I second that. Chad I build stuff for law enforcement throughout the nation and Canada and I've come to the realization that the only reason we have laws and rules is to govern those who cannot think for themselves or be considerate of others. In other words we have laws to govern dummy's.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harry Wade Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 1:36 PM To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: BPE safety valve At 12:32 PM 9/6/03 -0700, you wrote: >I'm getting a little worried about everyone's safety inasmuch as so many >keystrokes have been devoted to the perils of the Midwest Boiler >Michael At 11:39 AM 9/7/03 -0700, you wrote: >Don't forget, folks... there are two "safety valves" on the Midwest >steam engine... the first being the silicone hose popping off . . . >Jon In other words there are NO safety valves on the Midwest boiler and it has brass as a part of the pressure vessel structure. Why, when doing it right takes so little additional time and effort, some of you continue to recommend as safe and acceptable boiler practices which are directly contrary to long-time world live steam practice and unacceptable in all other major live steaming countries is beyond me. I'm not anti-Midwest or anti-Project per se, and the purpose and goal of the Project is an admirable one, but to me this isn't about having an easily built project which is probably not going to cause an injury this afternoon, . . . this is about what is good safe practice to adopt, and to recommend to others to adopt, as a personal standard of safety for a lifetime in live steam and that when followed will never result in personal injury on account of a structural failure. This should be adopted as Rule #1 for all of us. Those who for some reason can't see fit to adopt Rule #1 should IMHO be shown the door. They are a danger to the rest of us. Everyone is of course free to do as they please in their own garden but to the rest of the organized live steam world brass, soft solder, and no safety valve are unacceptable in a miniature boiler PERIOD and aren't even open to discussion. One can't expect to post information to the contrary to an international fourm where so many people come to seek sound information and guidance and not have it scrutinized, questioned, and objected to, if only by me. Regards, Harry Wade Nashville, Tn
