Casey,
Will do! I love to hear from men of experience and I never had such a
brilliant idea. I will be out in the streets tomorrow with a cart and
shovel. Steam driven cart of course. Is that how you collect it.
Geoff.
Try a refrectory coating of horse maneuvers. It works wonders.
>
>Case
Hi All.
As a teenager, I increased both the power output and consistency of a
Bowman steam launch by screwing a fairly fat countersunk wood screw down
into the centre of each of the wicks, until the beginning of the
countersink head was touching the top of the wick. This lit normally, but
as
Does anyone know of a web site that has reproduced any of the catalogs of
the Gandy Manufacturing Co., Chicago Ill.
I'm trying to get authentication of the names of some track maintenance
tools believed to have been made by Gandy.
Keep your steam up!
Walt
Try a refrectory coating of horse maneuvers. It works wonders.
Casey
From: Geoff Spenceley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wicks
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:58:51 -0700
Pete,
I hadn't thought of that!--now to
Not sure if this went out earlier. Mr. Cole's SW minions at the
sslivesteam gates may have deflected it because of a formatting issue.
I'll try again:
I fully agree with the "wicks are vaporizing burners" concept. One of my
pot-boilered locos develops a nice plasma-looking blue ball of flame in
Dear Steve,
"Howzzat" was awsome, I am deeply touched, perhaps you can persuade Jim
Burns and L U N K E N H E I M E R to show me the respect I deserve too.
However the Lunk was rather nice as he hopes to be in my will--my
will--Hah! BTW, I larnt all them funny expreshions from all them thar
redn
Based on the description supplied by the honorable Mr. Burns, those burners
seem to be very similar to the little (1 1/4"d) Primus burners in the Kenyon
gimbled alcohol stove I used for cooking during the eight years I was
"afloat" in my sail boat.
The two burners provided sufficient heat to prepar
Gentlemen and Geoff, I am lucky enough to own two "O" Ga. Bassett-Lowke
steamers. one is quite new and the other is old enough that the control arm
is in a slot thru the cab roof. Both use vaporizing burners. there is a
small wick beneath the burner tube which is lit first and then the vaporized
al
Sir Geoff,
Please accept our poor beings' humble and pitifully inadequate hurrahs
of gratitude to your most worshipful and magnanimous self for lifting us
toward enlightment. May salutations, honors and riches accompany you!
Howzzat? Afraid I'm fresh out of medals. Had to melt 'em all down to
That's interesting Sir Art--if only I had a video of one of my locos a few
years ago, vaporized alcohol burning from the open fuel tank, the track and
the loco--strangely the only damage done was to my sweat shirt as it
wouldn't vaporize! It was a lovely harley Davidson sweat shirt but twere no
bi
- Original Message -
From: "Geoff Spenceley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: wicks
> I believe that wicks are vaporizing burners to a degree as the vapor rises
> off the wicks and burns.
At 11:09 AM 4/17/04 -0700, you wrote:
>How wrong am I ???
>Geoff.
Geoff,
On this count I agree. I was taught that all flame was oxidizing
vapor, but on the vaporizing burner business I think you'll all find that's
a very, very old idea. Long forgotten (almost) or at least superceded, so
i
Hey youall out there, I wanna medal for starting up activity on
sslivesteam. I started with lubricators but folks are tired of all my
tirades on that but the wicks started all the info and ideas on
vaporizing burners.
I believe that wicks are vaporizing burners to a degree as the vapor rises
of
Jim,
Thank you for confirming the operation of the alcohol vaporizing system.
The model boat people must have lost a few boats to fire with these
things, but they were operating on water. Hugh Boutell must have been a
brave man to run his loco on his indoor train layout.
Steve
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So more information was added to the subsequent printings? Anyone know what
the latest printing date is?
Kindest Regards,
PeteH
Subject: Re: wicks
> Peter
>
> They are a bit scattered, however the book "The Live Steam Book" by LBSC
> has a whole chapter on what are described as "Oil Burners".
I hear tell that the upcoming Aster "Berkshire" will have an alcohol
vaporizing burner.
Does anyone know for sure what this will look like ?
Peter.
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