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by PeteThePen1
Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:02 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Best Venue to Advertize Sale of a Steamboat
Replies: 6
Views: 15063

Re: Best Venue to Advertize Sale of a Steamboat

Hi Mack Sorry that I failed to spot this thread much sooner. You can post your boat on the SBA website for free. It is viewed world wide and we still have many US based members. Just send the text of the advert and some decent photos and I will do the rest. If that will be helpful, please use the em...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
Topic: Steam Thistle Cluaran
Replies: 102
Views: 574825

Re: Steam Thistle Cluaran

Well done Russ That looks fabulous and from all you have reported it sounds to have been installed with a high degree of precision. I hope that you get a chance to try it out soon. I am very impressed to hear that you are installing PV on your roof. A very wise decision. We did that when we made the...
by PeteThePen1
Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Pushing water down a pipe
Replies: 2
Views: 6384

Re: Pushing water down a pipe

Hi Dietrich Many thanks for the post and the information. I am always happy to have my mistakes pointed out though slightly mbarassed that I should have got the water requirement figure wrong. That is not a difficult item to calculate (if one is paying attention!) I will update everybody with what I...
by PeteThePen1
Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
Topic: Steam Thistle Cluaran
Replies: 102
Views: 574825

Re: Steam Thistle Cluaran

Hi Russ That looks wonderful. I would never have thought of putting chrome plating on it, but it looks fabulous. It will be interesting to see your performance data so good luck with the tests. I am intrigued by what one would need to do. No doubt it will be ingenious. I am still surprised that I wa...
by PeteThePen1
Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Pushing water down a pipe
Replies: 2
Views: 6384

Pushing water down a pipe

Hi Everybody I am not sure if this is the right place to post, but here goes anyway. Context I am starting to work on the design of the monotube boiler for the canoe project discussed elsewhere on this site and now logged on the Mono-tube.org.uk site. The engine I have is a Stuart Turner Cygnet minu...
by PeteThePen1
Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam Pipe Cones
Replies: 4
Views: 7776

Re: Steam Pipe Cones

Thank you Dietrich That looks a really useful site. I have bought one of the ubiquitous hand pipe benders widely offered on eBay. After some modification because the channels were too small for the specified pipe sizes, it seems to work well, especially if the pipe is lubricated with tallow (a pot o...
by PeteThePen1
Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: new boat launch-propeller question
Replies: 18
Views: 14569

Re: new boat launch-propeller question

Hi Folks Glad to see that the problem is possibly being solved. If anybody comes across a good guide to making propellors in the amateur's workshop then please do post it up. I will happily second the suggestion of getting hold of the Propeller Handbook. The only downside I have found with it is tha...
by PeteThePen1
Mon May 29, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam Pipe Cones
Replies: 4
Views: 7776

Re: Steam Pipe Cones

Hi Dietrich Many thanks for the post and diagram. That is very useful. The assumptions I make from it are that: 1. The limiting maximium diameter of the 'tail' of nipple is the diameter of the pipe for which the comperession fitting was originally made, shown as 5mm in your drawing. Thus for my 10mm...
by PeteThePen1
Sun May 28, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam Pipe Cones
Replies: 4
Views: 7776

Steam Pipe Cones

Hi Everybody I am posting this here as we do not seem to have a section entitled Very Dumb Questions. So what is this very dumb question? Basically I want to be able to dimension cones for soldering to copper pipe for use in compression fittings. However, I have not been able to find any technical d...
by PeteThePen1
Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam drum
Replies: 20
Views: 21403

Re: Steam drum

Nice work! I do like to see you chaps build the sort of stuff that those of us with tiny workshops can only dream about.

Regards

Pete