Stolen Boilers

[ettingtonliam]

It would be helpful to know how they differ from the published drawings, as this should make them more easily identifiable, especially when the time comes for them to be presented for hydraulic test.

[Jo]

What Paul does can be as simple as adding more stays or thicker stays...On my BB1 boiler he redesigned it to be able to run at 120lbs rather than the 80 lbs of the original design.

If someone has acquired these they are likely to have the original published drawings for the Std 5 which, for instance, if the stay pattern has been changed should be quickly identifiable by the boiler inspector who will be able to ask "why did you do that" and the thief probably won't be able to adequately explain, whereas a professional boiler maker will be able to and have explained to his customer why it was done.

The County boiler sounds like it is not a published design so will be difficult to get past any boiler inspector at the visual inspection stage without drawings and all the pressure/stress calculation details.

Jo

[Midland]

I think you will see that Paul has stated he believes this was not done by a model engineer. He rather implied copper was the target.
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[Tony K]

Jul 27, 2020 16:09:06 GMT Midland said:

I think you will see that Paul has stated he believes this was not done by a model engineer. He rather implied copper was the target.
D

Let's not get too complicated about this folks.
Paul is a good bloke who makes excellent boilers.
But we all surely know none of the stolen items will be recovered - it's just that you have to try.

[Paul]

Hi end vehicles and farming equipment is targeted by thieves with a high percentage shipped in containers to other countries. It might be worth looking further afield in countries where model engineering is popular. I am sure there will be people on here who have contacts in other countries who can give them the heads up.