Post by sanddancer on Mar 19, 2008 7:34:48 GMT
Hi there,
on inspection of my newly axquired part built Simplex chassis & boiler I was puzzled to find that although the boiler has obviously been steamed before, there was no top water gauge fitting. After hours of pondering, I realized that the only conclusion possible was the gauge top connection had been fitted to the steam manifold, which is not present. This is a professionally made boiler that had been hydraulically tested, which would be pointless if you then needed to drill and silver solder another bush to the shell. I know that with full size boilers the water gauges have dedicated fittings, but is it acceptable to have the top gauge connection fitted to the steam manifold with a model boiler? If it is permissible, then it negates the necessity to potentially weaken the shell by introducing another hole, but I have my doubts about this! Any comment would be appreciated,
regards,
George
on inspection of my newly axquired part built Simplex chassis & boiler I was puzzled to find that although the boiler has obviously been steamed before, there was no top water gauge fitting. After hours of pondering, I realized that the only conclusion possible was the gauge top connection had been fitted to the steam manifold, which is not present. This is a professionally made boiler that had been hydraulically tested, which would be pointless if you then needed to drill and silver solder another bush to the shell. I know that with full size boilers the water gauges have dedicated fittings, but is it acceptable to have the top gauge connection fitted to the steam manifold with a model boiler? If it is permissible, then it negates the necessity to potentially weaken the shell by introducing another hole, but I have my doubts about this! Any comment would be appreciated,
regards,
George