a venturi, simply a hole for the oil to pass through to find the
steam flow, but the hole size is all-important.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:00 AM 2/2/01 -0800, you wrote:
Message Number: 15
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 101 23:55:23 Pacific Daylight Time
From: Gary Broeder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: RE: Dead leg lubricator?
(snip) Any moisture or water in a system be it an air line or steam line
will always go to the lowest spots, and
agree that in Ga1 some engines
might benefit from an oil of lesser viscosity. Which ones, and with what
viscosity, I don't know.
Then of course we would have to get 1:32 scale water molecules!
Aha! There's the rub. :-)
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:01 AM 2/6/01 -0800, you wrote:
It has a dead leg (displacement) lubricator which (snip) tees into the
steam line AFTER the superheater, which is different
from my Roundhouse where the lubricator is BEFORE the superheater.
Paul
Although there is usually a reason behind it, I don't
At 12:00 AM 2/8/01 -0800, you wrote:
Now, is it a fact that if you stop your engine with the Johnson bar
in neutral, and the steam valve cracked open just a little bit, you will
suck
that gunky old oil up into the boiler as it cools down?
Walt
Walt,
I don't know about this scenario
To anyone considering a CAD program or download:
There is nothing particularly unique about AutoCad vs other 2-D cad
programs (although AutoCad is a powerful program), except that Autocad has
had its own drawing file format called .dwg and in the past not all Cad
programs could draw or
foundry nearby? I have a few loose patterns I need to
have poured from but have no foundry in my area.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:00 AM 2/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
Makes perfect sense that a foundry will stand behind a casting with a
replacement now that you mention it. Just like any other business is
(usually)
willing to stand behind their product.
Trent
Trent,
Yes, they are a business selling a product and if
would be second to availability and quality (fidelity) of casting, as
long as I ended up with iron or steel at the rail head.
my"new" lathe delivered yesterday
Susan
Tell us about the new arrival?
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:00 AM 2/22/01 -0800, you wrote:
Do you or anyone else have experience with bronze or brass tires on the
rail? What's the life expectancy of that in g1?
Jim Curry
Jim,
I have no information or experience on that. The only indicator I
have would be that in the 50's and 60's one of the
I need to correct a statement I made in an earlier post about the
operation of the Stuart Turner steam pump. In looking at the drawings,
which per former Stuart Turner practice only gives dimensioned details of
all the parts with no clue as to how they go together, I see that the valve
of
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:07:53 -0500
From: "Casey Sterbenz" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ZA alloys are much softer than iron, making the machining of the parts
easier.
There is no greater joy in life for me (well, few greater anyway)
than turning a really good piece of gray iron. It cuts like
, pull off the air cleaner, and offer up a couple of
palm-fulls of Bon Ami to the intake manifold. After one great belch of
blue smoke the rings would bed right in and run without a trace of smoke.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
h a rather coarse grit sand.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
el I'm capable of matching the
rest of a locomotive to the level of the wheels, or not breaking them
during machining.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:00 AM 2/27/01 -0800, you wrote:
From: "Mike Eorgoff" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Normally a manufacturer needs to make a minimum quantity to
get the unit cost down to a "reasonable" amount that results in a price that
is acceptable. This portion takes in the manufacturing costs involving
pattern
Message Number: 14
From: "VR Bass" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Wheels
Harry, you mention a lot of hand work. If I understand it correctly, the
EDM
method creates spokes without a draft angle
Vance,
Yes, in most cases, but one could certainly use a tapered electrode . .
. The advantage
At 12:00 AM 3/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
From: Trent Dowler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Wheels
Your EDM idea seems very plausible, but not cost effective (unless you were
talking about EDM'ing the patterns only).
Trent,
I absolutely meant using EDM to produce the master. Of course if an
Re EDM I wrote: "Any shape required or desired for the spokes would have
to be put there by hand would it not?"I should have stated this more
clearly and said a spoke profile such as a taper or oval, and the fairing
of the spoke profiles into the hub and rim would need to be done by hand.
le Pattern Pool. Comments?
Nominations for first custodian?
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
rest of us. These
details can be sorted out later, but it will work.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
(I've) been talking about and I've just
described the basics of how it worked.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:00 AM 3/12/01 -0800, you wrote:
$720/hr. not a bad profit margin after all!
you failed to introduce tooling cost, machine cost, (labor), material,
maintenance,
electricity, gas (for the sintering ovens), machine time, inspection,
handling,
part rejections (which go through the same
At 12:00 AM 3/14/01 -0800, you wrote:
From: "Jim Curry" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scratchbuilders survey (was wheels)
Shop Equipment: Marena 10" x 48" mill
Hey Jim,
You think you've got enough mill to handle the job? :-)
Cheers,
Harry
folks, like those with chronic burner problems, might
disagree.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 07:37 AM 3/15/01 -0800, you wrote:
Harry Wade wrote:
I would propose that the keeper of the patterns make rubber or RTV
silicon molds of the patterns, cast them in wax and make permanent metal
patterns.
royce w
Nope, I did not make that statement. A costly, labor intensive
process like
st curious. It doesn't matter, the pattern is what it is.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 08:57 AM 3/15/01 -0800, you wrote:
What are the concerns with using brass in a boiler?
Steve Ciambrone
Steve,
Over time (sometimes not a very long time) the zinc will leach out of
brass leaving it pourous. The basic underlying concern is safety and the
soundness of the pressure vessel.
At 09:51 AM 3/15/01 -0800, you wrote:
So my driver came out too thin. Which is why the pattern is "available".
Royce
If one knows this going in then accomodations for the diffferences can
be made. Then again the pattern could be built up with wax or other
material as needed to bring it
At 02:42 PM 3/15/01 EST, you wrote:
In a message dated 01-03-15 07:37:52 EST, you write:
I purchased some 1/8 od stainless from a local supplier that I bent cold,
Coming from the large scale end of the hobby, where the size of steam
supply passages are a consideration (not a worry, just a
two 7-1/2" ga locomotives and
who knows what else on it.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 02:50 PM 3/15/01 -0600, you wrote:
How do you define 'Unobstructed'?
Chris,
I would define an obstruction as something like a steam tube was
flattened (but not collapsed) in making a tight bend, or where steam maybe
has to pass through a paper thin slit between the cylinder head and block
At 09:23 PM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
PS. I am very envious reading about what sounds like some very incredible
workshops.
Ferdinand
Ferdinand,
It might be a comfort to keep in mind that most of these "incredible"
workshops did not spring full blown into existence overnight . . . well
At 09:33 AM 3/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
Who is the manufacturer?
Terry Griner
Terry,
I know a source for surplus/overstock converters and can save you
Mega-Quid if they have one of the rating you need in stock. I bought one
from them for a fraction of the original price and am very happy
material. (snip)
Steve Ciambrone
This precisely why I said in my answer to Terry that if the question
was considering plating on steel I'd know what my answer would be.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 10:26 PM 3/20/01 -0600, you wrote:
You can build your own 3-phase converter very easily.
Great
Big
Snip
It is very simple though.
Trent
Trent,
I just push the red button that says "Start". :-)
Cheers,
Harry
At 09:13 AM 3/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
There also seems to be some further machine work that must be
done on the rim to produce the rough flange and raised tire edge.
Presumably, this is done by chucking the pattern on a lathe mandrel, using
the axle hole which is then cored in the mold before
At 09:10 AM 3/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
Harry,
Much thanx for the info!
Casey
Casey,
You're welcomed. I think it's important to remember that like I said
while there are typical and preferred methods of doing wheels, everyone
usually gleans from the various methods the of techniques that suit
At 12:06 PM 3/21/01 EST, you wrote:
Great Idea!!! I will have to file this info away for future reference.
Salty
Salty,
This was one of those lessons I learned by making an expensive
mistake. The first drive wheel casting I ever attempted to machine I
ruined (this was for 7-1/2" ga)
At 07:37 AM 3/23/01 -0800, you wrote:
Now I am confident that my original turning strategy was OK to
begin with, and I will hesitate no longer.
Steve
"Lay on McShivers, and damned be he who first cries Hold, Enough!"
(from McBETH, Act 3 Scene 2, by Manny Shakespeare (no relation to Wm.)
At 08:00 AM 3/23/01 -0800, you wrote:
Thanks for the encouragement to me, but what tales will Geoff and Tony now
be prompted to tell, full of sound and fury?
Steve
Possibly, but I'd stop short of saying "signifying nothing . . . . ".
hw
At 10:40 PM 3/25/01 -0800, you wrote:
Salty and Harry are on right track.
Tony,
Of course we're on the right track! :-) Yes, I usually have to
perform some combination of the steps you've set out, I just wasn't about
to sit down and write it all out! Oy! 500 pieces! That's way more than
I know there is someone on this list who can give me some guidance. I'm
pretty good at a lot of things but I am a MISERABLE welder. I'm welding up
a few components for a project and have made a couple of assemblies but it
takes longer to grind the chicken squirts off the pieces that it takes
Trent,
Seeing your post reminded me, I'm still working along on my patterns and
I don't know when I'll get done. A few weeks maybe. Several of the
patterns are in aluminum, one or two in maple, another in cherry wood. I
ordered a 3 tapered end mill last week and got word today it's been
someone closer
that can do that type work?
Chris
Chris,
If this is the KAYE project, all things considered I think they would be
better off getting the wheels out of the UK, especailly if they'd have to
have the machining done out.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
Royce,
A program glitch dumped your Email. Post me again and I'll send an address.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
oil. So, full steam ahead.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
will have an
article which covers the subject of boiler retrofitting in sickening
detail. Also, when thinking of the material for boiler fittings and
attachments, particularly of bushings, bronze should be the material of
choice rather than brass.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 08:34 AM 4/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
Unless I'm missing something, it seems to me a tube coming out of the
turret down
to the bottom of the boiler and back up to the turret would not show
current water
level, but act more like a 'P' trap in a sink.
Chris,
No, you aren't mising anything.
At 09:16 PM 4/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
After reading Harry's post, I tend to think that he has hit the nail on
the head with his predictions (or perhaps past experience?)
Trent,
Not by experience, at least in the Failed Experiment sense. The
installation parameters for water gauges were
At 02:29 PM 4/18/01 -0700, you wrote:
I would appreciate some advice about firebox stays in a coal-fired boiler.
(snip)
Steve,
First, your assumptions about stays are correct. Next, the general
rule is that tubular and orbular vessels (as in pipe and tube, and balls)
are self-staying,
At 09:04 AM 4/24/01 EDT, you wrote:
You are apparently thinking that the spike pops out as a one time event.
That
is not the case. Each time the spike expands
The spike doesn't expand (except micro-microscopically). The wood
expands and contracts as it takes on or gives up moisture and
At 02:15 PM 4/27/01 -0600, you wrote:
How much of the cab was filled by the boiler depended on the builder of the
cab.
Vance
And then there are some who feel that engine driving was never the
same after cabs were enclosed. :-)
hw
was relatively simple. Whatcha' wanna bet Paul's is an adaption
of that? :-) I can look up the dates if anyone is interested. The
problem might be, as I have runn into before, that the transistors called
for in the circuits are now long obsolete and discontiued.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
Does anyone who will be coming to the St Louis Steamup have any 3/4 x 3/4
square brass tubing? I need a 4 length and will be happy to buy a piece
(or trade for something you need).
Cheers,
Harry
. The corrugated firebox was used quite a bit in full
size traction and portable engines. In the case of Henke's boiler my only
concern would be what effect a 120psi hydro test will have on that crown
sheet. Maybe none, depending upon the thickness of the metal.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 09:54 AM 5/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
Outdated transistors are not a big deal. If the plans can be found
Really? Then do I have research project for you. I am not an
electronics-type, but about 30 years ago I found an article published in
Popular Electronics magazine on building a solid
At 10:52 AM 5/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
If you still have a copy of that article I'd lie to see it.
Cheers
Keith
Keith,
I have it scanned and in .jpg form. Three files, 528k. Not easy to
read but readable.
Cheers,
Harry
At 01:02 PM 5/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
I'll see what I can do. :) Just give me a little while to do it.
Trot, the seekin', fox...
No hurry. It's not like I don't have another project (or 6 or 8) to fall
back on. :-)
Cheers,
Harry
,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
be better to
post it to a web site so that anyone who wants can download it from there.
The file images are a bit crumbly but it can be read without to much
difficulty. I won't do anything about this for the next few days, until I
get back from the MidWest Steamup in St Louis.
Regards,
Harry Wade
At 11:51 AM 5/16/01 -0700, you wrote:
LGB or AristoCraft.
Aren't these non-steam terms banned from this List? If you insist on
using them the least you could do is add Contains Obscene Material in the
header so I can delete them before my children see them and start asking
Daddy what's an
At 12:32 PM 5/16/01 -0700, you wrote:
my question is have you noticed any problems from steam oil
contamination of the pond and if it was a problem for the fish .
Paul
They'll get no sympathy here. A good dose of steam oil is paltry
repayment, considering how much cod liver oil I had to take
At 01:38 PM 5/17/01 -0600, you wrote:
I recall someone mentioning that they had completely blocked off one of the
wicks on their Mike to control the over-eager fire.
I capped off the rear wick (of three) in my Aster Pannier and have had
essentially the same experience.
Cheers,
Harry
. Your going to pay, but you have a choice of
a couple of ways to do it.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
. This change in operation is
subtle, but visible.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 11:48 AM 5/29/01 -0700, you wrote:
I'm no expert but I believe Steve is correct in his analysis.
OK Harry where are you? Wade into it!!
Geoff.
Geoff,
I do too, although since the upper passage passes only pass steam or
air I doubt if this needs to be messed with. I'd say Steve is
At 04:48 PM 5/29/01 -0700, you wrote:
Harry et al,
I have often wondered why manufacturers dont make the tubing and glass of
larger dia
Geoff,
They do, in every imaginable size. It's borosilicate glass and it's
the same thing that's used for laboratory equipment. Pyrex Red Line is one
of
At 11:15 AM 5/30/01 -0400, you wrote:
Isn't this how sap in a tree works ?
Peter.
Peter,
Supposedly. I went looking for good, meaty information of behavior of
capillary action, and possibly information with which to predict it (I
found neither), but what I did find is that now the
At 11:11 AM 5/30/01 -0500, you wrote:
I think we're talking about very similar designs, if not the same thing.
Trent
We're talking about exactly the same thing. The difference in the two
is that one puts radial compression (through the ring) on the glass, the
other puts axial (end)
At 12:23 PM 5/30/01 -0400, you wrote:
Something's not right here !!!
Peter.
Sorry Peter, I'm well past my point of making educated guesses, at
least those which I'd put in print. I agree that it's logical that some
component of atmospheric pressure is involved, or so it would seem to me,
At 01:48 PM 5/30/01 -0500, you wrote:
Harry,
Do you know anyone with Finite Element Analysis experience and software?
OK I've admitted I don't know anything about this, now you're just
yanking my chain aren't you? :-) But to answer your question, no.
hw
At 06:02 PM 6/5/01 -0500, you wrote:
I've found it to be very useful for getting things that I just positively
would not have found otherwise.
Trent
This is it's usefulness for me. I've gotten a few what I consider
good (but not great) buys on things I needed that I probably would never
% is on display,
the rest you have to ask to see. You see much more looking at the
catalogue than being there in person.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 08:01 PM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
And with reports like this, Accucraft may already be winning the war.
Must there be a war over everything? While some are fussing and
fretting over whose going to win the war and whose side who is on, (that's
an electric train thing isn't it?) both of
At 10:37 AM 6/24/01 -0500, you wrote:
A price war would be nice. grin
OK you got me there . . . ;-)
hw
At 04:50 PM 6/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
I bet we need advice and help on this one, especially from those into Brit
2-1/2 gauge as to the model etc. No drawings etc come with it--but what
the heck!
Geoff
Between Keith Manison and myself, us two for sure, plus whoever else may
be lurking out
At 04:50 PM 6/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
I need advice and help on this one,
Geoff
P.S. For starters you will need one bottle of 21 year old whiskey and
a large ball pein hammer. Be sure to wear eye protection.
Cheers,
Harry
At 09:48 AM 7/3/01 EDT, you wrote:
I was amazed to notice that the Aster 'Big Boy has tiny, functional drain
cocks
I will gladly create and install miniature working drain cocks on your
locomotive, with cab or radio actuation, for a mere fraction of the cost of
a Big Boy. 1/3rd comes
jamb nut,
or a standard nut will do. Run the nut and o-ring/washer onto the bolt.
Screw the bolt into the bushing and back the nut down onto the bushing face
to seal tight.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 09:35 AM 7/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
Would there not have been the facility to bleed wet steam with a hose to
put
out a fire?
That would be called the steam lance, principally used for cleaning
down the locomotive after a run (or in the US, after 12 months or 50,000
miles, whichever occurs
At 04:49 PM 7/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
What can I say... I spent two whole days last week in hog heaven
Trot
I only have one question . . . do they use a #74 hole in their
lubricator steam line or do they go a little larger?
At 12:25 PM 7/12/01 EDT, you wrote:
Would anyone who has been building and painting brass loco's and kits, like
to share their source.
Rob.
Rob,
How about professional automotive paint distributors? I know folks like
Sherwin-Williams sell a very good self-etch primer in spray cans but
At 10:46 AM 7/29/01 -0700, you wrote:
certainly the most interesting engine i saw yesterday (for me,
anyway) was dan pantage's heisler, fresh from jim hadden's workshop.
And if I recall correctly the heart and soul of it is one of those
superb Willow Works boilers. :-)
is scratched up from
errant pebbles and weed eatings, otherwise the paint is holding up just
fine and there's been no compelling need to repaint, . . . . but then I'm
not married. :-o
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 04:05 PM 7/31/01 -0400, you wrote:
Do you mean the Class A that won the hill clime.
Bruce,
No, this was a B or C, with a new (or reworked) Walschaert's valve gear
which the owner built. Beautiful work. I want to talk with him about the
valve gear.
Cheers,
Harry
At 11:17 AM 8/7/01 -0700, you wrote:
dee books? it seems from my reading of the newsletter that there is
no real good way to get those books . . . . short of
drawing a check (cheque?) in sterling pounds
Sure there is. Go to the TEE Pubs web site,
http://www.fotec.co.uk/mehs/tee/mdlloc.htm
At 10:41 AM 8/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
Is there a formula of evaporation for steam boilers?
Terry Griner
Terry,
There are formulas for everything but I think it would be a waste of
time to try to engineer this situation. Start with what you know, or can
set. For instance the boiler diameter
At 08:35 PM 8/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
Trent and Harry,
I don't recall who had the Climax with the modified valve gear.
Robb DeVries
All,
I found out a few days ago it was Bill Payne.
Cheers,
Harry
and publications.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
I meant to send this to the List but it appears for some reason it returned
itself to Chris, appologies if this appears as a duplicate post.
At 02:48 PM 8/16/01 -0500, you wrote:
You may want to just think about opening up the frame some. You may
have to attach some structural support if you
At 10:55 AM 8/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
Now for your next act maybe a display showing the results of destructive
tests performed on 2 x 8 center flue butane boilers. One that the safety
didn't work, another that the boiler was run dry
Jim
Jim,
As much as I enjoy engaging in
At 06:03 PM 8/20/01 +0100, you wrote:
In the UK we have to have any boiler with a working pressure of 30psi
over, a capacity of over 1 UK pint tested every two years for our public
liability insurance,
Small scale live steamers should be aware that in the U.S. many
(but not all) state
At 04:57 PM 8/20/01 EDT, you wrote:
Harry,
What would you predict the results would be if the boiler was very hot,
almost dry, and water was introduced? This was the apparent reason for the
traction engine failure recently resulting in loss of life. Obviously size
is
of great importance here.
At 10:55 AM 8/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
Now for your next act maybe a display showing the results of destructive
tests performed on 2 x 8 center flue butane boilers. One that the safety
didn't work, another that the boiler was run dry
Jim
Re your second suggestion, I predict the outcome
At 11:20 AM 8/21/01 EDT, you wrote:
I recently had trouble with my safety on my Ruby, stuck real good when I
wasn't paying attention. I imagine that it got up to a pretty good
pressure;
but all that happened is the O-ring under the fill cap gave out.
Bob
I've recently done some work on
At 12:17 PM 8/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
I can tell you that they start to smell like roasting electronics when the
water gets too low... I shut it down then, it had been running out of
power and I couldn't figure out why turning up the heat made little
difference. Oh but if I had years more
, and when under full working
power did regularly become airborne in cases of crown sheet failures.
What has all this to do with Ga1?
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:53 PM 9/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
I mentioned a Vanderbilt tender to another steam enthusiast this past
week and he asked why it was called a Vanderbilt.
Trent,
A round tank (a la Vanderbilt ) has several advantages over a
rectangular tank. A round tank holds more water than a
At 02:25 PM 9/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
Your answer brings up another question. What is on-the-fly water pickup?
I've heard about it, but never actually knew what it was.
Trent,
Many railroads installed shallow miles-long water troughs between the
rails of main lines which were filled with
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