I was in my local Target store and in the camping dept they have cans of straight Butane, 7.8 ozs, for $2.99. It goes under the name greatlands outdoors, it's in a two toned green can. The nozzle will fit the Ronson valve without an adapter. The only problen is if it is recessed then it wouldn't reach. It works on my roundhouse SR&R no. 24 and my Accucraft C16. bob root ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: Re: Thin Steel Sheet
> Kevin, > You may have a hard time finding it anymore, but what you want is the old > style "Blued" stove pipe! It is a heat blued thin sheet steel that was the > primary type of stove pipe for many years. > I have it on at least three of my locomotives now for upwards of thirty > years. So long as you wipe it down after a run with some thin 10 W oil, it > maintains a beautiful blue color similar to what I've seen on protected > sections of antique locomotive models etc. such as was made by Bassett-Lowke > in England, and Bing in Germany. It is getting harder to find, as the > painted black stove pipe is easier to take care of. But you may find some > old unsold stock in an old time hardware store in rural areas. I have found > some, wiithin the last few years at a general store in Windsor, Maine! This > is about as close as you will come to Russia Iron. True Russia Iron is > probably less of a "blue" color, but looked that way out of doors when > viewed under a clear blue sky. No matter what, it is a very attractive blue > color, and if you can get a sheet metal guy to shear off strips to use as > jacket bands, along with the blue stove pipe, it end up with a very pretty > look. > Keith Taylor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Strong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:54 PM > Subject: Thin Steel Sheet > > > > Does anyone know of a source for .005 steel sheet? The hobby shops tend > > to have brass, copper, and aluminum, but not steel. > > > > I've been using blackened brass sheet for boiler jackets with very nice > > results, but it dawned on me that most folks describe boiler jackets as > > resembling a blackened gunmetal. Seems logical to me, then, that all one > > would have to do would be to get some thin sheet steel, and some gun > > blackening agent, and viola!! All we have to do is find steel that thin. > > > > No, I don't want a list of Yugo dealers. > > > > Later, > > > > K > > > >
