Re: servos for steam regulator

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Trent Dowler wrote: > > > I want to add a servo to the steam regulator on my Ruby. While I was > messing with the servo on the Johnson Bar, I noticed that the servo has > much more travel than the valve action and Johnson Bar has. (I would > have sworn that I fixed this

Re: CYLINDER PORT FACES

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Casey Sterbenz wrote: > > Glycerine I understand, but what is "litharge?" litharge (lnth4drj4, ln-thdrj4) noun A yellow lead oxide, PbO, used in storage batteries and glass and as a pigment. Also called lead monoxide. [Middle English litarge, from Old French, alteration of

Re: question re : milling

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Ferdinand wrote: > I have a novice question : I have been using my dremel for small > milling on brass. Having recently added an xyz axis and rotational table > to my drill press - the drill press has a max. rpm of 3600. > > Are there any milling bits that are useable with

Wheel Backs

A couple of people have mentioned the spiral pattern on the backs of wheels. The Third Quarter, 1996 issue of the Central Headlight, the magazine of the New York Central System Historical Society, published an excellent piece on train wheels. The spiral pattern, called brackets, on the backs

Re: Wheels

There was an article in Live Steam a few years ago on wheel making. In a wheel disk, drill a sizable hole where the crankpin goes, then machine the disks to the right profile. Silver solder a rod into the hole where the crankpin goes to give the oval shaped driver center. Drill holes in the wh

Re: Brownell's Brass Black

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I did my homework and called at least 10 gun shops and none had any of > this stuff. I did not think to ask if they had a catalog. Off to search the > net. Go to: www.brownells.com Their catalog is pretty much on line. You can buy a

Re: New to the list

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Ferdinand wrote: > The layout will be a much larger challenge , with a property of nothing > but limestone rock, cedar trees, and cliffs. Lots of rock > the deepest our soil gets is 1-2",s. Oh yeah we still have 3 feet of > frozen snow :( Wow New Mexico or California is s

Steam Tables

I looked at some steam tables last night, and found it's not easy to find the volume of steam that comes from a volume of water. Below is part of a table from K.N. Harris's book, Model Boilers and Boilermaking. Pressure is pressure above atmosphere, ie. PSIG. The volume is the volume of steam

Re: Water pumps...

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, VR Bass wrote: > Harry, thanks for the good insights into tailoring a pump to your engine. Harry didn't write that. > Everything makes perfect sense to me, except for "with some lap in the > valves, we aren't running at 100% cut off". I don't think there are any small sc

Re: Water pumps...

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do we figure in the load factor? Seems to me that if you are running > light you would require less steam than if you were pulling a load. That > seems to be why I need to use the bypass on my Hudson, K-4 or Mike. Yes, that's why you have the

Re: Water pumps...

If you want a water pump, design it for your engine. Calculate the volume of the cylinder, multiply by 4, four power strokes per wheel revolution. >From a steam table find out how much steam a volume of water makes at the pressure you'll be running at. From the volume of steam you'll use, calc

Re: Oil be very careful

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Keith Taylor wrote: > > > > > Keith Taylor, waiting for the 16" of snow that's predicted! If you didn't get it, I got it. If you want some, and hurry, I'll save some for you. -- Bill Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are three ways to do a job: good, cheap, and quick. Yo

Re: Characters??

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It was not the brackets it was " " between them that I was wondering > about?   is HTML for no break space. I think it adds spaces between lines without causing a paragraph break. < and > delimit HTML commands. Many mail programs give

Re: Silver Steel?

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks to Tony, Clark, and all for the quick answer. I am familiar with > drill rod, and its properties however have never heard of it being called > "silver steel". I don't think that my little craftsman lathe will handle it > unless I mak

Re: Oil lamps/acetylene

Carbide lamps have a little ceramic burner that directs two jets of acetylene toward each other. The center part of the burner is V shaped, so the jets are at a 45 deg. angle from vertical. The two jets unite and produce a vertical, bright, white flame. These are not the big, yellow, smoky fla

Re: (O.T.) Steam locomotive info.

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Trent Dowler wrote: > > > Check out www.carolwood.com/locobuilt.htm It's about one observers > description of a Baldwin locomotive being built, circa 1907. Not too > terribly detailed on most things, but gives a good insight. This reminded me of another site that peopl

RE: Steam Areoplanes too? (O.T.)

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Ciambrone, Steve @ OS wrote: > > I do not know of any successful "heavier than air" man carrying aircraft > powered by steam. > Many years ago I read an article about a guy whose name, I believe, was Gustav Whitehead, who built a steam powered airplane around 1901. He and

Re: Entry Level Live Steam - We need 1:32 models.

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, VR Bass wrote: > > > That is why there is an attempt by some of us to try and get the > > manufacturers to see sense and adopt 1:32 before 1:29 is too well > > entrenched. > > They already see cents (and dollars). You can't argue about their > measurement, since they alrea

Re: Accucraft EXCELSIOR

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, ERWIN MUELLER wrote: > I see that Accucraft has an add in 16 mil Today for a Kerr Stuart 16/45 mm > gauge 0-4-2ST at 485 pounds sterling. Knowing the Brit tax on imports, that > should mean around the same in US dollars. Anyone know anything about this > loco?? Is that t

Re: Why won't this work?

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Landon Solomon wrote: > > Alright, I stormed this up a few days ago while trying to go to sleep and > it just seems like a good idea. > > It's based on Stephenson's link motion but I'm trying to keep the expansion > link straight so I can make all the parts (except the ec

Re: Butane tank

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What detriments if any would there be to building a tank out of square > steel tubing? I have no problem with the welding part, just was wondering > about the feasibility. My Argyle Philadelphia kit has a square gas tank. It's brass, about 3

Re: Mike's Hand Pump

On Sun, 14 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The hand pump on my factory built Aster Mikado seems to be a little > undersized or inefficient. With no static head, it will deliver 1 cc of water > per full stroke (full port to full starboard, back to full port). Since water doesn't compre

Interesting looking locomotive

Greetings, I was looking through V.R. Bass's FAQ the other day and came across the reference to this web site: http://www.fls.org.jm/users/fls/kerrst/contents.html It's a pretty complete series of pages on building a model of a Kerr-Stuart Brazil Class 0-4-2ST locomotive. It looks like it can

Re: Steam Oil Sources

On Mon, 1 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mr. Kaiser, > Please tell me where I can get 5 gallons delivered for under $16.00 -- the > cost of a few (two) quarts retail. Try your Yellow Pages. I got mine from Farm Petrolium in Hadley, MA. I paid their driver $24, cost of a few (three) qu

Re: Steam Oil Sources

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Currently I use the steam oil sold by Sulphur Springs. Short of buying a 55 > gallon drum from Chevron are there other suppliers of steam oil in small > quantities (one quart) in the U.S.? It's a lot cheaper to buy 55 gallons at a time, but yo

Re: Coal firing...?

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, David J. Krause wrote: > > Vance wrote "Big black choking smoke comes from really crappy coal, which > makes the cleaning chores even worse -- the flues are 1/20 the size > of the prorotypes, but the cinders stay the same size". Its even worse > than this: the flue is 1/20

Re: OIL BURNER

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There was a man from the SF area who built 2.1/2 gauge locomotives using > kerosene burners that he designed himself. The gentleman is dead now but I > was in contact with his son in Washington State and he gave me some reprints > of some magazin

Re: Argyle Philadelphia?

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Joe Betsko wrote: > > Has anyone put together an Argyle Philadelphia screwdriver kit? If so, > can you provide any comments? I built the machinist's kit. After I made all the parts, I guess it was a screwdriver kit. The kit instructions came with the parts. They were p

Unmentioned Resource

One resource that hasn't been mentioned on this list is the Metalworking FAQ from the rec.crafts.metalworking newsgroup. There's a lot of good information for beginners, and also for more advanced people. There's some information on steam engines, but mostly it's general metalworking topics. It

Re: Boiler stuff...

On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, TrotFox wrote: > I need some general info on boiler construction. Mainly I'm worried about > materials and types used. Do our boilers use water-clad fireboxes or > not... this sort of thing. Model Boilers and Boiler Making by K.N. Harris is probably the book you need. Amaz

Re: Great Find

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >After months of searching I just found and bought a small Atlas lathe that > is in excellent condition. It is a small one with about a 7"daimeter swing > and 10" length. It has a 3 jaw and a 4 jaw chuck with a drill chuck in the > tail stock pl

Re: soldering boilers (was Potomac Industries)

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have a 1 pound roll of Kester "44" Rosin Core 66", wire diameter 0.015, > > 95Sn/5Ag solder. I am interested in using it in model engineering and would > > like to know the characteristics and properties of this solder. My > > alternative, is to use silver sold

Re: Butane Fuel soup pot

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Gary wrote: > > Thanks for the pressure test hints Vance. Do you have a similar way to test boilers? > I have a metal scrap yard close by with lots of copper tubing... > If the tank is full of fuel and ruptures, the force is channeled and abated by the > water bath, but the

Re: DICKENS

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm glad you mentioned about the fire in the cab, this was my next question > to you, > I was wondering if you found a fix or if you just let it go. I just let it go. My purpose in building it was mainly to see how well an alcohol fired pot bo

Re: Vulcan Iron Works

>From "A Short History of American Locomotive Builders in the Steam Era" by John H. White, Bass, 1982: "VULCAN IRON WORKS. San Francisco, California was established in 1849 for the manufacture of steam engines, boilers, and mining machinery. Eleven small locomotives were built between 1862 an

Re: (no subject)

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello steam people, > I was wondering if anyone as ever heard of or has built an "O" gauge Live > Steam locomotive named DICKINS that was published in Live Steam magazine in > 1976? I used the article to build my first steam loco. I scaled

RE: Discussions

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Lee Hill wrote: > > This is the sslivesteam colegroup. MAY I assume that a valid live steam > topic does not have to necessarily include model trains? > > For instance: > > I've always been fascinated by model Traction machines also. a la Case etc. > Any manufacturers reco

Re: Nightmare Units

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Geoff Spenceley wrote: > > It seems to me that some members of our group like to get very technical on > some subjects reaching far beyond the requirements of our little engines. > The subject matter goes back and forth and gets beaten to death . It is my > belief that so

Re: Nightmare Units

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you want mass try > kg/m3 (SI unit). That's density - mass per unit volume. -- Bill Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are three ways to do a job: good, cheap, and quick. You can have any two. A good, cheap job won't be quick. A good, quick job

Re: Nightmare Units

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 2/14/00 5:16:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Beg your pardon Kg is a weight unit in metric and therefore convertable to > pounds >> > > > Sorry, Mass should not be confused with weight. Mas

Nightmare Units

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Re: Aster Safety Valves > > Ok Lee -- now how does that 4kg/cm2 convert to a language that we > understand. This old brain does not operate well on metric. This happens > when one gets old and set in his (or her) ways. Where

Re: scale

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have I got this right? The 7/8" scale relates to the 2 foot real life > track. In other words the 7/8" scale makes equipment running on guage 1 > (45mm) track equate to real life trains running on 2 foot guage . Yep. Maybe if you think of

Re: Live Steam magazine indexes

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, VR Bass wrote: > > I am trying to help Jeff Scherb add Live Steam magazine to the > Train Magazine Index . This is a > searchable index of a large number of rail-related magazines, > which helps you find any article published in major rail

Re: Ruby superheater

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, VR Bass wrote: [ Snip ] > > Perhaps there's something about the burner in your engine? And what would there be about the burner? How does one improve a burner? Related to this, what do jet numbers on burners mean? Is there a translation to size of hole? Why would you

Re: R/C batteries

On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Kathy & Phil Creer wrote: > Have installed R/C in my live-steamer Argyle Bantam but the 4 pack of AA > cells in the cab has made the little loco tail heavy. I use AAA nickel metal hydride rechargables in my Argyle Philadelphia. They're a little smaller than AAs, but hold a

Re: Build? Save money? Tell on Vance!

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Gary wrote: > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:23:19 -0800 > From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Build? Save money? Tell on Vance! > > Do you have any pointers for building a resistance

Re: Boiler Shell Gauge

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Robert Starr wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:52:31 -0700 > From: Robert Starr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Boiler Shell Gauge [ edited ] > I have looked at a > lot of the locomot

Re: Tips page

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Harry Wade wrote: > > > > However I do know that chain saw bar oil is not one of them. It is a > very poor choice and is the poorest quality oil there is. It's made to be > slung off the chain, 100% loss, not cling as described. Compare the amount > of oil slung onto t

Re: Tips page

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Joe Betsko wrote: > > I am accepting editiorial comment from the more experienced as I would > like the page to stand up as a basic, rudimentary reference page. The first thing I noticed about the page is that the blue type for the links blended very will with the blue back

Re: scaling?

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Dale Wilde wrote: > > To all: I mentioned in my bio. last week that I'm an O scale modeler and > that I was starting out in live steam by building the locomotive of Charlie > Mynhier's construction series in SitG. I have been considering scaling the > size of this locomoti

Re: bio

On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Jonathan E. Bloom wrote: [ Big Snip } In the mean time I have an Argyle > Philadelphia on order > and look forward to "real" valve gear. The valve gear on mine works quite well. I can run with the valve gear hooked up near center (it's radio controlled) after I get the t

Re: Need more bios

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, David M. Cole wrote: > Trainsters: > > We now number 34, but by my count we only have had about 11 biographies. I'll agree with one of the other listers; it would be nice to see who the other people are who are on the list. OK, here's some bio stuff. I got interested in

Re: The great void - Model Boiler Books

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, VR Bass wrote: > > Yes, construction techniques are extremely important, but they don't > address how come up with a design that's worth brazing together. > The real question is "why would you design one like this or that?" > rather than "how do you build one, once you h

Re: And the House Burned to the Ground

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:49:11 -0800 > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: And the House Burned to the Ground > > Hi everyone, > > I a