Henner,
Would a copper gasket do for your application? You can easily fabricate one
to fit the way you would cut and fit a paper gasket. A copper gasket can be
used over and over again if you anneal the copper to return it to its
ductile state before reusing it.
Casey Sterbenz
From: Meinhold
that have the tables of tap/die/wire
diameters on them.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: die size for 1/16 rod
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:55:45 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
I got a 1/16 brass
Michael,
Go to http://www.hornbyrailways.com/pages/livestm_live.aspx. There is a
video on that page that shows both prototype and model action. Several tabs
near the top of the page link to additional information about the model.
V/r,
Casey Sterbenz
From: mdenning [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply
. This might work if I can find some standard
samples to test and develop a color chart for comparison.
I'll keep looking. Maybe a trip to the library to check some chemistry
books would be in order.
Casey Sterbenz
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Harry,
Much thanx for the information. I'll keep snooping around on the Web -
there has to be something out there on some web site somewhere that can help
us tell the difference between these two metals.
V/r,
Casey
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properties of
bronze alloys.
Casey Sterbenz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Inquiry Response, Case No.: 15751
Date: 23 Jun 2004 10:54:14 -0400
To Casey Sterbenz:
Below is the response to Case No. 15751
Your question was: Is there some simple, reliable, way to definitively
friend gave me as
scrap brass.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: sslivesteam2-Digest - Boiler water
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:28:32 EDT
snip
Now boiler fittings. If you braze or solder brass
standards, along with tables for cutting 65%
threads, 75% threads, drill sizes for tapping in specific materials, and so
on. For most of what we do, the tap hole formula works well with all our
common fastener sizes, from # through #12.
Casey Sterbenz
O Scale Kings #8
Kevin Strong wrote:
Does
Geoff,
Yup, collect the stuff by just fixing the shovel to the front of your steam
cart in place of the pilot/footboards/whatever. Put your collection box
just behind the shovel blade and the stuff will fill the box automatically
as you drive into the pile, no stooping involved. If you get
Friends,
I have an extra copy of Steam in the Garden #50 (the issue with the original
Larry Bangham article) that I would be willing to trade even for a clean
copy of SITG issue #35.
Please contact me off list about this.
Casey Sterbenz
[EMAIL PROTECTED
. Starting with a kit I will
feel more comfortable doing things since I can see how everything goes
together more easily than I can by trying to disassemble a complete
locomotive.
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, backing the valve out about a turn and a quarter. I didn't have
time last night to do a test run but I think I'll have some time tonight to
do that. I'll report back after I put in a few more test runs.
Casey Sterbenz
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how the valves are arranged.
Could someone who is familiar with setting the valves on a Ruby give me
advice about how to proceed with checking the valve settings.
Casey Sterbenz
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to resemble American
practice. The web page that introduces the drawings shows a print of the
prototype that was available from an Ohio factory in 1898.
Free drawings and a few photos are available at
http://home.iae.nl/users/summer/16mmngm/Articles_htms/Cracker.htm.
Casey Sterbenz
O Scale Kings #8
prototype, but might not be too hard to
redesign the model to more closely resemble American practice.
Casey Sterbenz
O Scale Kings #8
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Subject: Re: Question about O gauge engines
Date: Sat
this hobby
as safe as can be. This hobby is supposed to be fun, not an opportunity for
carelessness to cause personal injury or property damage.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: BPE boiler mods?
Date: Tue, 02 Sep
. Somewhere in my photo piles at home I have a
picture or two of these locomotives. I'll see if I can find them in the
next day or two. Maybe someone else on this list has some photos of Museum
locomotives that have this water pump arrangement?
Casey Sterbenz
From: XXYZ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply
Pete,
Yes, the U shaped tubes hang down into the fire space and carry water from
the boiler. Lots more heating surface added this way.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: BPE boiler
brass tube
supplied with the kit should give you better performance than a piece of
copper with a thicker wall. The thicker wall copper tube does nothing to
increase the heating surface, but acts as a heat sink, likely decreasing the
efficiency of heat transfer to the water.
Casey Sterbenz
From
Clark,
Very impressive and informative! Much thanx for making those images
available.
Casey Sterbenz
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Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21
and injuring 130 others.
--
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: OT: bo museum latest pictures
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003
Friends,
www.steamcad.net is a dead end, but steamcad.railfan.net comes up a winner,
not for boiler design software, but for cad renderings of locomotives.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject
for an outdoor layout. I'm
planning to attach the layout sections to the fence around the deck as you
did. I'm also looking forward to seeing the images of how you prepared the
table surfaces (plywood, etc.).
Again, much thanx for making these images of your work available to us.
Casey Sterbenz
much about
these machines?
How about the new Microlux Tabletop Machining Center
(http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/products/82714.html), a lathe-mill-drill
machine with slightly less lathe capacity (6 swing) than the other small
lathes.
Casey Sterbenz
can expect to crank maybe 30 RPM max, which would
be just about right for this job.
Lots of room for experimenting, here.
Casey Sterbenz
From: Keith Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MATERIALS FOR PROJECT
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:07:43 -0400
Casey,
You should
in this
matter.
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by 1/16 would cause much of a problem with Project. The same
dodge might not work with Dee because of the second crank eccentric and
the presence of a leading truck.
Any thoughts or comments?
Casey Sterbenz
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Friends,
Machinist Workshop magazine for June-July 2002 has an article about
building a sheet metal bending machine from common materials. The article
claims the machine can bend up to 1/4 thick steel.
Casey Sterbenz
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Harry, Keith,
Much thanx for the pointer to the George Thomas source material. I'll be
happily surfing that site for weeks to come!
Casey Sterbenz
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of George
Thomas.
Casey Sterbenz
From: Harry Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: pinch rolls
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 18:52:47 -0500
At 06:26 PM 5/25/02 -0500, you wrote:
So who or what is George Thomas, and how do
Friends,
Try www.smallparts.com. They sell a heat shielding compound, look under H
on the web site. Their catalog is a gold mine source for many of the
things we need for our hobby work.
Casey Sterbenz
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Beauty!!
Casey
From: Harry Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Practical reading for the novice
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:57:20 -0600
At 01:44 PM 2/22/02 -0800, you wrote:
I would like to see your Tich
diameter. Compare that to the Tich!
Casey Sterbenz
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for them from a firm in Missouri that, sadly, was
destroyed by fire a while back. I would have to mount a web search to
discover a new source for these books.
I see a hot link in a message from Harry Wade to images of his Tich. That
is a very nice piece of work!
Casey Sterbenz
From: Daniel
are setting the example for
the rest of us.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: fuel question
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:01:19 -0800
Regarding the use of white gas:
I have posted
://www.borail.org/fees.asp for more info.
Casey Sterbenz
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Friends,
Last time I looked, the aquarium charcoal they sell around here (Washington
DC, Baltimore, Annapolis MD area) is made from bone. Not burnable.
Casey Sterbenz
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that in
their RC airplanes. I could never afford such a luxury as a radio control
setup.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: Post-modernist wicks
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:06:33 -0800
My issue arrived last Friday in Suburban Maryland (Annapolis-Balto-Wash DC
area).
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: G1MRA news
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:16:45 -0800
Hi Jim
for live steam interest,
is it really a problem that Garden Railways does not publish a ton of live
steam articles? I take both magazines and they compliment each other
nicely.
Casey Sterbenz
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Victor,
Much thanx for the additional info on calculating for stays.
Casey Sterbenz
snip
If you really want to quantify flat plate stay spacing in model boilers,
here's the formula. It really won't produce a better boiler than just
following the examples of LBSC and Martin Evans designs
Steve,
I'm interested. And why not post the file to the web site for all to
download?
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: RE: BAGRS LOCO
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:55:39
I've always liked The Great Locomotive Chase, lots of scenes of
interesting equipment.
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Catapults on aircraft carriers are all steam powered, too.
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Subject: factoid
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:26:17 EDT
Hi,
The History Channel had a presentation about
.
Casey Sterbenz
From: Trent Dowler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Ruby, Hot Water
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 19:17:49 -0500
Hello,
If you wanted to go the ready made route, Sulphur Springs sells
small cylinder drain
pressure noted in the writeup?
Casey Sterbenz
From: Shyvers, Steve Subject: RE: Coal fired BAGRS Date: Tue, 01 May 2001
16:42:18 -0700
Dave and the list,
Maybe I was joking a little about the Ruby. Take a close look at Henk
Bunte's description of his home-made coal-fired loco on his website
described as
applying a "thin paste of litharge and glycerine" to cement the port face to
the cylinder.
Glycerine I understand, but what is "litharge?"
Casey Sterbenz
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for a gasket made using hand tools, like an X-Acto knife. I'd really prefer
smearing on some goo when fixing the port face to the cylinder.
Casey Sterbenz
From: "William F. Kaiser" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: CYLINDER PORT FACES
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:
Is there a domestic US outlet for this book? Or does it have to be ordered
directly from England? If so, what is the approximate cost in $US?
Casey Sterbenz
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Hey, guys,
In the Spring its "Spring Ahead!" That means we LOSE an hour! Officially
at 2:00 AM Saturday night/Sunday morning the time magically changes to 3:00
AM. If you move the clocks back, you'll be two hours off!
Casey Sterbenz
From: Anthony Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-
in larger gauges.
This company may also have available chemical coloring agents for boiler
materials.
Casey Sterbenz
-Original Message-
From: CASWELL Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:23 PM
To: List Member
Subject: New Anodizing Dye Colors
CASWELL Inc
While searching for something else I came across this photo.
http://www.bitnik.com/RMLI/1.html
Looks like those folks "way out east" have some neat projects on their
plate!
Casey Sterbenz
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Please remember, this one is a miner from upstate New York!!
Casey
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Subject: Re: ANOTHER RUBY PROTOTYPE
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:17:49 -0700
Very nice engine, but
Harry,
Much thanx for the info!
Casey
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Subject: Turning wheels
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:00:30 -0600
At 09:13 AM 3/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
There also seems to be some
?
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: wheels
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:45:03 -0800
SNIP
I took a
bunch of pics yesterday as I started over and posted them at :
http://groups.yahoo.com
got a heavy duty air-propane torch for boiler brazing to supplement the
little oxy-mapp torch I have been using up to now.
Now, if only I can get these boat building projects out of the way, I may
just have the time to get back to concentrating on thing
Trent,
Keep talking. I'm not in a position to do anything right now but I am
looking for something (besides grandbabies and church work and boat building
and playing with my wife) to keep me busy once I retire some 5 years 10
months 2 weeks and a few odd days from now.
Casey Sterbenz
From
, which might free us from reinventing the wheel
again?
Casey Sterbenz
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Try http://www.lindsaybks.com/ for various books on casting. There are
several listed on the web site, but nothing specifically about lost wax
casting. Seems to me there was one in a recent print catalog that you can
order for free from the web site.
Casey Sterbenz
From: "Terry G
Why not get together the folks who want a particular wheel, produce a
pattern, and then go to one of the suppliers with a firm order for such and
such a number of units? That might be just the incentive they need to
expand the available selection of wheels.
Casey Sterbenz
From: "VR
, depending on the
mix of metals used. All these readings are in degrees fahrenheit.
Casey Sterbenz
I bought some wheel castings from Little Engines some years ago for my 1/4"
scale 4-6-4 that are a ZA alloy, probably ZA-12. The stuff melts at a much
lower temperature than good gray iron (a
have no idea how the
wearing qualities compare to iron. My guess is the softer material will
wear quicker than iron, although that means less wear and tear on the rails.
Casey Sterbenz
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Why not a pink bikini Ruby? After all, Thomas the Tank Engine is now old
enough to have a love interest in his life!?!
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: RE: Ruby Beauty Pageant
Date: Tue, 5 Dec
Several books by LBSC cover silver soldering for model boiler construction
in great detail. The ones on building "Tich" and "Virginia" have the most
detail. I don't know if either book is currently in pr
This sounds an awful lot like recurring threads on the OTrains list - two
rail vs three rail and 1-1/4" gauge vs P:48. Looks like the scale/gauge
controversy is not limited to 1/4" scale modeling!
Casey Sterbenz
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To
nough to silver solder the copper we would use to make our small
boilers.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: Silver bearing solder
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:43:59 -0500
Guys
back to
working on the lathe once I have my current boatbuilding project out of the
way.
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Seems like the prototype had much the same problem in the link and pin days.
The block used to hold the link often had three slots to accommodate
differences in height between various combinations of rolling stock from
different roads.
Casey Sterbenz
From: "Phil. Paskos" [EMAIL
and
probably won't remember this mailgram in the morning.
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: Butane tank
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:49:49 -0600
quiet the well-known fears of the Prop
Stock Drive Products has a complete line of both inch and metric ladder
chain and sprockets in plastic and metal. They will send a free catalog,
the thickness of a phone book, upon request.
They can be reached at www.sdp-si.com.
Casey Sterbenz
O Scale Kings #8
Does anyone know of a good
eGroups.com. Check out the images and if this little
steamer looks interesting to you, contact me on or off list and lets chat
about what it takes to put such a project together.
Casey Sterbenz
OSK #8
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be late Fall or next Winter before I actually get to work on the boilers
that prompted my initial questions.
Casey Sterbenz
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. When he describes brazing a boiler LBSC says to bed
the work in "coke or breeze" when working on it with the torch. I'm a
confirmed Yankee who doesn't know what might be the equivalent American term
for this stuff. Does anyone out there know what LBSC means by "coke or
to it on the same shelf
was an 8 ounce can of the same stuff for $3.75.
Casey Sterbenz
From: "David M. Cole" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:45:29 -0700
And could someone please post something about trains to help me get my mind
off all this b**t?
Best o' luck.
---
Dave Cole, Gener
A dab of soapy water does the same thing and is a bit less nasty. Probably
a good idea to check all gas system joints this way. I do it each time I
put a new propane tank on my barbecue grill.
Casey Sterbenz
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To: Multiple
in 1/4" scale that includes drawings for a white gas burner. I've not
yet tried that idea out as I'd rather try kerosene first 'cause I have a
notion its a safer fuel to use than gasoline.
Casey Sterbenz
I
was in contact with his son in Washington State and he gave me some
reprints
of
s in, as far as I am
concerned.
I'm looking around in some of my model engineering books and magazine
reprints for info about kerosene burners. I knew I had that info somethwer,
jut can't remember where. Senior moment, I'll wager.
Casey Sterbenz
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Vance,
What is "G1MRA"?
Casey Sterbenz
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Subject: Re: Boiler stuff...
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 17:44:26 -0700
The general information (along the lines of
A while back there was an article in (I think) Modeltec about using pure
castor oil in place of steam oil. Anyone remeber the article? Anyone ever
used the stuff? (for steam engines, I mean)
Casey Sterbenz
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ce propane is a good, hot, readily available fuel, I'd be more than
happy to use the stuff for my small scale engines, as long as I'm sure the
fuel side of the business was hefty enough to take the strain of higher
pressures.
Casey Sterbenz
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I think nearly
) that could
easily rupture the thin metal fuel tanks commonly found on our small
locomotives.
Casey Sterbenz
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f "average" cars
on our garden railways?
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th the law?
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Michael and list,
Check out http://privat.schlund.de/h/hubertwetekamp/oscaletrains/casey.htm
for a couple of images of my version of "dickins". I got started collecting
materials in 1977 and got it built and running on Labor Day, 1995.
Casey Sterbenz
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H
hives on this list to see what
else I can learn about this little gem. I hope the info I am posting here
could be of some service to others.
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