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by TahoeSteam
Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
Topic: Monotube Javelin
Replies: 40
Views: 121594

Re: Monotube Javelin

Hi Fred, just wondering how your bigger, faster, meaner, rougher, tougher project is coming along?
by TahoeSteam
Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:26 am
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Blackstaff Steeple Compound Drawings/Information
Replies: 9
Views: 26089

Re: Blackstaff Steeple Compound Drawings/Information

You should be able to get very funs results with investment casting. Are you aiming to do it in iron?

What will you do for the partition between the bottom of the HP and top of the LP cylinder?
by TahoeSteam
Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
Replies: 173
Views: 2565680

Re: Steam engine from the North Caucasus

Beautiful work Ingvar. I think the rule of thumb for cooling surface in an inboard condenser is 1 square foot/indicated horsepower... I don't have my metric calculator to convert, I apologize. Will you be using a circulating pump for the cooling water? Obviously the cooler the circulating water, the...
by TahoeSteam
Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:33 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Blackstaff Steeple Compound Drawings/Information
Replies: 9
Views: 26089

Re: Blackstaff Steeple Compound Drawings/Information

Hi Kelly, Thanks for sending the drawings over. I'm excited to print these out at work tomorrow. Hi Russ, I'd be curious to learn what changepoints were made from the original 1960's version to Kelly's later version. I can already see some slight changes to the frame/crosshead between the two image...
by TahoeSteam
Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:50 am
Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
Topic: Been a bit quiet lately, this should liven it up.
Replies: 6
Views: 9761

Re: Been a bit quiet lately, this should liven it up.

She's a beautiful launch. I can't wait to see more photos of her! We've all been busy me thinks. South of the northwestern border there have been a few boat meets like the California Delta Meet, and others. I've been on a three+ week stint of all steam from working on a Liberty Ship, to the delta bo...
by TahoeSteam
Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: My column-style steamengine
Replies: 79
Views: 200890

Re: My column-style steamengine

Looking wonderful Dietrich. I expect you'll be seeing much improvement from the "x" rings.
by TahoeSteam
Thu Jul 20, 2023 6:34 am
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Boiler Safety
Replies: 2
Views: 5204

Boiler Safety

Interesting read for the would-be home boiler maker...

https://www.nationalboard.org/index.asp ... 164&ID=441
by TahoeSteam
Sun Jul 02, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Cylinder packing question
Replies: 4
Views: 5942

Re: Cylinder packing question

Many factors involved, as stated above.

Have you been 'stroking the limbs of the dragon' (lubricating the piston and valve rods)? A mixture of steam cylinder oil and graphite applied with your sibling's toothbrush or an old antisieze brush will do the trick for lubricant.
by TahoeSteam
Fri Jun 09, 2023 4:44 pm
Forum: Rally Reports
Topic: 1,000 Islands Steamboat Meet
Replies: 3
Views: 4495

Re: 1,000 Islands Steamboat Meet

What a beautiful region. My mom grew up in Montreal and we would go to the 1000 islands often when visiting my Granddad and Grandma every year.

Do you have any more photos of the meet?
by TahoeSteam
Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Sales and Trade
Topic: Steamboats for sale
Replies: 0
Views: 15249

Steamboats for sale

Boats for sale

A number of exceptional steamboats and marine engines have popped up for sale recently:

https://www.northweststeamsociety.org/classifieds

https://discoverlivesteam.com/discoverf ... arine.html