Jim, I too have an Aster Schools and I have heard about the JvR C boiler that had been published in the G1MRA magazine. However, my magazines don't go back that far. Would you e-mail me off list with a few of the major dimensions. (i.e. size and number of tubes and was the boiler full length with the fire tubes or was it notched at the rear so that the tubes came out into a sort of fire box?) I don't need to rebuild my Schools yet, but I would like to keep the information for later. No need to "reinvent the wheel." Thanks, Dan Fuller Carrollton, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison and Jim Gregg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:27 AM Subject: Aster Schools > Sorry for multiple posting on this. > > About 18 years ago I bought a very second hand Aster Schools. This used > the original "Smithies " type water tube boiler, and had well and truly > cooked the paint on the outer shell, as they do, particularly around the > front of the firebox area. Rather than re-paint and then have it cook the > new paint the same way, I built a new boiler for it , a JvR type "C", to > fit into the cosmetic outer shell, and then repainted the shell. This > worked well, (and still does!). It is built pretty much according to a >
