@LopezMike: I do hope Barbara enjoys your beloved steam boat more than this gif. @Ken: a "Like" button could be useful for many serious posts that I've read in here. There's quite a bunch of precious information on this forum, not to mention the experiences and skills shared by some prominent member...

Lopez Mike shovelling fuel into his boiler

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Welcome aboard, Will! You sure have a young & boiling blood. http://www.thesteamboatingforum.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Beyond your enthusiasm, you also have quite an interesting experience: where did you encounter a return flue boiler? Scotch marine boilers are scarce nowadays but ...

This young Russian genius takes any chance available to leave this world in a huge plume of steam. http://www.thesteamboatingforum.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif The guy seems to have no fancy precision tooling, all of his engine seem to be made with but a stick welder and an angle grinder h...

... By the way, you've made quite a nice whistle, DetroiTug. I definitely love the way it sounds.

Good evening Ian,

Here's a couple of videos about machining a steam whistle using reclaimed propane tank valves:

Part 1/2:


And part 2/2:


Regards,

Christophe

What becomes of Oceanid's hull? It was such a nice steamboat...

Thanx for the photo

Very nice house, BTW.

Good evening Ian,

I'm no expert but I'd say go for copper tubing (good resistance to marine corrosion & excellent thermal conductivity). For the "through hull" part of your question, I'd go for a marine grade bronze fitment.

Regards,

-Christophe

Lucky you!