Does anybody know of an e-mail address for Accucraft? If so would you
please post it to the list as general information, or just pass it on to me
off list. I have looked in SitG but they have only their website listed in
their current ad.
Best regards,
Kevin
The original fix (John Wieland's) to the Aster Hudson's diesel
rumbling like burner sound was to pull the burner assembly out of the
backhead during operation.
The distance is established by trial and error, but it seemed to be
in the 1/16" area. This displacement of the burner assembly to the
Alan Olson of Denver converted a Roundhouse Lady Anne to an American outline
locomotive called "Acoma" (or something like that). I saw the loco at
Diamondhead the first time that I went to Diamondhead in "95". I was too
inexperienced and visually overwhelmed to realize what I was looking at
unti
I have been reading, with much interest, about the possibility of
substituting some form of porous "firebrick" for use as alcohol burner
wicks. Someone raised the issue of how to machine the brick to size. I do
not have a ready answer for "wicks" that need to be round in shape, but for
gross
Pullleeze...go to
http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/notes/steam%20oil.htm to learn about
steam oil. By the way my attempts to obtain ISO 220 steam oil here in the
states has come to naught since none of the stocking dealers I have
contacted handle the stuff, and I don't want to purchase a 55
I purchase all my stainless steel mesh for use in my radiant burners
from Small Parts in Florida. I did see that someone previously published
the website for them.
I generally use 20 or 22 mesh cloth as the emitter (the part that glows)
and 60 to 80 mesh cloth to wrap the existing poker b
Jim Pitts and I have just posted two photos of gas fired radiant poker
burners to the Notes From Unit Shop niche in the reference section of his
website southernsteamtrains.com .The two burners are modified a Aster poker
burner from John Garrett's Hudson and a two (used to be three) element po
Hi Dave,
The black "harp" shaped piece of the pressure relief device butts down
hard against the brass spindles major diameter, and is held in this position
by the two, opposed, set screws. I recommend that when you reassemble the
assembly that you use Locktite "Blue" threadlocker (medium str
Hi Dave,
A week ago I responded to Jon Toumanian's unfair comment about 3 in 1
oil via this e-mail address. So far it has not been posted to the list. Is
there a problem? If so, what is it?
Best regards,
Kevin
Previously on this thread my friend Jon Toumanian panned the use of 3 in 1
oil as a lubricant for use in small scale live steamers. Jon has a point
about the commonly available product that is sold in the red can, but I
recommend that final judgment be withheld until the merits of the less
common
I have posted two new references to the Notes From Unit Shop Reference
Section of southernsteamtrains.com . They are titled "Alcohol as a Fuel",
and "Radiant Poker Burners". Radiant Poker Burners originally appeared on
sslivesteam.com a couple of weeks ago as a standard thread topic. Many
thank
A couple of subject lines below Art Walker and others were referencing
the use of ceramic burners in pot boiler configurations whether they were
vertical or horizontal. Someone, I forget who, sighted the problem of
making a poker type ceramic burner. He would be right as it is a problem,
but
Hi Kevin,
I heat the paint for two reasons: one is to thin it (reduce its
viscosity) and the other is to increase the vapor pressure in the spray can
so that it sprays out in a light misty coat. Many light misty coats are
preferable to one heavy coat. All of this thought revolves around the
I get bullet proof paint coatings on brass parts by thoroughly
degreasing them, etching them with ferric chloride, drying them with
compressed air, and painting them with clean metal primer and paint followed
by a four hour "soak" at 250F in my kitchen gas oven.
Acetone and spray brake cle
Today, Friday the thirteenth, was to be the last day that the Canterbury
Inn would honor the Pacific Coast Live Steamers Summer Steamup registration
rate of $49.
In the middle of this week I started to receive phone calls and e-mails
from late acting event registrants that the Canterbury I
I have been overwhelmed with requests for photos of the various steam
cylinder drains that I have on my locomotives. What I intend to do is to
take better photos than I have and post them on the "Notes From Unit Shop"
portion of Jim Pitts website southernsteamtrains.com. I will also do a
wri
The stock Aster Big Boy locomotive does not have cylinder drain cocks.
The model that Pthornto spoke of in his message is owned by Bill Crane who
bought it from Lindsay Crow in Australia. Lindsay has installed cylinder
drain cocks on several locomotives. One such Lindsay installation may be
Yesterday, Labor Day, was the official start of the summer steaming season
on the "Sacramento and Southside Railroad". The afternoon was spent
watching (and operating) a English outline Berkeley Cricket haul two LGB
four wheeled coaches 'round and 'round.
The air temperature at 1500 (day's high)
Thank you to Harry Wade, Clark Lord, and Jeanne Baer for raising the "zippy"
question in the operation of small scale live steam locomotives. Harry
originally wrote that in his experience a '' "low water condition produces
freer steaming thus the locomotive gets "zippier" ". I agree as far as hi
I have been inundated with personal e-mail about various Ruby locomotive
problems as a result of a sslivesteam post that I made a few days ago.
Rather than reply to each individual I am writing this general response to
the specific questions raised.
No, I do not know of a larger "drop-in" gas tan
Ruby's lend themselves to "kit bashing" (used to be a sparkie term), but
they also cry out for model engineering modifications. The easiest one to
add is the Goodall valve made by Sulphur Springs Steam Models
([EMAIL PROTECTED] ). This addition will allow the engineer to add
boiler water without
As Mike martin already wrote, the weight distribution on the Billy favors
the rear drivers by a bunch, and on bad track this will cause the front of
the locomotive to "porpoise" through the frogs in a turnout; especially a
small (#4) turnout. I added a 3/8" thick brass buffer to the front of
Mike
Hi Salty,
I wish you all the best as you and your XO deploy on your year long cruse
through the continental United States. May you experience fair winds and
quartering seas as you travel about. I'll look forward to Med Mooring with
you at the fuel pier in Diamondhead next January to catch up on
Go to Steam in the Garden's bulletin board to see more on this subject.
Best regards,
Kevin
Go to Steam in the Garden's bulletin board to see some history and comments
on AccuCraft's Ruby 0-4-0 locomotive.
Best regards,
Kevin O'Connor
Test message
US$ 1300 list.
Best regards,
Kevin
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 4:40 AM
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