Will miracles never cease! The Dallas branch of the HSSLS met in Mesquite,
Texas this past weekend under clear Texas skies.
A number of interesting folks were there including Trotfox with his
diminishing Ruby and lego stationary steam engine. There were about a
dozen steamers (folks) and
Jim,
Send John my compliments! and please ask when he plans to write it up for Steam in
the Garden! I have loved his other mods, and am planning to do a few.
Terry Griner
Columbus Ohio USA
Only 3 days until I go to St Louis!!
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Will miracles never
Now you guys just have to help me convince him to make a bear-trap stack
to catch all the cinders that it spews during operation!
Makes fer some purty farworks! {:]
Trot, the slightly-singed, fox...
On Tue, 1 May 2001, VR Bass wrote:
Congratulations, John! Now, tell us how you got it to
Jim and the list:
Yes! Congratulations to John! He absolutely must share the details about how
he did it.
Now who will pick up the challenge and make a coal-fired Ruby?
Steve
You oldtimer (or longtimers as the case may be) may have to think back to
your first little steam engine, but this grown-up beginner is happy to say
I have completed the first bits of my first steamer.
I followed the advice of a few listers and purchased The Project Book from
G1MRA and spent a
At 11:28 AM -0700 5/1/01, Shyvers, Steve wrote:
Now who will pick up the challenge and make a coal-fired Ruby?
This begs the question: what are the components and steps necessary
to make a conversion from gas to coal?
Have the conversions John Shawe has made been from gas or alcohol?
Or was
John Shawe makes a new locomotive style boiler that fits into the old
space. He does not use the original boiler. He does reuse the fittings
such as the water glass, safety valves, throttle controls. He adds a
blower control if needed and rebuilds the rear frame to accommodate the
locomotive
Dave:
John Shaw makes a new locomotive style boiler so the original fuel source is
not material to the converted engine. Major issues are space between or
above the frames for the firebox/ashpan. From there he needs some new
plumbing for a blower and nozzle and in many cases he puts an axle
This begs the question: what are the components and steps necessary
to make a conversion from gas to coal?
Boiler and smokebox, exhaust nozzle, feedwater pump(s). Did I forget
anything? I'm not sure Ruby has room for a sufficient firebox between her
frames, though one as long as my dummy
There's an echo here in the small scale list.
CBL
Glad you mentioned the nozzle and axle pump Jim. Another modification
needed is a way to open the smoke box door so the flues can be brushed.
Jim Curry wrote:
Dave:
John Shaw makes a new locomotive style boiler so the original fuel
It would be possible to modify the frames by carefully bending them wider
then adding to them so that the firebox could ride between them. If you
remove the cab floor the frames are just left hanging there. :)
You'd have to get it just right though as the axles could bind if the
back of the
Dave and the list,
Maybe I was joking a little about the Ruby. Take a close look at Henk
Bunte's description of his home-made coal-fired loco on his website at
www.modelbouwatelier.nl. The firebox is about 7/8 wide and 2-3/8 long per
his drawing, which you can download. The firebox is deep and
Hello Everyone,
This is a somewhat old subject, but I'm determined to find a simple solution
to putting a sight glass on my Ruby without completely rebuilding the boiler.
Another (lurking) lister e-mailed me with a thought that seems very possible.
It was suggested that an electronic sight
It very well could be that simple. I'm going to have to experiment now.
The hardest part will be getting the wire out through the metal turret
without leaks. Should be possible with an enamel-coated wire.
I'll get back to you... ;]
Trot, the thinkerin', fox...
On Tue, 1 May 2001, Trent
Trot and Everyone,
Rishon has apparently gone to the LED sight glass on several (if not all) of their
locomotives so it must be working well for them. Their Mason Bogie description
mentions the blinking LED sight glass. Blinking would be nice, but I'd settle for
ON or OFF at this point. If
At 10:24 PM 5/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
Would it be simpler to light an LED and then it go out when the water
level drops to the low level? Sounds too simple. Anyone with ideas out there?
Later,
Trent
Trent,
It's not new. Either Peter Dupen or Roy Amsbury (both 1st medal
winners for
Have the conversions John Shawe has made been from gas or alcohol?
John has converted the well known gas fired Roundhouse Sandy River #24 to
coal as well as others. I read an article some time ago in Tom Cooper's
Steamlines where John reboilered an Aster Schools to coal fired. I recall
Trent,
I recall someone putting a sight glass on a Roundhouse boiler by drilling up
through the bottom and mounting a banjo fitting with the rear boiler support
bolt. The top of the glass was connected at the backhead fill plug. This might
be worth considering with the Ruby, since you have
Congratulations, John! Now, tell us how you got it to breathe. When I was
there a month or so ago, John and Landon and I brainstormed about why
John's boiler was so short of breath, and how he might modify it. I'd love to
hear what it took. Homebrewed coal-fired boilers are pretty rare
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