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You sound like just the sort of person we need in the hobby to keep our knowledge base alive and shared with newcomers. Well done for getting the teaching certificate - one often wishes that some of the people making You Tube 'how to' videos were so qualified.

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Thanks for posting the photos Dietrich. That is a beautiful piece of work. I admire your ability to silver solder so neatly - I need some lessons on that skill. The design is not one I have ever seen before. Did it get used in 'full sized' locomotives or other applications?

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Thanks for posting up the three pictures. It is nice to see such a beautifully engineered machine. I am, as usual, mystified by the castings at the lower level on each side which look to me like pump body castings, not to mention the little pump in the middle at the same level. The black castings ...

That is an interesting idea. Also having a Cygnet engine and also thinking about condensing it might be something for me to adopt. There do seem to be lots of ACDelco pumps available on eBay at quite reasonable prices.

I look forward to seeing how you get on with the idea.

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A nice looking engine and I suspect that you have had some influence on the builder. That looks like your feed water heater solution that you posted some years ago. Very neat. For my taste, I would have rather less of the bare aluminium but that is very much a matter of cosmetics not engineering ...

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Great to see your progress. For the rudder, why not mount a pair of them on the transom either side of the drive shaft? In my head siling dinghy technology would be fine. Just a couple of 'pins' screwed to the transom for each rudder and then the rudders themselves can just lift off for towing ...

Hi John

Welcome to the Forum.

Whilst it is not a stern wheeler, have a look at Walkin' Belle which is for sale here: https://www.steamboatassociation.co.uk/page-1854572, It is the very last entry so scroll to the very end. Given the US Dollar/GB Pound exchange rate buying a boat in the UK is so ...

Thanks for posting up that link. I was not aware of the business.

Amused to see that so many of the steam launch plans come from over this side of the pond.

Regards

Pete

Hi Ingvar

Good to hear that you are still working on the engine project. Hopefully we shall see it all come together in 2025.

All good wishes for the New Year from (a currently sunny) Cymru.

Regards

Pete

For a blow down fitting through the hull I was advised to acquire one or more old fshioned long stem taps. These usually have a good big base and a long threaded setion. The tap can be cut off near the base and the part that will be the visible fitting can be turned down in the lathe to a suitable ...