Harry wrote:
Carl,
I was thinking in terns of bronze frog-eyes on the shell perimeter, one
top and bottom, which the water guage threads directly in to.
Ok, I follow you now, I'd like to see a scetch of how you plan to machine
these if you ever have a chance to jot one down. I think I'll
At 10:55 AM 4/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
Ok, I follow you now, I'd like to see a scetch of how you plan to machine
these if you ever have a chance to jot one down.
Carl,
Well there would be at least a couple of ways to do it. One would be
the way I'd do it for my own locomotive. I would set
At 06:14 PM 4/17/02 -0500, you wrote:
by the time you add the bushings, you might have 1 /8to 1/4 visible area
for the glass.
Carl Malone
Harry wrote:
Carl,
True, unless you make periscope style bushings (for lack of a better
term). I don't know if that's what you refer to as the Jane
At 12:32 PM 4/19/02 -0500, you wrote:
Would the periscope exit to one side and tilt the glass 20 degrees or so
to the bottom bushing?
Carl,
I was thinking in terns of bronze frog-eyes on the shell perimeter, one
top and bottom, which the water guage threads directly in to.
I'm looking for a
At 11:10 AM 4/17/02 -0700, you wrote:
Actually, I was thinking of something that looked like a scavenged oil tank.
James,
A butane tank of the size and shape you describe would have to be made
of very heavy material with stays in all the flat sides and would cost
almost as much as a boiler.
At 06:14 PM 4/17/02 -0500, you wrote:
by the time you add the bushings, you might have 1 /8to 1/4 visible area
for the glass.
Carl Malone
Carl,
True, unless you make periscope style bushings (for lack of a better
term). I don't know if that's what you refer to as the Jane arrangement.
Hi Harry
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I'm considering doing a run of boilers for the Denver
and wondered how well received adding a water gauge
would be.
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Sounds great to me. A sight-glass type, right?
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I'm open to
Keep in mind that John Thomson has now built two coal-fired project locos.
I've seen them run... they're a hoot!
Trot, the easy-fire, fox...
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Harry Wade wrote:
At 03:21 PM 4/16/02 -0700, you wrote:
I know I'm dreaming, but being able to coal-fire it would be a kick.
Thank Marc for his response. I thoroughly enjoy his locomotive of the month
column on his website. Lots of ideas for scratch built projects. Looking
forward to reading about the Denver Project and probably building it.
Sincerely
Steve Ciambrone
Sr. Test Engineer
L-3 Ocean Systems
