Jim..
Thanks for the tips to protect my wicks. Now I shall only wet my whistle.
Yes. I don't know how I will find my glasses (which type??). Someone
will take my wicks and everything not under your watchful eye- I
shall miss you as always.
Geoff.
Geoff, I had the "wet wick" problem a long ti
Geoff, I had the "wet wick" problem a long time ago and was told by the then
Aster Guy that if I had been the least bit careless in putting replacement
water in the tender, there is an almost perfect path for replacement water
to go down to the wicks. You can solve this rather easily by putting
Geoff,
The Lion does have its learning curve. As a consolation when adding
too much water through the tender inlet, it does raise steam quickly.
Hopefully, I will not need a holster for the fan on a permanent basis.
Regards,
Joe
On Jan 3, 2005, at 7:25 PM, Geoff Spenceley wrote:
Joe,
Thanks fo
Royce,
You have a point. I have been sitting on a South Bend lathe for three
years (no electricity in detached garage yet). I bought the intro
tapes to lathe work from the ad in Live Steam magazine. At the time, I
was shopping for a mill. And that's as far as I got.
We plan to do the electr
While I don't have an Aster Lion, I DO have Marcus' booklet on making
and installing the axle pump. First rate ! Clear drawings. Great
photos. If you can't get him to make any of the kits, his booklet would
walk you through making the pump yourself.
royce in SB
Joe Betsko wrote:
Hello,
Last
Joe,
Thanks for the info on the axle pumps. I ran the Lion, for some
reason the wicks wouldn't burn (altho I had a lot a lot of
successful runs in the last 1-1/2 years) so I had to do some work
on them. After fiddling, I couldn't find anything wrong--I think I
had got them wet somehow. (not
Hello,
Last week, I emailed Geoff Calver about an axle pump for the Lion. He
forwarded my inquiry to the builder of the axle pump as shown on the
G1MRA website
http://www.gaugeone.org/story_behind_the_axle_driven_wat.htm . This
morning, Markus replied. Unfortunately, he is out of the kits f
