Saturday steam up.

! Gordon Watson.

Posts and frost line.

.. no rot no holes.no movement..recommended. Gordon Watson.

Ruby conversion.

Kevin, Congratulations. thats very believable as a forney.I particularly like the tapered stack, and firebox profile.. Gordon watson.

Spoked wheels for Lady Ann.

Wood Part no:T98 would suit. Marks fax no : 0011 44 1787 238458. Gordon Watson.

Stephenson valve gear

which can make excess steam from gas firing in non drafted boilers, and is an easier production job, which is why it persists in use, and there is nothing wrong with it applied to a siutable model. Gordon Watson.

R/C in steamers

testing on my track as it has on ground level, and raised track with metal and timber deck and a variety of rail/track brands.. gordon Watson.

Aristocraft 2-8-2 steamer.

was lit up and fussed over /lubed and prepared by the driver, then thats what I want to do as well..it seems they are marketing it to the switch on and run crowd.no knowledge needed! I think we may hear some grievous stories in the future. Gordon Watson.

Grade of material.

rolled bar flat stock..when you come back the next day it will have bowed as much as 2 or 3mm over 400mm lenght as stresses relieve..which is very! irritating... Gordon Watson.

sectional track.

around 2000km of 2 ft gauge still in use for sugar trams.. Gordon Watson.

Patinas

and the black is a very thin[molicular copper oxide layer] I find it best to give two treatments, drying off and buffing with soft cloth between this gives a much more durable and even coating. Gordon Watson.. Australia.

K27 burner,

and no whistle, with a generally quie ter performance. Gordon Watson.

Australian Boiler codes

! Gordon Watson.

Gas fired Dee

fyou ask for a G jet or HM jet you will get the right thing..tap needed for the jet holder is 4.5mm by .5 mm pitch.. this may be hard in Brissy.. if so mail your jet holder to me and Ill do it.. Gordon Watson.

GINJ

And it arived here in wildest Victoria[OZtoday ] and its a ripper, thanks Art. Gordon Watson.

lubricator piping

Royce, I have 1/16th piping on dead leg lubricators, but with short direct. route[about 1 long ] for longer runs 1/8th works ok, make the offtake from the lubricator removable and fit up with 1mm hole to start with, can always enlarge by small steps until youre happy with the feed

Project Locomotive

. Gordon Watson.

NYC Hudson

Richard, For the whistling burner, wrap stainless steel insect screen round the burner, tightly,, 2 layers.. for the axle pump, remove the balls, clean the seats with a D bit, install new balls[after the tap the ball in the seat trick] brings tears to the eyes! these pumps supply

flying Scotsman,

Art, Yes its a JVR type C 2 off 1/2 inch tubes..I think it might be the fairly large smokebox volume and the choke of the petticoat looks larger than some other Asters Ive run. whatever it works! Gordon.

Flying Scotsman

] but at least it looked Pommie.It steams well and tracks well but seems a litle slippery on its feet, track was oily though and that didnt help.. Gordon Watson

Tender hand pumps

,very good! absolutely leak free. but again needs to be very carefully sized so that flow resistance is as low as possible the silicone tube internal diameter should be about0.002 smaller than the sleeve. Gordon Watson

Slip rolls and shears

Argyle has had a chinese origin combination slip roll/shear and brake for 7 years now .used every day..tend to be poorly set up when you buy it but worth its weight in gold. we grind the shear blades yearly and dont let Father in law crop hardened screws to length on it! the regrind cost $80

Drivers again

castings..you will need to discuss shrinkage factors etc before pattern making. Gordon Watson.

Steamlines Shay.

a plate glass surface this will show up all sorts of posible leak areas.But I do think fitting a set of David Baileys trucks is the best move. Gordon Watson.

Electric boilers

Flouty, Its been done .commercially..German co in 1980s Ive got a section drawing of a 2-8-2 tanker in HO scale..worked on 18vdc resistance heater in horizontal boiler..can mailk you a drawing copy if you like. Gordon Watson.

mike Martins loco,

Mike, Very nice indeed.I love the polished boiler! I assume its 7/8 scale? looks tall enough.. Gordon Watson

Diamonhead in Janurary.

. Gordon Watson.

Turf Burning,

for those interested in lateral thinking.O. Bullied while CME of Eire National Railways in 1950,s built and ran a Locmotive somewhat like a small Jawn Henry [NW] in looks,,it had piston valved engines in each bogie[truck] a boiler which was double ended and fired by stoker in a firebox at the

Gas Burner data..

Larry, Basic data for gas burners.. To steam 10mm[3/8] cylinders. air mixing chamber inside diameter 3/8 lenght from face of gas jet to entry into slotted tube 20mm.2 air holes 6mm dia half way along the chamber...jet holder to be a sliding fit in outer end of air mix chamber, grub screw

Elevated roadbeds.

My experience has ben good with cement sheeting, although it does need timber edgeing to prevent crumble [it seems to get brittle after 4 or 5 years.] but one method I can endorse is to use Cable tray..this is used in high rise buildings to carry electric cables its galvanised ,made from pressed

Sight glasses

Ive followed this with interest..becuase Ive had the Plastic plate in Mamods blow out while running ,very scary[but not real dangerous!] the type of water glass on the Merlin /Beck locos is easy to make. Body from 3/8 sq brass . milled channel in center with bolt holes around outside, recess

brass Colouring.

/brasses/ but not all bronzes and not silver solder. Trade name is "Ebonol" The coating /colour is copper oxide. Gordon Watson.

Raised letters on wheel patterns

of the brass with nail polish. [4] immerse in Ferric chloride solution for 20 minutes . [5] rinse of in water, remove the masking with thinners . Radio shacks etchant for circuit boards is ferric chloride..about 10% only. Gordon Watson.

Compouding of Steam locos,

warmed through and runs like the wind! and no reheating was fitted.. Gordon Watson.

Propane Tanks

is present! gordon Watson.

Re: sslivesteam-Digest - Number 258

Jun, I have not recievde any reply from Locosteam from several enquiries over many months,, I dont think they wish to deal outside of UK. Gordon Watson - Original Message - From: "sslivesteam" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

puffing billy Rlwy and Zbigniew,

, axle pumps, working side tanks and baldwin 4 bar crossheads[ which are a B to fit up!each one took 150 hours too build and where sold for about half thier true value..a good first lesson in this business. gordon Watson.