Experimental Flash Steam and others

[Richard Hed]

Sorry, we use bows and arrows...
K2

I use a slingshot. did I ever tell yhou the story of a man named Don? He shot down a fighter jet which landed on a tank which caused a chain reaction of all the tanks shooting each other and some of them even shot down the bad guys jets. He also shot one of the enemy soldier in the head with his slingshot and th emarble ricocheted all over the place killing all the enemy, or at least knocking them out long enough for Don to tie them up and march them to the rear. Yes, Don, Great Don, the hero of WWIII. Based on a true story.

 

[Steamchick]

Was he "Flying Ball Don"? - Never heard of him. But a fun story!
Must have been related to a guy called David, mentioned in the Old Testament... He knocked people down with his balls too.
K2

 

[Richard Hed]

What happened to today's forum ? I always read it in the morning but it wasn't in the email.

 

[Richard Hed]

I have received the Stuart Sirius this week. Has anyone ever done one of these? I have been drawing it up so it is easier to deal with on paper. And, as usual, Stuart's drawings are never complete enough for my satisfaction.

However, the little thing is really something to behold. It is 400lbs, which with 75lbs shipping comes very close to 600USD. Not terrible, but would be nice to be 500$ for all that. As y'all probably already know, that little Sirius won the war (WWII). It was apparently used to charge batteries in enemy territory for spys and others peeps needs. You can find a few online running. Keith Appleton has two, one of which he takes appart and repairs. They don't make a lot of noise when properly working./

So, if anyone has any build log or suggestions, be so kind as to add what you can.

P.S. If anyone knows what the generators were and what kind of steam generator were used, I would appreciate knowing that too.

 

[Tug40]

Way to go! Can U post a pic of the parts laid out?
R U gonna make a build log?

EDIT: I Just watched the Keith Appleton #1 video with the green & red engines. Very interesting, like all of his videos.
Have fun.

 

[Richard Hed]

Way to go! Can U post a pic of the parts laid out?
R U gonna make a build log?

EDIT: I Just watched the Keith Appleton #1 video with the green & red engines. Very interesting, like all of his videos.
Have fun.

Ah krap. I didn't take a photo of the parts in the package, but tomorrow I will take photos if I can remember to do so. The parts are not here where I live, they are where I work. But I managed to do a little on the steam chest. drilled the hole for the valve but I don't have a system to bore the hole, so I drilled it close. HOwever, I don't have a 1/2" reamer so I drilled it undersized and reamed it to .487" I can see inside a bit and it looks like there is a small area that is not properly reamed. I'll try to get a small hole measuring device in there and see what's up.

One thing I am NOT going to do is use the BA screws. I would have to buy all kinds of thread taps and that's not going to happen. I don't kare about "authenticity" one bit. My purpose is to create engines that can run on almost any fuel (including grass and buffalo chips, potato chips and wood chips--you know all the junk food we can buy). I have to say, those screws are VERY nice but forget using them--will NOT! When the war with China comes, I will have one of the few machines that will heat my house, cook my food, boil my tea & coffee, heat water for bathing, and make electricity all in one.

Anyway, just take a look at those Sirius's chugging along. Can you imagine all the interesting little devices like that that were war tools and now no-one knows about them.