Great ideas so far. I have the book called "Model Boilers and Boilermaking" by K.N. Harris. It's more about the construction than design.
I have thought about trying to overfire it and then capping or removing unneeded wicks. I've been scanning through Marc's locomotive of the month site as he often shows pictures of the underside of the engines. I saw one that had SIX wicks (Bowman 0-4-0T in 32mm) and then one of Larry Herget's designs (0-6-0T) (http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco9.html ) that had a cap hanging from a hand rail for use in warmer weather. Is it possible to have too many wicks in a confined space to preclude good combustion? If I have 4 wicks of, say 3/8 inch size, would I need 4 fire tubes of the same size? I'm rather more of an Edison guy than an Einstein guy. I was planning on mocking up the firebox out of tin can material and see what happens. Also, modifying (or building from scratch) a burner is much easier than modifying a boiler. Thanks for the replies, and keep 'em coming. Maybe I can have something going by Diamondhead time. Dave Orwig _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
