I was off the list for a number of months, so what I'm writing may have been
covered already. If so, sorry for the repetition.
Everybody remarks on how strong a steamer the Aster Mikado is. I decided
that's certainly true after having run it all winter at temperatures from
about 25 to 55 degrees
I recall someone mentioning that they had completely blocked off one of the
wicks on their Mike to control the over-eager fire.
regards,
-vance-
Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
Victor:
I'd like to hear what you added for a water gauge to the tender.
Jim
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
Hi,
After getting steam up, we found that opening the alcohol valve about 22.5
degrees allowed my Mike to pull 8 to 10 cars without popping the safety and
with the bypass closed.
B. W. Lunkenheimer
-Original Message-
From: VR Bass [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2001 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: Aster Mike modification
I recall someone mentioning that they had completely blocked off one of the
wicks on their Mike
