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Three's a Crowd
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:18 am
by S. Weaver
Weld-a-palooza! In addition to welding on my own boiler today (see thread and link above), Mr. Anderson and I fit up and tack out two Mike Condax-designed boilers for Mr. Anderson and Scott Lefever. A fine way to spend a Spring day! These will all be code boilers. I apologize for the quality of the photos - camera phone.
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:23 am
by S. Weaver
Here's some fire door detail on Mr. Anderson's boiler prior to tacking the door piece. One can see the firebox inside.
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:28 am
by S. Weaver
Here's the grab of mine that I posted on the blog
http://steamlaunchiona.blogspot.com/
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:49 pm
by Steamboat Mike
WOW! Beoooootiful job, post more pics please. Best regards, (Steamboat) Mike
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:09 pm
by S. Weaver
Compelling design, Mike. It's a joy to weld.
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:19 pm
by Steamboat Mike
Thanks Steve, kind words. There is something primal about welding. No shots of the tube sheets, what size tubes, how many? Steamboat Mike
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:22 pm
by Mike Rometer
Steamboat Mike wrote: There is something primal about welding.
I'm sure it's the 'watching fire' thing.
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:44 am
by S. Weaver
Steamboat Mike wrote:Thanks Steve, kind words. There is something primal about welding. No shots of the tube sheets, what size tubes, how many?
Mike, your design has 90, one-inch tubes. I forget the length - but they would be the same length as yours.
The scotch has 50, 1.5" tubes, 24" long.
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:25 pm
by fredrosse
Welding, welding, welding, that seems to be the thing this spring in PA. Is that welding table in your pictures made from a piece of plate?? Bet that is not too easy to move around, unless you have an overhead gantry crane.
Re: Three's a Crowd
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:12 am
by S. Weaver
fredrosse wrote:Welding, welding, welding, that seems to be the thing this spring in PA. Is that welding table in your pictures made from a piece of plate?? Bet that is not too easy to move around, unless you have an overhead gantry crane.
Yeah, Fred, it's no Acorn. The ten-ton overheads shift it around for us ...