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by Jack Innes
Thu Sep 24, 2015 1:42 pm
Forum: Steamboat Photography
Topic: 1929 film
Replies: 2
Views: 7622

1929 film

This is a film done in 1929 recording the opening of the lock system on the Ohio River. There are numerous stern wheelers & many smaller craft in the background. It is interesting that among all of the river boats there is not one with the crown top on the stacks. Was that a Mississippi thing or a c...
by Jack Innes
Sun May 03, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Operating pressure
Replies: 19
Views: 17023

Re: Operating pressure

Could the space causing the trouble be once taken up by firebrick or some type of liner?
by Jack Innes
Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:59 pm
Forum: Anoraks Corner
Topic: A Salute to the Deck ...
Replies: 14
Views: 18140

Re: A Salute to the Deck ...

Ron, Be careful, here in Canada people were justifiably complaining about the idiot factor with their jet-ski watercraft. The end result is that everyone has to have a "boater's card" to operate any powered boat. The course is well designed & covers, navigation, safety, common sense rules & even a b...
by Jack Innes
Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:06 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Burning Liquid Fuels
Replies: 48
Views: 34704

Re: Burning Liquid Fuels

My little boat has a vaporising burner setup that is fed by air regulated to 8 psi over the fuel. It has 2 tanks, one with kerosene for normal running & a second for varsol (paint thinner) for starting. A simple 3 way fuel valve from an army truck selects the supply tank. The varsol burns much clean...
by Jack Innes
Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:57 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Water Treatment
Replies: 37
Views: 33985

Re: Water Treatment

Mike, I would be cautious with acetylene, it is very explosive & easily lit. I have removed truck tires from impossible split rims by introducing acetylene through the valve stem, put chains around the tire & rim in several places then with a lit rag on a long stick you just need to get near the ste...
by Jack Innes
Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:42 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Water Treatment
Replies: 37
Views: 33985

Re: Water Treatment

Thank you Fred & Mike. I think the advantage of the RV antifreeze is in that it is unlikely to leave any deposits inside the system. I have done as you described to fill all of the lines & valves plus I have filled the boiler as well. Is there any reason to not fill the boiler? Remember my boiler ho...
by Jack Innes
Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:27 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Water Treatment
Replies: 37
Views: 33985

Re: Water Treatment

An interesting aside regarding the nitrogen idea is that the Cloud series Rolls Royce cars have a sealed box section frame that is filled with nitrogen under a slight positive pressure to prevent rust from attacking the steel from within. This works well until someone leaves a bolt out somewhere thu...
by Jack Innes
Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:35 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Oiler pistons
Replies: 3
Views: 5856

Oiler pistons

I am about to rebuild a mechanical oiler that has pitted pistons. The device has six pumps, each with a 5/16 diameter piston that passes through a fine cup packing arrangement & pumps oil by simple displacement. The pumps are submerged in the oil while working. The pistons look to be mild steel tha...
by Jack Innes
Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:36 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Heat Shield
Replies: 9
Views: 10589

Re: Heat Shield

Not that it would have an application in our type of steamboats but many years ago I discovered the remains of about a 90' steamboat that spent its working life on Ahmic Lake in Northern Ontario. It had been stripped of its machinery & run aground in a bay & left to rot. By the time I found it the e...
by Jack Innes
Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:01 pm
Forum: Sales and Trade
Topic: 2 Cylinder Engine for sale
Replies: 0
Views: 9365

2 Cylinder Engine for sale

Heads Up;

There is an interesting engine offered for sale on the Smokstak site -
http://www.enginads.com/classifieds/sho ... 9752/cat/7
I have no connection & know nothing about it.

Jack