Safetys

A special section just for steam engines and boilers, as without these you may as well fit a sail.
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Re: Safetys

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Liability fears have risen to complete stupidity in some cases, for example the warning label on this gun:

"WARNING May Cause Serious Injury or DEATH if used properly or improperly"

Oh well..........
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This is good to know. To corral these points, someone should, if they haven't already, make a list of safe boiler operation "commandments", and this should be one of them.

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:idea: I suggest any and all download a free copy of the Northwest Steam Society's Guidelines for Operating Safety in our Hobby (G.O.S.H.) at http://www.northweststeamsociety.org/Pa ... -FINAL.pdf
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