David B. Orwig wrote: > 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 > Have you consulted the GIMRA publication containing JvRs accumulated articles inc some on boiler design.
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