The Steamboating Forum

I guess I should add, in the USA, and internet ordering preferably.

As I'm getting my plan together for boat, engine and boiler looking into all options. Wondering where a person could source boiler acceptable steel pipe in the 18" to 24" range?

Thanks,
Matt

Your build log is incredibly useful to me in planning my first boat. Very hard to find current info on building these launches from steel. I also have plans from Reliable, their 20' Rebel side wheeler. I'm still trying to figure out how to interpret boat plans, but if I can get through that, I will ...

Will be changing the down comers to the upside down V configuration. The plans revise this, originally the water level gauge was connected to the front of the main drum and to the down comer, and with the flow of water in the down comer would give inaccurate readings. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8...

Has anyone built one of these? How hard are they to build? I'm thinking of going from a VFT to a WT I'll let you know how hard it was when I'm done.....lol This is the basic design, but there is 12 total up flow elements, 6 on each side http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8400464768_9ab2210d59_z.jpg...

I ordered plans from Tiny Power today. Blueprints for a horizontal water-tube boiler designed in the 1940s or 50s by Charles Arnold to accompany the "M" engine. With a working pressure up to 150 PSI, it is 21" wide, 26" long and 24" high. Drawings include superheater and fee...

Hello everyone, I'm Matt. I live in Wisconsin, and work as operating engineer of heavy equipment. I have a general interest in steam engines, and machining. I currently have a couple larger model size engines I'm working on/seasoning. As I never seem to have enough irons in the fire, I went and orde...