BAGRS Burners...

[Kevin Strong]

While waiting for Santa to show up (so I could steal all the live steam 
locos from his bag), I finished building the frame for my BAGRS-ish 
"creation". The good news is that it runs like a son-of-a-gun on air, 
and pulls its own weight (considerable weight at that) with great 
aplomb. At least it does on air.

Now, I need to actually figure out how to light a fire under it. I'm 
going to build an alcohol burner for it, so I'm looking for ideas from 
those who may have done one for their Midwest vertical boiler. How many 
wicks? Diameter? Distance from the bottom of the boiler? Any pitfalls I 
should watch out for?

Alas, Santa aluded me, and I couldn't grab any steam locos. I *did* get 
a lump of coal, though. <grin>

Later,
K