should I use? I would like something I can machine and then temper on my own. Also what alloy of bronze should I use for a large dia bearing? Like an eccentric bearing?

The only reason you've never had a SS to SS gal is the coating of never seize(good stuff btw). Dry stainless will gal. I would not say that I have “never” had an SS to SS gal before. In fact when I rebuilt my first car I got the bright idea ( I was 17) to use ALL stainless steel nuts and bolts so e...

Hey Fred Yes I have loads of time to tinker. No kids, no wife, and a brand new shop behind my house. My sister in law jokes that I should rent out my house since I am never in it... Rain water... I had not thought of that, here in the Pacific NW the stuff just falls from the sky... Like, for free! A...

Hey Fred Yes I am going to give the LaMont a go. At this point in time I have a crap load of raw materials a set of new boat plans and an idea of what I want. So for now I am tinkering with various ideas. Regulate the feed water flow? I was going to use the method most of you already use. Exhaust fr...

Hey guys Thank you for the information and the pictures Fred. That seems pretty straight forward. So we start with a coil in an insulated enclosure. The enclosure sits atop a Kast-O-Lite 30 fire box with burner assembly that can be changed out easily between test runs. The input of the coil will get...

Hey thank you for the e-mail relay Wesley!

This saves me a lot of fiddling around learning something someone has already figured out.

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Hey Frank I am not as far as you yet but I do use a lot of stainless studs in aluminum where I work. I set the studs into the pump housings with a good coat of lock tight. I use stainless nuts on those studs to hold the flanges in place and they all get a good coat anti seize. I have never had a sta...