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by artemis
Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:02 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Welcome to the new forum - changes you need to know
Replies: 8
Views: 11940

Re: Welcome to the new forum - changes you need to know

The following is a quote from an article I read/copied awhile back. Seems like a new, more modern English is in the works for all the Euro Union folks (we Americans don't subscribe to that stuff): "The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language ...
by artemis
Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:47 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Hello Steamboaters
Replies: 3
Views: 5979

Re: Hello Steamboaters

I've been considering an I/O drive for a small steamboat I'm designing but can find NO info on small I/O drives. Could you send me any info/pics you have.
Ron Fossum - artemis (at) pcez.com Image
by artemis
Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: To get a triple
Replies: 26
Views: 29353

Re: To get a triple

Ralph B wrote:It's not so much tradition that interests me as the look...steeples don't grab my eye...
You mean this steeple that doesn't grab your eye? :shock:
Image
Photo courtesy of Dick Vennerbeck
by artemis
Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:47 am
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Fire Canoe? (Continued)
Replies: 19
Views: 20147

Re: Fire Canoe? (Continued)

Did Tommy ever mention what type of boiler worked best for him and his wood burning cruising? -Mike I never heard. He tried a number. First was a cross drum Roberts, followed by a fore-and-aft drum Roberts. I believe that's the style he stayed with. Good circulation, fairly accurate "glass" reading...
by artemis
Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:21 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Hello again from Pete
Replies: 9
Views: 10729

Re: Costs and other things

Know all about the learning curve. Doing several websites and a couple of commercial ones for others... Your cost is in line with pricing now. Only three or four years ago it was several times that amount. Costs go down as equipment costs go down. Please don't charge. I've dropped out of several goo...
by artemis
Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:34 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Fire Canoe? (Continued)
Replies: 19
Views: 20147

Re: Fire Canoe? (Continued)

Big thanks for moving this thread to the new forum. I was in the process of posting to it on the old forum and was redirected (in the middle of the post) somewhere else. Lost everything I had typed. Tried again next day (today) and something tried to install an antivirus software on my machine. My p...
by artemis
Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:49 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Renewing
Replies: 1
Views: 4895

Renewing

The forum was really just becoming something that I was beginning to enjoy and visit. I hope that doesn't change, but my experience is that there is frequently a user/visitor drop that "kills" the forum. I hope this isn't the case here, and I'll continue to support and publicize this forum. I don't ...