It seems that the most successful boilers are the ones that operate at an angle to horozontal. Just from observation they seem to run as long as fuel is...
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Tim
epikflyer
Sep 27, 2009 8:55 pm
Hi Zoomkat. I have been going back to basics. Going on something I know works well. I have been studying the Indian engines that I have, again. 3 small types...
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zoomkat
Sep 28, 2009 1:15 am
For larger engines metals that have higher specific heat values as well as heat conductivity may be required. The larger engines will most likely operate at...
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Daryl Foster
darylcanada73
Sep 28, 2009 7:53 am
YES. ... From: frankmcneilll <frankmcneilll@...> Subject: [pop-pop-steamboats] Re: A CAN DO PROJECT To: pop-pop-steamboats@yahoogroups.com Received:...
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Daryl Foster
darylcanada73
Sep 28, 2009 8:29 am
Thanks for the suggestion re building flat tubes. When I first started building these engines I could have written the same as you did below. I spent a lot of...
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frankmcneilll
Sep 28, 2009 10:07 am
Hi All, I was trying to find a source for pictures of pop-pop boats and finally remembered that we have a photos section with pictures of this kind. The albums...
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Tim
epikflyer
Sep 28, 2009 6:10 pm
Hi Daryl and Zoomkat. Thank you for the reply Daryl. It would be foolish to not heed such knowledge and experience. Thank you also for the explanation of the...
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zoomkat
Sep 29, 2009 12:30 am
... I picture what is going on in a slanted boiler is somewhat like waves rolling up on a beach. I suspect the water at the leading edge is thin allowing for...
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sydneygreenestreet
sydneygreene...
Sep 29, 2009 10:57 am
I have one of these little torches and they are ok.... I had trouble silversoldering a 1/4" brass washer onto a 1" length of 1/4" brass round though. Maybe...
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Pete
northriver07
Sep 30, 2009 8:04 pm
Hey Frank, Thanks for the PR. The engine project is going well after a little bump in the road. We're going to have a public demo of the prototype on Oct 10th...
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Pete
northriver07
Sep 30, 2009 8:24 pm
A follow up to the support....3 new pictures uploaded th the Fulton's Followers folder. All of the milled spokes and crescents were delivered to me at work....
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Tim
epikflyer
Oct 1, 2009 7:59 pm
Hi Zoomkat. I have been doing an experiment on another project, and stumbled across something that in a round about way might help. I recently have doing some...
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frankmcneilll
Oct 2, 2009 2:29 pm
Hi Tim, Zoomkat, and everybody else who has posted on this topic- I haven't followed this closely, so maybe I overlooked an explanation about how the lids are...
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zoomkat
Oct 2, 2009 4:38 pm
I've posted a picture of the "Miracle Can" can opener I've previously mentioned. It cuts the tops off of the cans and is what I used years ago for my can lid...
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Tim
epikflyer
Oct 2, 2009 5:30 pm
Hi Zoomkat. "Need a heat source larger than a candle that can be controlled". I have been using commonly available cotton string used for parcel packing as a...
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frankmcneilll
Oct 3, 2009 3:21 pm
Hi Pete and All, The short series of home page pictures borrowed from members' photo albums has been interupted to post a picture of small wooden buildings,...
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zoomkat
Oct 4, 2009 1:34 am
Just wondering if anybody has looked at the exhaust pipe arrangement inside an Indian made pop pop engine. Specifically are the pipes flush with the bottom of...
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Tim
epikflyer
Oct 4, 2009 8:58 am
Hi Zoomkat. A few weeks ago I desoldered the pipes of one of my small Indian engines, in my investigation into making the steel pipes. The end of the pipes...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
Oct 4, 2009 1:53 pm
... I suspect the tubes on these boats are made similarly to the way steel plumbing pipe is turned from plate to pipe: a flat is rolled to first form a U...
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zoomkat
Oct 4, 2009 5:15 pm
I made my most recent engine (outboard#2) from the ends of 6 oz. juice cans. When I soldered the pipes to the bottom some of the pipe extends into the boiler...
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Tim
epikflyer
Oct 4, 2009 6:20 pm
Zoomkat. I wish you every success. Please let us know how you get on. Tim...
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jeanyves_renaud
Oct 4, 2009 7:24 pm
Hi Zoomkat and Tim. No need to loose your time to check whether the engine works without penetration or with penetration of the pipe(s). It will work in both...
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zoomkat
Oct 5, 2009 12:49 am
I looked at the "Pop-pop_engine_made_of_pyrex.doc" and from the discription of operation there, the test tube setup to me does not actually operate as an...
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frankmcneilll
Oct 5, 2009 1:36 am
Hi All, I finally managed- I hope- to post a home page picture in spite of the best efforts of Yahoo Groups to keep it from happening. If I come back in the...
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zoomkat
Oct 5, 2009 4:53 am
Posting pictures has become a struggle the last couple of days. Sometimes the pictures are there and other times not. When a thumbnail is clicked on, the full...
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frankmcneilll
Oct 5, 2009 9:59 am
Hi Zoomkat, Pete Baker and I know what that is like from a time when the pop-pop group didn't exist. For some reason or other another co-owner had decided to...
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Tim
epikflyer
Oct 6, 2009 8:27 pm
Hi All. I think I can see this argument from both sides. I to am impressed by the Indian motors, and have been trying to replicate the ease of use and relative...
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David Halfpenny
tuppenced
Oct 6, 2009 9:00 pm
One possibility is that there is an optimum size for pop-pop. It could be a bit like "Why is the size-range of butterflies so limited?" All to do with the...
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zoomkat
Oct 7, 2009 5:19 am
there are engines that run very well and consistantly, engines that run so-so, and engines that don't really run at all. I think a lot can be gained using...
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jeanyves_renaud
Oct 7, 2009 8:22 am
The Indian boat (that was also my first boat) is really performing for its size, but it is not the only one. Many people tried more or less to know why some...
