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Subject: Re: Hi Ho Silver (Brazing)!
Glad that you were successful Steve. You will find that copper is a little
harder to get up to temp than other metals. Creating an enviroment by
surronding your piece with firebrick or other refractory material
In a message dated 11/15/02 12:56:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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With a single formed piece the entire piece must be brought up to melting
temperature and the entire length of it will probably not be in direct
contact with the workpiece.
Steve,
It is very important
I did it! I finally succeeded to silver braze a copper joint! In fact,
several of them! Six silver brazed joints were made in four separate
operations on a alcohol burner assembly for my latest project loco.
I tried to do the job a week and a half back and did not succeed, although I
learned the
Congratulations Steve!!
Welcome to the wonderful world of silver soldering!
Terry Griner
Columbus Ohio USA
Glad that you were successful Steve. You will find that copper is a little
harder to get up to temp than other metals. Creating an enviroment by
surronding your piece with firebrick or other refractory material helps
holding the heat in. Also cutting your solder into small snipets, say a
: centaur_son [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:13 AM
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Subject: [SSSM] hi there
Having been interested in live steam trains a bit sometimes I was
wondering about an indoor-safe steam engine. My idea was being to
take a plain steam engine
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: Re: [SSSM] hi there
I would be deathly afraid of electrocution if you, or a youngster, touched
both rails at the same time.
I love the water scoop idea. Doing that in gauge 1 would be a blast.
J.R.
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From
I've found that if you use graphite powder, then it helps to leave the
paint on. The powder adheres better to the painted surface. I haven't
tried the spray graphite that Vance talks about.
Later,
K
Vance,
Is this done over the bare boiler/smokebox? Or over what substrate?
Royce
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From: VR Bass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:20 AM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: Re: Hi temp spray paint
The process I've used
Is this done over the bare boiler/smokebox? Or over what substrate?
I've done it over paint, over pencil that is on paint, and over bare brass. The
spray-on stuff seems to stick to anything that clean.
regards,
-vance-
Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Small-scale
mers being steamers?
Royce
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From: VR Bass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:27 PM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: RE: Hi temp spray paint
Is this done over the bare boiler/smokebox? Or over what substrate?
I've done it over p
So do you think they are they steamers or not?
Royce
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From: VR Bass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:47 PM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: RE: Hi temp spray paint
an Accucraft dealer who informed me that the C-16s
Do I have to strip the (remaining) paint first? This works on brass as
well as steel? Do you just put some on a rag and rub it on? No adhesive
or bonder?
Kevin Strong wrote:
Use the real thing. I've been using graphite powder for covering
smokeboxes for a few years now. It's cheap, and if
The process I've used (suggested to me by Rich Chiodo, but I don't know if
he originated it) is to scribble all over the smokebox with a soft pencil, as
Kevin mentioned. Then, I spray graphite lock lubricant over the surface. I
also tried spraying graphite directly onto the cylinders of my
.
Jerry Barnes wrote:
Sears automotive has quite a range of colors in the hi temp paints.(I own
no Sears stock!)
Use the real thing. I've been using graphite powder for covering
smokeboxes for a few years now. It's cheap, and if it rubs off,
replaceable. You can also use graphite chalk or soft artists' pencils
and accomplish the same thing. Looks great, and is prototypic. The real
ones used to rub the
Use the real thing. I've been using graphite powder for covering
smokeboxes for a few years now.
Same here, and I love it. I have my Ruby apart to put a better boiler jacket on
(you may have noticed how the paint didn't stick to the galvanized sheet I
used the first time around) and decided
Hi Dan,
Glad to see you are on the List.
Peter Trounce,
Toronto.
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From: Dan Pantages [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hi
Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:30 PM
Hi to all.
My name is Dan Pantages and I am a steam fanatic
Great Dan!
You wrote: The double tracked mainline is 10,001.33ft.
Whew --keep building Dan--McKinleyville aint that far away!!
Gealous Geoff.
Hi to all.
My name is Dan Pantages and I am a steam fanatic. Some of you know me but
for those that don't here is a very brief rundown on me.
I
Dan:
There now needs to be two signatures on all B.C.RR. cheques!
A sad day, indeed.
I have a Daylight, Big Boy and a Climax, Aster.
Yes, aster acquiring the first two most men would have the third.
Jim Curry
In a message dated 9/5/2000 2:48:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Yes, aster acquiring the first two most men would have the third.
Now Jim.naughty, naughty!
Keith Taylor
P.S. To Jim, Sorry I couldn't make it on Sunday! The Mogul has been tightened
up all
I use the stuff from Windsor Plywood, it's 99.99% pure. In Canada they have
to put the % on every container. I pay $7.00CDN for 4L which is about
$4.50US and your gallon is 3.7L.
Dan
Pray tell what was the particular brand of the Canadian hooch?
K
My wife and I have a deal, I can buy favours, the only problem is that
diamonds are the currency of choice.
I hope everyone realises that the feet are scale feet.
There now needs to be two signatures on all B.C.RR. cheques!
A sad day, indeed.
I have a Daylight, Big Boy and a Climax,
Hi to all.
My name is Dan Pantages and I am a steam fanatic. Some of you know me but
for those that don't here is a very brief rundown on me.
I live in Canada in a city called Surrey which is a suburb of Vancouver and
is about 20 minutes from the border at Blaine Washington. I5 connects
Welcome Dan!
What he didn't mention is that he responsible for bringing the Canadian hooch
to the National Spring Steamups (wherever they may be)! This super, duper
potent fuel stuff makes our alcohol fired dragons run with clean pipes and
all thoughts of sluggishness disappear. Must be
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