5 inch vertical boiler plans.
I have a piece of copper tubing 5 inch diameter with a 1/8 inch wall thickness that I would like to make a boiler out of. Can someone direct me to a place where I can find drawings for a boiler like...
View ArticleStuart 501 Boiler
My Stuart boiler is finally making steam! Set up on wood base with burner, hand pump and water tank. The hand pump I built is shown in previous postings. Next I will add tubing and a displacement...
View ArticleStanley Style Steamer
STANLEY STEAMER STYLE BUGGY Hi Team, I was inspired some time ago by a Richard Smith designed and built “Educator” Buggy. The idea was to have education students produce a very low cost buggy to...
View ArticleNeed Help with Maccsteam Butane Burner Gas Jet
I built the attached pair of steam power modules for my 1/32 scale ironclad ram Keokuk. The boilers, burners, and butane tanks were built by Mike Abbott of Maccsteam to my specs. They have been sitting...
View ArticleBoiler and burner build.
Hi, I have started scratch building a boiler and gas burner for a 16 mm scale locomotive that I am building. Take care and stay safe. Tony.
View ArticleSmall Gas Poker Burner
Hi, This thread might be interesting as I'm not quite sure how it will turn out! A Danish member of an another forum that I belong to bought a boiler which didn't have a burner. He had tried using a...
View ArticleMaking a Vertical boiler with a gas burner.
Hi, Might be found interesting. Take care Tony.
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Help, how on earth do I build the boiler for my Fire King?
Here is an assembly drawing for my boiler: There are many features which frighten me: All the various rings are supposed to be rivetted. Surely I must solder all the parts to make them steam tight? The...
View ArticleAdvice on boiler size
Hello all: I'm getting close to finishing my Stuart Triple Expansion and will want to run it on steam. I have 4 other steam engines that run nicely on air but would like to see them in steam as well ....
View ArticleWater glass
I am looking for a water glass 3/8 diameter with shut off valves and a blow down supper scale use to make them does any one know if someone else does now Thanks Todd
View ArticleSolid fuel tablet sizes
I'm designing a burner tray for my "Dribbler" loco & was wondering if someone could give me the sizes of the "Solid Fuel" (Esbit, Meta", other) tablets that are available (Length, width, height). A...
View ArticleTorch question
What type of torch setup do people use for silver soldering larger copper boilers?
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Steam Raising Blowers - a comparison
I made an electric fan with a homemade aluminium centrifugal fan blade. I then made a simple u-bend hockey-stick pipe and fed compressed air into it. I compared both of these methods for raising steam...
View ArticleBoiler Feed Pump, part one, PM Research Kit
I made the PM Research pump kit. I made three videos showing how I did the set up and machining of the parts. Not all of the work is shown. Plans include a copyright and are not shown. Gerald Pierce
View ArticleAdvice on a boiler burner
Hi, I'm constructing a vertical boiler based on a Myfordboy youtube video ( 3"diameter x 5" height ) and I'm planning to use a gas burner. I'm using a portable camping stove with a 75% butane 25%...
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Cringle boiler build.
Hi all im just starting on another batch of my little boilers so will record a full build log with plenty of photo's. This is the boiler as they look finished.. I do make these as finished models and...
View Article3” boiler project.
I’m building a 3” boiler from scratch. The area for water is 3” X 6.5”. In the pic is a test braze that I did not like. The final result worked out nicely. I am building a ceramic burner and just got...
View ArticleUS State Boiler Code
This thread is my attempt to find rules for US State model or small hobby boiler code or construction rules. These are not easy to find. Please check your state and see if the link is correct or if an...
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