Brian==
Lovely model engine, there. As to your queries: Baldwin used crimson lake
for a cab color. All the D&RG C-16 photos I have seen have sand pipes. If
it looks like RGS No. 9 then that is good as both were Baldwin C-16s. It
is perfectly stock, as far as I can see, and a good mod
Is that Vance Bass saying "mess with it only if you must?" You're not
turning into a collector, are you??? (Must be the heat...) Certainly,
there is an implied appreciation of history, but if it's not what you
want, change it. I've got two locomotives that if left untouched would
have "collecto
Richard,
I had a similar experience with Sta-Silv and brass. I had just bought
the Sta-Silv and thought I'd get fancy and use it to do a soft soldering
job (2% silver). I was soldering up a small tank, and as I proceeded to
solder the sheet brass started to disappear. I wound up with an oval
h
Brian,
What you have is the original, as-built version of the C-16,
characterized by the fluted domes, diamond stack, drop-shadow
lettering on the tender, long pilot, etc. It looks dead stock to me. Mess
with it only if you must. There's a photo of mine, for comparison, on
my web site's main
Yes, I went through three oxygen cylinders at about $8 each (and that was about
7 or 8 years ago) when silver soldering a 1 5/8" dia. x 6" long copper boiler
with a 7/8" dia. steam dome. I managed to get the job done, albeit somewhat
sloppy, i.e. way too much alloy. I also melted the corner of th
Hello fellow listers.
I've been lurking on this group for about a year now and have learned many
things. Mostly that there's a lot to learn. I'm exiting lurk mode with an
announcement and a question.
Firstly, the Copperhead & Prickly Pear RR is a reality. (It was going to be
the Copper Ridge & Pri
At 05:03 PM 7/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I just soldered a new bushing into a fuel tank for a venting filler
>I think the flux ATE the brass bushing
Richard,
Not knowing any more than I do about the conditions/materials I'd say
the bushing got too hot. The line between silver solder flow temp
At 04:33 PM 7/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks, Harry. I bow to your superior wisdom and knowledge,
>Steve
Well, all I'll admit to is having read or been told a bit more about
other's experiences than the average bear, being able to remember and
regurgitate it on demand, and then having tried
I just soldered a new bushing into a fuel tank for a venting filler
valve. I tossed all my old flux when I had to pack up my tools a few
years ago. I remembered that Borax could be used for flux. Mixed some
up. Cleaned all parts, fluxed, set bits of solder around... torched
it up.
I think the
Thanks, Harry. I bow to your superior wisdom and knowledge, and, most of
all, to your willingness to share it.
Regards,
Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 03:43 PM 7/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
Harry, would it be more correct to say that you were trying to break the
surface tension of the mol
At 03:43 PM 7/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Harry, would it be more correct to say that you were trying to break the
surface tension of the molten solder blob in order to make it run along the
joint?
Theoretically solders won't flow, or rather wet, because the flux has
broken down or was inadequat
Royce and Harry,
Thanks for the explanation about "scratch". Harry, would it be more
correct to say that you were trying to break the surface tension of the
molten solder blob in order to make it run along the joint?
I understand Royce's comment about the process failing if you have to
scratch
chad:
yes, i've participated in some of jack verducci's all-afternoon
operating sessions and they definitely require goodall valves and
water pumps (jack has a pressurized tank at his roundhouse in
addition to various water bottles). a little too stressful for me
(hey, i'm in this hobby to rel
Harry,
No these guys are great just like most people in the hobby.
I've tried it a couple of times and my engines usually run out of steam in
the middle of a run so it clogs up the track.
The layout that we have access to is large and the track often disappears
behind things like the garage and hou
At 09:01 AM 7/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, maybe that's not the correct term,
It absolutely is the correct term, in fact there is such an animal as a
"scratch rod" for soft soldering. This is nothing more than a piece of
steel rod with a crook and a pointy end on it. It's used to scratch
th
At 09:05 AM 7/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Harry, take note of the above. THAT's the $10-20 cost I was talking about.
OK, flea market . . not new. Minor difference in prices. :-)
Regards,
Harry
Steve,
I had one of those when I worked as a maintenance man for a popular Pizza restaurant
chain (rhymes with mutt). The oxygen seamed to run out really fast. If you could get a
small refillable oxygen bottle to attach instead of the disposable one it might be
worth it.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Terry Griner wrote:
Now I have a Presto-lite Air Acetylene torch that works for all my silver soldering needs. I got it at a flea market for 20.00 USD and here in Columbus Ohio, I got a tank swap out for around 35.00 USD.
Harry, take note of the above. THAT's the $10-20 cost I was talking
ab
Steve Shyvers wrote:
Royce,
What is the operation that you refer to as "scratch"?
Well, maybe that's not the correct term, but it would refer to
"encouraging" the silver solder to flow where it doesn't seem inclined
to go by means of a wire used to "scratch" or push the solder around.
PS
Robb,
I tried once to use Mapp gas to silver solder a boiler. I almost got the right temp.
but not quite. When I added a propane torch heating the boiler body, then the solder
flowed under the Mapp gas torch.
I just lit the Propane torch, pointed it at the boiler tube and blocked it into place
Royce,
What is the operation that you refer to as "scratch"?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You don't need to "scratch". In my experience, if you've reached the
"scratch" point, the process has failed.
Steve
Has anyone tried the Bernzomatic Mapp/oxegen torch it retails for 50 USD
with disposable cylinders. For the amount of silversolderng I do in a year
even if I bought a couple of cylinders a year it would still be cost
effective. I know the cost of the gas would be higher in the little
cylinders bu
On 10/7/03 8:05 am, "Mike Chaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I can explain volts / amps.
>> Volts = how fast the river is flowing
>> Amps = how wide it is
>
> I used to teach electronics to adults using the "water analogy" to explain the
> relationship between voltage, current, resistance e
Hi Robb.
Can an Oxy/acetylene torch be used to make a 2 1/2" boiler?
From what I have read, oxy/acetylene is too much heat for our purposes
unless you are welding.
I see in my
local paper a fellow has a used one for sale tomorrow at his garage
sale.
And I think that the turbo torch (acetylen
Robb wrote:
> I can explain volts / amps.
> Volts = how fast the river is flowing
> Amps = how wide it is
But ... but ... isn't volts the analogue of head, and amps the analogue of
flow rate? (volume per unit time?)
I'm tempted to delve deeper (how fast <=> propogation speed, how wide <=>
diame
> I can explain volts / amps.
> Volts = how fast the river is flowing
> Amps = how wide it is
I used to teach electronics to adults using the "water analogy" to explain the
relationship between voltage, current, resistance etc.. On one occasion, having
spent about twenty minutes going through my
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