Had some good performance testing and a first steaming with propane. I have to embrace more common fuels for a longer trip, as well as for making Nyitra more manageable single-handedly. I have come to the consensus with my good friend that the upper speed limit on Nyitra is currently limited by the ...

I think barts or fred says it best that this forum goes in fits and starts. Nyitra had her1890s Classic Sail Vs Steam Race, and lost this year. She is currently in my friends pond so we can do some controlled performance testing. There are just so many variables, and when I steam alone Nyitra is qui...

58min Documentary From Ironclad to Artifact: The Journey of the CSS Georgia Published on Feb 7, 2018 by youtube user "Michael Jordan" In 2017, archaeologists raised the last pieces of the unusual Civil War ironclad warship CSS Georgia, which was built with money raised by Georgia's women, and sunk b...

Nyitra has undergone a lot of hidden upgrades, a 3/8" 40"x40" mild steel plate added ontop of the 3/4" marine ply for the engine and transmission shafting to bolt to, engine overhaul, etc. I held a private race on Lake Chautauqua this weekend, what we call the "Fern Lodge 1890s Classic: Sail VS Stea...

There are a few short references from threshermen's periodicals around 1900 that say, "for fuel, wood, corn cobs, coal, kero*sene or gas may be used" for steam traction engines. It may have helped to have a bigger firebox for corn cobs. Some steam traction vendors had fireboxes available for differe...

I thought this website on a Lamont Boiler made in 2001 might be helpful....

https://www.stanleysteamers.com/lamont-3.htm

-CB

Hi Kyle,

I love the horse-drawn steam launch trailering photo on your flickr page!

Thanks from Ohio,

-cyberbadger (CB)

A new video showing a shop where hydrostatic hand pumps are made at the West End Machine Shop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhWO6Zoz-EU

-CB

This is a rather long and boring presentation, so most steamboaters should skip to the next entry on this thread. I read all of it and I appreciate you talking your time. Nyitra is a puffer, and her firebox of exactly 16" ID, so I'm watching this thread with interest. I have been considering puttin...

Mike, The addition of tin also gives the alloy an inherent resistance to dezincification, thereby further inhibiting the impingement by seawater at higher than normal temperatures. Copper Alloy 464 has uses for decorative fittings, turnbuckles, shafting, and as a universal non-corrosive marine alloy...