Greetings and a happy new year. Having finally got over the long push of getting the house habitable for the flood of visiting relations, survived Christmas...
... is ... may ... closed ... has disintegrated. Any suggestions for a source of replacement or can I ... Hi Mark I've never stored my steam engine for over a...
... is ... may ... closed ... has disintegrated. Any suggestions for a source of replacement or can I ... Hi Mark I've never stored my steam engine for over a...
Hi Mark, Some folks are having some success with these rust issues by putting a teaspoon of colloidal graphite into the steam line or valve chest at the end of...
WD-40 is an excellent lubricant for this sort of thing. No pesky oil to get rid of. Just spray a bit in each cylinder and valve chamber, roll the engine over a...
i am selling this tug for a friend who is not well . it was compleatly rebuilt in 1998 with new engine and boiler . it has fiberglass over wood hull. its 21ft...
I Am not sure what your group is trying to do. My interest in river steamboat history and the men and women who worked on them. I have several data bases on...
reply to carl jones..I'm interested in the river life of early to mid century buffalo bayou houston...the shallow draft channel. tugs river boats the people...
Kirt I have been working on Wabash River boats and ran across the D. Van Buskirk built on the White River , a tributary of the Wabash, at Gosport, Indiana. ...
Hi Guys, Does anyone here have any experience with valves for an Edwardes style air pump? I've been playing around with mine seeing what I can make work but I...
John I have a couple of comments 1. The pump does not need to make the vacuum. That comes from the change in volume as steam condenses into water. It just...
Hi Paul, Well, it depends how you look at it...the condenser will start out full of air, the pump has to get rid of that. I suppose if you went though a drill...
The tradtional method of finding an air leak (vacuum leak) in a condenser is to "candle" the condenser. That is done by taking a lit candle and going over or...
Another old time Boston Yankee method of finding air leaks was to put a half pint of grog mixed with molasses in the feedwater. Then just wait and see where...
You "break" the vacuum. ... From: John To: steamboats@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 3:40 AM Subject: [steamboats] Air leaks in condensers ...
... full ... though a ... displaced, ... without ... doesn't ... in ... what ... John, Try an experiment. Get one of those cheap 3 litre tin can containers - ...
Hi John _ I was Chief Engineer on S.S. Delphine (http://www.ssdelphine.com) for the later part of her restoration in 2003 and for the first year of operation. ...
Hi Paul, Yes, I am well aware of collapsing tins in that way. On the other hand you can also collapse tins by connecting them to a good vacuum pump, and I have...
HI Chris, Yes, I think so long as the seal is good then it is not going to matter too much what is used. Although so far with mine the leather is best. (The...
... Yes, definitely. Although it is fun to talk about "letting it out", and to wonder where it goes when you open the vacuum breaker valve. But then it is also...
It is easy enough to make up brass springs. It sounds as though you might need to experiment as to their strength Chris ... tried ... sitting in ... and ... ...
Green Velvet at http://www.steamenginelube.com/index.htm has an excellent product line and they sell in small quantities. Quite a few vintage steam railways...
Last I heard, this boat was owned by Smoky Nevius.... thats all I remember. I saw the boat at Moltonborough New Hampshire. Smoky is the kind of guy you meet...
Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has a good solution to a little problem I have. The old single cylinder engine on Zeltic is a bit worn, and has developed...
Daniel, Trial and error is probably the best way. Use cigarette paper as a shim. It is about 0.001" in thickness. Once you have the required thickness change...
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