A small boiler

[T70MkIII]

Superb, Rich!

 

[firebird]

Hi

Thankyou gentlemen.

Hopefully it will be steaming within the week.

cheers

Rich

 

[Shopguy]

Very, very nice. It is always a treat to see a project complete. You've worked long and hard on this one, congratulations. Thm:

Ernie J

 

[Divided He ad]

You got to be happy with this one Rich :bow:

Aluminium is a bu#'4r without a buffing wheel!! you are best flating it first 800-1000 grit wet n dry with WD type thin oil on it... Some would go finer on the grades too, makes the final polishing easier! Plates that big would give most people trouble!!!

Doesn't look bad at all though. Fantastic contrast between the body and all the brass fittings and you've certainly got a reflection off the body 8) .... Are your thumbs are hurting? Thm:


Bet you can't wait for the steam up?!






Ralph.

 

[Maryak]

WOW, :bow: :bow: :bow:

Best Regards
Bob

 

[shred]

Looks nice.

Is the insulation 'Fiberfrax' or something like it? It looks about like that and is pretty easy to come by at glass-working hobby shops and pottery places.

 

[NickG]

Too good to steam! :big: :bow:

 

[firebird]

Hi

Thankyou all again

Ralph, I did try the casing on my buffing wheel but it didn't do any good. Looking at a piece of offcut I think it may be anodised or coated?? The top plate is made from a different piece of material and polished on the buffer ok. The casing material is quite hard compared to the top plate as well.

Shred, I'm pretty sure now I bought it at the Harrogate model engineering show last year maybe from reeves or somebody like that. There is no makers name on it so I can't help there.

Cheers

Rich

 

[firebird]

Hi

The wife said do you mind if I go shopping this morning. I'll manage I said. Straight outside in the shop. I got the boiler re-build finished and hooked the pump up to it to give a final leak check. It will be easier to fix any leaks while its cold. Heres the result.



A couple of minor dribbles to fix but nothing serious.

Cheers

Rich

 

[gilessim]

Looking great there Rich,can't wait to see it running one of your engines!,BTW I'm envious of your clean workshop!, you could probably do open heart surgery in there!, makes mine look like a coal mine!

Giles

 

[firebird]

Hi

OK.............................WHO'S GOT THE CHAMPAGNE :big: :big: :big: :big: :big:

Take a look at these






From a very happy

Rich

 

[chuck foster]

:bow: :bow: :bow: WELL DONE RICH :bow: :bow: :bow:

chuck

 

[cfellows]

That's gotta feel good! Lotta fine work went into that little boiler. Dang, now I want one!

Chuck

 

[joe d]

Rich

Just BRILLIANT! I've really enjoyed following this build, thanks for sharing it all with us.

Joe

 

[Shopguy]

Awesome piece of work! I have enjoyed your log and photo's/video's of this project very much. Thanks for letting us all see the project as it unfolded.
Ernie J

 

[Maryak]

Rich,

An absolutely well documented and well executed build of your boiler.

Thanks for sharing with us. :bow:

Best Regards
Bob

 

[ChooChooMike]

We need to add a "Project of the Month/Quarter/Year" and put this boiler/build as the #1 choice !!

Great and continuing job Rich !! :bow: :bow:

I like in your vids, the computer monitor in the back left corner is showing the video camera view too LOL

Mike

 

[rake60]

Beautify done Rich! :bow:

Rick

 

[Divided He ad]

Whey hey ;D :bow: :bow: :bow:


Nothing wrong with that Rich 8)


I've been trying to view the vid's for 2 days but my crappy net connection has been playing up.... Still I got there eventually


Holds a nice 30psi, spot on me thinks



It's going to be great when you have your engine built, have you started on your design yet?

Who? What? Me rushing things along..... Never!

I think you'll take your time and do it right no matter, just like the boiler


Good to see the little beautie steaming up as planned Thm:




Ralph.

 

[firebird]

Hi

Hi

Many thanks for all the kind remarks. Seeing it steam for the first time was a real thrill. I had a grin from ear to ear all day. I have a few sketches of the type of engine I want to build and a box of useful bits but thats a way off yet. I am going to try a mod to the burner while I'm on the boiler. I am well pleased with how the multi jet idea worked, but it works too well! I had to leave the doors open for the burner to get enough air. Closing the doors extiguished the flame. I had no idea at the start how much heat a meths burner generates, I now realise that the burner I built is too much for this size of boiler. Never the less a lot has been learned and the multi jet idea may be used again on something bigger. I intend to take the pre heater wick tubes out and make a couple of small caps to blank off and seal the bushes. The multi jet 'mushrooms' will be removed and replaced with a simple tube and wick. Time will tell how well it works. I'll report back when its done. After that theres some tooling I want to make and a couple of things I want to play with for a while before I start on the engine.

Cheers

Rich