Yay. Tomorrow I pick up steel for tube sheets and take to machine shop for tube holes.
VFT. 24 inch dia; 48 inch tall.
Start of VFT build
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tandemcompound
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Re: Start of VFT build
For a 5 to 8 horse power boiler?
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tandemcompound
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Re: Start of VFT build
yes, hopefully six hp when assembled.
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Re: Start of VFT build
Wet leg firebox?
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tandemcompound
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Re: Start of VFT build
yes wet leg Wes. standard VFT 'donkey' boiler. Plate now at machine shop getting tube holes put in. Go pick up 24" gas pipe shell when feeling rich.
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Re: Start of VFT build
What material/source are you considering using for the boiler shell? I have my eye on A106 Sch 40 pipe right now but that stuff is rare to come by in the small quantifies needed for our launches.
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Re: Start of VFT build
Looking around,
https://www.trupply.com/ has cut-to-length A106 up to 8" diameter.
https://www.industrialtube.com/tested/ appears to have cut to length service for A106 up to 24" diameter.
I know nothing about either supplier other than what is on their websites.
Another option is talking to a local engineering firm that builds pressure vessels.
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https://www.trupply.com/ has cut-to-length A106 up to 8" diameter.
https://www.industrialtube.com/tested/ appears to have cut to length service for A106 up to 24" diameter.
I know nothing about either supplier other than what is on their websites.
Another option is talking to a local engineering firm that builds pressure vessels.
- Bart
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Bart Smaalders http://smaalders.net/barts Lopez Island, WA
Bart Smaalders http://smaalders.net/barts Lopez Island, WA
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I bought my boiler shell cut to length from http://www.dspipe.com/page.aspx?page_id=16 DS Pipe in Baltimore.
It was not easy to convince Allnutt. All his shop training had given him a profound prejudice against inexact work, experimental work, hit-or-miss work.
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Re: Start of VFT build
I appreciate it, thank you!