I used coal. real coal and crush it up and put it in the flue with a
brass chute I made. I use a piece of brass rod to push it next to the
top of the burner. It works good I dunno maybe the tire thing is better.
But the smell of the coal is great.
Walt Swartz wrote:
If you could find tires made
If you could find tires made of natural rubber (smoke sheet) rather than
synthetic rubber, it would probably smell pretty good. Once had a job
cutting 3' x 3' x 3' bales of smokesheet into pieces that could be fed into
the 'banbury' mixers to make tire rubber and calendared stock for the plies.
Pla
Lionel, now owner of American Flyer, uses fluid for smoke generation. Some
pellets are available at train show/sales, but are usually priced as
collectors items. I wonder how long it will be till our Ga 1 items are as
collectable as Lionel. Now the Lionel boxes are often more valuable than the
item
At 9:45 AM -0500 5/14/04, Arthur S. Cohen wrote:
I read with great interest your idea of using tires to make smoke. My
question is: does it make any difference in what brand tire I use and is the
tire's size important?
nah, that's too caustic ... aren't those little pellets that lionel
and americ
Dear Gary,
I read with great interest your idea of using tires to make smoke. My
question is: does it make any difference in what brand tire I use and is the
tire's size important?
Arthur--Mexico City
Re:
Subject: Steamlines Shay smoke generator
Cut small pieces of tire and burn them i
First off, please redesign the Steamlines system, it is poor.
OK, steam leaves the boiler, runs through two lubricators (one to lubricate
and one to further cool the steam?) then the steam can go to the pistons or
to the 80 wt. gear oil tank located in the tank at the back of the cab.
Valves are s
