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- Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:47 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Ofeldt construction detail question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4500
Ofeldt construction detail question
I'm planning a small boiler with a 4" drum and 4" diameter coils in schedule K copper for wood firing at up to 150 psi. On all the Ofeldt builds I have seen with steel drums and copper tubes, there are always steel nipples welded into the drum with the copper silver soldered or brazed into the nippl...
- Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:29 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Fire space for solid fuel firing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7696
Fire space for solid fuel firing
Does anyone have any data or experience to share with regard to fire space in a small wood fired boiler? My larger boiler (18" diameter grate, 5hp) had 16" from grate to tubes, and this seemed to work well, but it would be problematic for the little boiler I'm putting together for a canoe plant. Cur...
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:37 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Center Trycock
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10089
Re: Center Trycock
I'm jealous that you have a boat with space and bouyancy to be able to have fun with neat machinery like your duplex pump out on the water. I think, though, that your issue of scale IS going to be one of your biggest operational challenges if you intend to use the pump for regular boiler feed. What ...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:30 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Best Suggestions for Poor mans compound?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14167
Re: Best Suggestions for Poor mans compound?
If you are looking for a poor man's compound, have you considered a 2-stage air compressor? Just make a cylinder head, sleeve one of the bores (if you need to change the cylinder ratios), and set off under steam. From everything I've seen in reading accounts of our hobby, it seems that you can get s...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:53 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: "Union" fittings
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24697
Re: "Union" fittings
Well, I think I'm sold on the hydraulic flare fittings. Thanks everyone for the wealth of shared experience and advice.
Cheers,
Scott
Cheers,
Scott
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Propane-Air brazing torches
- Replies: 27
- Views: 24212
Propane-Air brazing torches
I am looking to purchase a propane-air torch for brazing, but I'm having trouble making useful comparisons based on the on-line data available. I'm looking for something cheaper to run and less complicated than a full oxy setup. I'm hoping to braze copper tube up to 4" to make small boilers the myri...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:55 pm
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: S.C. Firewater
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12112
Re: S.C. Firewater
You are of course correct. But making it my own is a large part of what I enjoy in it. I've enjoyed my big boat immensely over the years - I just haven't been able to actually go boating in it.Mike Cole wrote:cheapest and quickest way to steaming is to buy a complete boat.
Cheers,
Scott
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:53 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: "Union" fittings
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24697
Re: "Union" fittings
That's sort of what I was thinking about compression fittings. Start with the standard compression fitting and upgrade it by brazing the compression ring to the tube, or alternately, by making up the union nipple piece from stock to go where the tube end and compression ring would normally go. The l...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:48 pm
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: S.C. Firewater
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12112
S.C. Firewater
After 13 years of not getting my larger boat running, mostly due to space and money constraints, I've decided I have to have a going steamer in 12 months or less. So it has to be cheap, use as many parts on hand as possible, and fit into the workshop I currently have. So: the steam canoe Firewater. ...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:26 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: "Union" fittings
- Replies: 22
- Views: 24697
"Union" fittings
I've been watching Keith Appleton's Youtube videos of model steam engine repair, and I love the "unions" he uses for pipework. One side threaded, the other side with a "union nipple" that looks like it functions as an upgraded compression fitting, silver soldered onto the piece of tube. It looks ver...