davidp
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Post by davidp on Feb 17, 2010 3:23:39 GMT
Hi,
I'm new to all of this, have apretty complete workshop for all sorts of stuff and have plumbing / panel beating / horse shoeing skills with metal.
My young son and i have just completed our first small steam engine, currently powered with either air or a small coffee maker depending on how much we want to clean up.
How do I get started on boilers?
PS I live in Canberra Australia if that's relevant and I like to read.
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Post by Shawki Shlemon on Feb 17, 2010 9:56:20 GMT
Hi David There is a large club in Canberra , in Kingston . Pay a visit and talk to the boiler inspector and go from there .You can also go to AALS site and discover the hobby here in Austral , it is big , better still you can go to the convention this year in Brisbane and meet hundreds of us there . AALS site www.aals.asn.au/ . I hope this can help . |
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steam4ian
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Post by steam4ian on Feb 17, 2010 10:08:11 GMT
G'day David I recommend the AALS AMBSC Codes Parts 1 and 3. see the link below: www.smex.net.au/Store/Store_AMBSC-Codes.htmRegarding some good books try "Making Simple Model Steam Engines" by Stan Bray and Building Simple Model Steam Engines" by Tubal Cain. These are still in print and I think can be purchased from Australian Model Engineer. For the more skilled are "Model Boilers and Boiler Making" by K N Harris and "Model Locomotive Boiler Making" By A F Farmer; you will need more luck getting these but they do come up on Amazon or EBay. I would be interested on your report about using the coffee machine; I have wanted to do that but SWMBC is not keen! Regards Ian |
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brozier
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Post by brozier on Feb 17, 2010 14:31:24 GMT
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davidp
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Post by davidp on Feb 18, 2010 6:19:00 GMT
Thanks for all of the advice, keen to have a crack at this.
The coffee machine was a black and decker milk steamer about 15 years old - basically a cast (Al?) container with an electric element and a push button valve. It hold about 300ml of water and I just joined it with a bit of rubber pipe. Pretty messy because of controling the flow and the amount of steam i have to push through before the cylinder heats enough. Good fun though.
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