My first boiler came with a Ronnie Baird/Rappahannock Boat works Hand Pump - HP-3.Kelly Anderson wrote:Ronnie Baird offers these pumps; http://www.tinypower.com/store.php?crn= ... =cat_click .
They sell them as a casting kit.
What I'm saying below is nothing against "Ronnie Baird/Rappahannock Boat works".
I think it was poorly machined whoever machined it.
It was really tough to pump it by hand with no water or pressure anywhere. I abanandoned it pretty quickly.
I think even if it was machined correctly, It wouldn't have kept up with my first boiler, and it certainly won't keep up my second. (On land or water)
But since Kelly Anderson posted, I'm taking my HP-3 apart and see if I can spruce it up and make it function like it should. Either to use it myself or put it up for sale....
-CB