Re: BAGRS Burners...

2004-12-26 Thread Steve Shyvers
Kevin, My BAGRS loco is fitted with a two-wick alcohol burner and produces enough steam for its twin-cylinder engine, which uses two cilinder assemblies from the original (Mark IV) Midwest steam engine. The loco's deck is 1/4" ply on top of which is a square sheet of aluminum. The burner tubes

RE: BAGRS Burners...

2004-12-26 Thread Daniel McGrath
A lump of coal? There's the answer. nuts to the wicks, Go Anthracite! Daniel J. McGrath  >From: Kevin Strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: sslivesteam@colegroup.com >To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam >Subject: BAGRS Burners... >Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:41:33 -0700 > >While waiting for S

BAGRS Burners...

2004-12-26 Thread Kevin Strong
While waiting for Santa to show up (so I could steal all the live steam locos from his bag), I finished building the frame for my BAGRS-ish "creation". The good news is that it runs like a son-of-a-gun on air, and pulls its own weight (considerable weight at that) with great aplomb. At least it

R/C gear

2004-12-26 Thread Royce
Hi group ! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Just a quick question to get your Christmas morning going. I have been designing a tender/water tank car to carry the water for the axle pump that I am installing in my Philly. I saw an article on myLargeScale.com http://www.mylargescale.com/forum